Equine Behaviorology Lesson 10: Practical Foundations, Recorded Lecture

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A comprehensive overview of Steph's favorite exercises & behaviors for developing & polishing your R+ training skills while also establishing and/or improving your equine's R+ foundation. This class goes in-depth with the practical applications of the course content from Lessons 1-9 of the SKE Equine Behaviorology Course. Steph strongly recommends students start with Lessons 1-9, to ensure you are familiar with the language & concepts referenced during this lecture.

This class gives a detailed overview of how to approach the following foundation behaviors & training exercises:
✍️ Constructive Food Handling
    - Preventing & resolving "mugging" & mouthiness
    - Using food constructively
✍️ Bridge Signals
    - Conditioning bridge signals
    - Establishing functional bridge signals
    - Pros & cons of common bridge signals
✍️ Calm Default & Calm Attentive Behaviors
    - Defining Calm Default vs Calm Attentive Behaviors
    - Establishing a Calm Default Behavior (CDB)
    - Establishing a Calm Attentive Behavior (CAB)
    - Effective Stimulus Control with CDB/CAB's
✍️ Fluid Dialogues via Nose Targeting
    - Establishing a nose-targeting behavior
    - Recommended behavior generalizing criteria
    - Recommended equipment generalizing criteria
    - Recommended context generalizing criteria
✍️ Cooperative Care via Self-Reinforcing Station
    - Establishing consent during cooperative care
    - Fluid applications of consent cues & dialogue
    - Utilizing Self-Reinforcing Stations (SRS)
    - Applying the SKE Jackpots Method with an SRS
    - The role of learning theory during cooperative care,
       including desensitization, counter-condition, & R+
✍️ Developing Free-Shaping with Face Targets
    - Establishing face-targeting behaviors
    - Successive approximation in practice
    - The SKE Jackpots Method in practice
    - Defining prompts vs cues; establishing cues
    - Refining Stimulus Control

In addition to detailed lecture materials, this class also includes video recordings of Steph training equines, to provide examples of these techniques & methods in action. 

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