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On this site I share stories of my animal training adventures, information about the science of animal training and behavior, and tips and advice to help you improve your training.

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~Mary Hunter
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A few thoughts about schedules of reinforcement

By on May 30, 2019 in Concepts and Terms

I got an email reminder yesterday about this weekend’s Equiosity webinar. This reminded me that I still hadn’t posted my thoughts from the March webinar!  For the March webinar, Alexandra Kurland and Dominique Day invited Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz to join them for a discussion about schedules of reinforcement. This can often be a rather dry topic, […]

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Hard working horses?

By on March 22, 2019 in Horse Training

I have been catching up on the Equiosity podcast, which is a collaboration between Alexandra Kurland and Dominique Day. In Episode 49, Alexandra tells a story from when her horse Robin was very young. At the time, Alexandra had been working with Robin on many different things using clicker training. However, she had often been […]

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A picture of where we will be staying during the Italy summer camp with Alexandra Kurland, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and Mary Hunter

A summer camp in Italy

By on December 19, 2018 in Conferences and Clinics

Thank you to everyone who entered the holiday book giveaways that I featured on my blog earlier this month. The winners have been picked, and the books have been shipped. I’d love to hear what books you are reading currently or what books you plan to read at the beginning of 2019. I’m always looking […]

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Decoding Your Dog (Book review)

By on December 10, 2018 in Book and DVD Reviews

This holiday season, I’ve decided to share twelve books with you. At the bottom of this post, you can enter for a chance to win a copy of this book. You can also visit this page to find the entire list of books and giveaways. Today’s book is Decoding Your Dog. I originally read this […]

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