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ORCA: Part 2. Steve Martin

Mar 22nd, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: ORCA

These are my notes from the ORCA Great Minds conference at UNT in March 2009. The Great Minds conference brought half a dozen top trainers together to talk about animal training, clicker training, operant conditioning and the future of training. This is the second post of my thoughts and notes. To read more about the [...]



ORCA: Part 1. Steve Martin

Mar 21st, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Horse Training, ORCA

These are my notes from the ORCA Great Minds conference at UNT in March 2009. The Great Minds conference brought half a dozen top trainers together to talk about animal training, clicker training, operant conditioning and the future of training. This is my first page of thoughts and notes. To read more about the conference [...]



ORCA Great Minds Conference–my thoughts, notes and review

Mar 21st, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Dog Training, Horse Training, ORCA

Yesterday I attended the ORCA Great Minds Conference, which was absolutely wonderful. ORCA, one of the organizations run by the behavior analysis department at the Univerisity of North Texas sponsorered the conference. The event focused on “The Art and Science of Animal Training: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?” The Great Minds conference brought [...]



ORCA: Great Minds Conference

Mar 18th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Dog Training, Horse Training, ORCA, Science & research

ORCA, one of the organizations run by the behavior analysis department at the Univerisity of North Texas is sponsoring a conference on Friday on “The Art and Science of Animal Training: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?”
I was able to sign up to go cheaply, since I’m taking classes at UNT. They have [...]



Horseflix!

Mar 17th, 2009 | By Mary Hunter | Category: Book and DVD Reviews, Horse Training

Note: I no longer use Horseflix, but instead use a service called giddyupflix. Click here to read why I switched.
What happens when you combine the concept of Netflix with over 500 horse training and instructional DVDs (as well as a handful of fictional movies, some documentaries and other fun horse-related DVDs)?
You get Horseflix!
Horseflix is [...]