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Minding Animal Minds

Discover practical, helpful posts for your dog or horse’s behavioural wellness and training success, leading to a more harmonious life together.

Training

Top 3 Tips for Living with High Energy Dogs

As a teen I believed that exercising a hyperactive dog was the only way to live in peace with high energy dogs. This was a…

Simone Tuten14/10/2018

horse behaviour

9 reasons why horses eat manure

Horses eat manure? Disgusting? Abnormal? That depends. Technically called coprophagy, eating manure is a normal, but transient, stage of a horse’s natural development. Foals will…

Simone Tuten15/06/2018

Body Language

Like that or not?

Do you pat or scratch your furry companion as a reward? Are you certain your pet enjoys the pat or scratch? Is there a way…

Simone Tuten24/11/2017

Learning Theory

Rats in Boxes – Operant Conditioning

Last post we talked about classical conditioning (remember the boys with the white rat and rabbit?). I also mentioned that animals can learn through operant…

Simone Tuten24/11/2017

Learning Theory

White Rats, Rabbits and Classical Conditioning

Confused about all the different methods of training out there? What does the science say? What is the best way to train? What do the…

Simone Tuten24/11/2017