Negative Reinforcement & Positive Reinforcement can you have one without the other? Is Combined Reinforcement or "Neutral' Reinforcement where the magic is? Horsemanship is knowing what is needed and when. Michael Peace is in travelling out on home training sessions next week he is Essex on Tuesday and Wednesday Gloucestershire Thursday back in Oxfordshire for local visits on Friday. If you feel like your training isn't progressing and your local person is out of their depth, why not make the le

Negative reinforcement in the context of horse training refers to the removal or reduction of an aversive or uncomfortable stimulus to reinforce a desired behaviour. Negative reinforcement is a concept derived from operant conditioning - a type of learning where behaviours are strengthened or weakened by the outcomes that follow them. For example, applying a leg aid to ask the horse to walk on, and removing the aid when the horse does so. Operant conditioning relies on certain evolved tendencies