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Re: [RC] Spooking and punishment - Lif StrandAt 08:26 AM 7/13/2004, Ed & Wendy Hauser wrote:Round penning at this time is not an option. Ed - training doesn't have to occur in a round pen! Eeeewww! I hate working in round pens! Reeducation doesn't have to involve movement at all. I won't bore everyone with how you could do this - I'd rather people take lessons in *doing* it. Many people teach it. Try Parelli. Try Monte - even though I don't believe him, the methods work. There are lots of trainers teaching it these days. Heck, come here for a week and I'll teach it! As far as negative reinforcement not stopping a horse from spooking in a particular direction, that is just not so. Agreed! A good whap on the nose will probably stop a horse from spooking in a particular direction. However, I think the issue is deeper, and that negative reinforcement - whapping the nose - treats symptoms. The basic issue still exists and it will crop up elsewhere. Kind of like having a leak in a pipe because the pressure is too high in the system. You can patch that leak but you will either get another leak or you will have the system blow up because the *causative* factor has not been addressed. So go ahead and whap. But don't be surprised when the horse develops another negative behavior. It could be worse. ________________________________
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