9. Adele Shaw On Positive Reinforcement Training, Building A Solid Foundation & Really Learning To Listen

Mar 11, 2021

Adele Shaw owns and operates The Willing Equine where their goal is "to help people create positive relationships with their horses though science and a deep consideration for the physical, mental, and emotional well being of the horse." (quoted directly from https://www.thewillingequine.com/)

Inside this episode, Adele outlines her journey with horses so far and key lessons learnt along the way which ultimately led her to dive into positive reinforcement and clicker training.

We cover:

• When she started riding
• Her goal to excel in the hunter jumper arena
• Transitioning to dressage and being met with a very difficult horse
• Deciding to move away from the competition scene and get some trail riding horses
• Realising that her easy trail riding horse was not so easy
• Her shift into positive reinforcement training to try and help her mare
• Importance of learning theory and setting a solid foundation
• How important it is for people to learn behaviours away from their horse
• Handling identity shifts when your goals change
• Easy ways to incorporate R+ with any horse
• Trick training for horses who are lame
• Helping horses feel more comfortable if they’re left out of R+ training sessions
• How to dive into R+ training with no local trainers
• Her thoughts on combining R+ and R-
• Geldings dropping during training
• Trusting yourself

​And so much more!

You can find more about Adele at her website here and you can find all of her social media links at the bottom of the home page https://www.thewillingequine.com/

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