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		<title>Equine Clicker Conference 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone,   Allow me to bring your attention to the Equine Clicker Conference. A brilliant event for all clicker entusiasts; whether you are a beginner or a professional trainer there will be learning oportunities for everyone.        &#8220;September 23rd 2012 At: Richmond Equestrian Centre North Yorkshire  Don&#8217;t miss out on these outstanding speakers!! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Ridden Clicker. By Catherine Bell</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite many people using clicker training successfully on the ground with horses, people often feel confused by how how to apply it once on-board. I&#8217;ve tried a bit of ridden clicker in the past so thought I would share my thoughts and experiences. For me it is all down to two issues &#8211; exactly what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Is it bad if my horse&#8230;?” By Suzanne Rogers</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=260</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my work as an equine behaviourist I am often asked if it is ‘bad’ when a horse does certain behaviours such as licking and chewing, yawning or pawing the ground. Owners know that such behaviours can be a sign of stress, anxiety, frustration or fear and quite rightly worry about them. My answer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Horses Learn Over Night? Emma Lethbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=255</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years many horse owners have said to me &#8216;why does my horse seem to learn things over night and perform better the next day?&#8217; Well that&#8217;s because your horse really does learn over night through a process called latent learning. Latent learning is really interesting! It is a psychological phenomena whereby information is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News You Can Not Miss from the Field of Equine Science 2011 by Emma Lethbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=249</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a collection of briefs (abstracts) from the latest papers published in Equine science. The abstracts below include information which may inform your training, your husbandry or at least provide some interesting commentary on equine-kind and how we as humans interact with them in the domestic environment. Included are a collection of abstracts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the science back into equine behaviour &#8211; Equine Behaviour Symposium 2011 by Suzanne Rogers</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=247</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many websites, books and people (including me) claiming expertise in equine behaviour. They give advice to horse owners, demonstrate practical work with horses and often sell specialized tack or other tools that claim to fix a myriad of problems. However, many of the messages are confusing and conflict with each other – it can be difficult for people who want to learn about behavior to identify credible sources of information and find training methods that will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; EQUITATION SCIENCE by Paul McGreevy &amp; Andrew McLean</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=243</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EQUITATION SCIENCE by Paul McGreevy &#38; Andrew McLean Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, paperback, 314 pages. ISBN 978-1-4051-8905-7. Illustrated in colour and B&#38;W. £29.99. Science is neither more nor less than the best method we humans have yet devised for finding out how things work. Most fields of human activity have been immeasurably improved over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It don’t impress me much, by Suzanne Rogers</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=238</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the explosive increase in people using social media, such as Facebook, I find myself being sent an array of video clips from You Tube. Usually these are accompanied by a message that says “Isn’t this amazing?”, “Isn’t this funny?” or “Isn’t this terribly cruel?”. However, often the message is totally inappropriate considering the content. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I combine positive reinforcement with negative reinforcement? By Catherine Bell</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=234</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement (+R), particularly when used in conjunction with clicker training, is commonly combined with the use of negative reinforcement (-R) and/or punishment. Typically the aversive stimuli (i.e. the pressure applied) in these cases will be mild and the combined approach is used to clarify and/or hasten the training. Is there anything wrong with this? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He almost talks to me you know! By Ben Hart</title>
		<link>http://www.theequineindependent.com:/home/?p=232</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How similar is equine thinking compared to ours, is a common thread running through many articles on animal behaviour and animal-human relationships. Most owners feel a greater contact with their animals because they give their pets at least some human thinking abilities and our close proximity to our pets actively encourages it. So, there is [...]]]></description>
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