Learn the REAL science behind horse training and what really matters to horses

In this week's Everything Horses & More! LIVE Podcast we discuss why so much of today's training, even the ones that promote a more natural, holistic and gentle approach are still too mechanical - specifically why science & behavior-based training becomes mechanical, boring and frustrating to horses. 

We discuss how trainers out there are missing the “real science” behind training, which is the relationship and emotional connection and engagement. As science has proven in documented research, relationship is most important to all socially intelligent species.
 
Why and how? It is because nurturing the relationship stimulates cognitive development. This happens on many levels and deep within the hippocampus area of the horse’s brain.
 
The hippocampus plays a vital role in flexible and goal-directed behavior. An intact hippocampal activity is required for forming and reconstructing relational memory (required for remembering arbitrary associations between objects or events) associated with flexible cognition and social behavior.

And, that’s not all! Listen in as we discuss the many other areas of the equine brain that are associated with emotional response, the brain and learning.

Enjoy and may you always be one with your horse!

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