Name one training situation where you would want the horse to know the reward schedule?

Question

Name one training situation where you would want the horse to know the reward schedule?

Answer 1

A horse completing a dressage / jumping / western event, and realizing that if he does what is asked of him - at the end he gets a sugar cube / horse cookie for behaving.

Answer 2

Most situations - reward isn't always food, a kind word or a big pat/scratch - almost every time my horse does sometime well or makes me proud i let them know. A long rein after some hard work the list goes on....

i think its a fine line! there is no right and wrong answer. i think when the relationship between you and your horse fades.. and to the horse it becomes being about what is in your hand and not whos holding it!

its about relationship!

your horse should want to make you proud and work for you not for what you hold at the end...

but a bonus doesnt hurt...after all we all like our ice-cream!

Answer 3

I want that in all training situations...it is the basis for all training that I do.  The horse is successfully trained when the release of pressure is consistently used as reward, and the horse has learned to anticipate the reward to such a degree that virtually no pressure is required any longer in order to get the desired response.

Answer 4

Every training situation. Horse are trained well on the pressure and release system where you put some kind of pressure on them and they get rewarded with a release of that pressure when they do as asked. The better they understand it the easier they'll figure out the next step. Take teaching to lead for example. You put some slight pressure on the line. Horses are into pressure animals and the natural instinct will be to put tention in the opposite direction. You just keep the pressure on and as soon as he takes a step forward you immediatly release the pressure. after a few times he learns that if he goes with the pressure it goes away. This primes him for the bridle and you use this technique with all aspects of training. Just check out some of my other answers.