Lead a Horse to Water

Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Coraline Plumat

In this episode, I sit down with Coraline Plumat a presenter from the upcoming Professional Horse Trainers Forum, at Understand Horses. Coraline Plumat of ⁠Une Leçon d’A

Cooperative Care - there's so much more!

An audio only episode with me, Trudi, talking about how cooperative can we really be. If you want to know how to supercharge communication with your horse, this is the p

Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Naomi Garner

In this episode, I sit down with Naomi Garner a presenter from the upcoming Professional Horse Trainers Forum, at Understand Horses. Naomi began her career in equine pod

Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert

In this episode, I sit down with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert, two presenters from the upcoming Professional Horse Trainers Forum, to explore what makes training genui

How Well Do We Read Equine Pain - in conversation with Dr Nicola Gregory

In this episode I talk to Dr. Nicola Gregory, a psychologist with a lifelong passion for horses whose research has been asking questions about how well we actually read e

Cooperative Care a Carpool Podcast with Gabriel Lencioni

What happens when two behaviour nerds, a parked car, and a determined group of tourists get in the way? You get this episode. Recorded in my car after a series of camera

Positive Reinforcement Based Training - In Conversation with Coraline Plumat

In this episode, I sit down with Coraline Plumat of Une Leçon d’Ancrage to explore the current state of positive reinforcement–based equine training. We discuss the chall

Choice, in Conversation with Christa and Taylor Culbert

In this episode I'm delighted to be joined by sisters Taylor and Christa Culbert. We talk about offering choice to our horses in their lives and their training. Christ

Forming Habits

In this episode I talk about habits. We often describe them as automatic and almost separate from conscious training, yet the processes that build them are the same ones

Listening to Horses, in conversation with Nicky Ross

My Professional Horse Trainer Certificate Course is now open for 2026 and there is a scholarship place available with applications closing at the end of November. https:

In conversation with Irith Bloom

In conversation with-Irith Bloom certified professional trainer, behavior consultant and TAGteacher. I hope you enjoy the conversation I had with friend and colleague Ir

Can we shape behaviour using negative reinforcement?

We often think of behaviour produced with positive reinforcement as the only behaviour that can be shaped but of course behaviour produced using negative reinforcement ca

Can we build 'giving a break' into a reinforcer

As humans we might perceive many reinforcers in our world from edible delicacies to buying new clothes but often we feel limited with finding different reinforcers for ou

Podcast Postbag- Your questions answered with Katrina Per-Carruthers

We consider your questions on: Hunter training- balance and more Choice vs Structure in training Listening to horses Reinforcers failing Techniques we stole from dog

World Horse Welfare Webinar Unanswered Questions

If you didn't catch the webinar you can do so at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-rr-4HLVY Thanks to those who asked some brilliant questions.

We all make mistakes

In my equine scent work session with Rum this week, I made a mistake that really highlighted the need for an errorless approach. He indicated on the wrong container, the

The fix starts with you: in conversation with Katrina Per-Carruthers

In this episode my friend and colleague Katrina Per-Carruthers unpick some training fails and discuss solutions that are horse centred. Mounting block problems, fence re

Why clicker training might not be my go to with new equine clients

I don't always recommend clicker training as a first option when I start working with a new client. Why? Well take a listen as I talk through a specific example and expla

Male horses 'dropping' when training with food

The topic of male horses 'dropping' when training with food (clicker training) has reared its head again- I'm glad because it is a topic we need to consider. In this sho

Cooperative Care In conversation with Dr. Katerina Junghansova

In this episode Dr. Katerina Junghansova (Kate) and I chat about cooperative care for horses. Kate is an equine veterinarian, lifelong equestrian, animal lover, and the f