Lead a Horse to Water
by Trudi Dempsey
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Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Coraline Plumat
Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Coraline Plumat
About this podcast
Lost in the sea of horse training?
Step aboard for evidence based equine training and behaviour content.
Listen to professionals and enthusiasts from the world of horse training and behaviour as well as associated areas of the equine world.
Trudi Dempsey is an English equine trainer and behaviour consultant, specialising in positive reinforcement.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 88 episodes
- Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Coraline Plumat · 16 minIn 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’Ancrage …
- Cooperative Care - there's so much more! · 28 minAn 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 place to…
- Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Naomi Garner · 20 minIn 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 podiatry in…
- Inside the Professional Horse Trainers Forum with Milly Paton and Christa Culbert · 21 minIn 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 genuinely…
- How Well Do We Read Equine Pain - in conversation with Dr Nicola Gregory · 56 minIn 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 equine…
- Cooperative Care a Carpool Podcast with Gabriel Lencioni · 39 minWhat 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 mishaps…
- Positive Reinforcement Based Training - In Conversation with Coraline Plumat · 1 h 6 min · Episode 81In 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 challenges of…
- Choice, in Conversation with Christa and Taylor Culbert · 51 min · Episode 80In 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. Christa is a…
- Forming Habits · 21 min · Episode 79In 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 that…
- Listening to Horses, in conversation with Nicky Ross · 1 h 0 min · Episode 78My 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…
- In conversation with Irith Bloom · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 77In conversation with-Irith Bloom certified professional trainer, behavior consultant and TAGteacher. I hope you enjoy the conversation I had with friend and colleague Irith about…
- Can we shape behaviour using negative reinforcement? · 28 min · Episode 77We often think of behaviour produced with positive reinforcement as the only behaviour that can be shaped but of course behaviour produced using negative reinforcement can be…
- Can we build 'giving a break' into a reinforcer · 26 min · Episode 75As 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 our…
- Podcast Postbag- Your questions answered with Katrina Per-Carruthers · 52 min · Episode 74We consider your questions on: Hunter training- balance and more Choice vs Structure in training Listening to horses Reinforcers failing Techniques we stole from dog trainers…
- World Horse Welfare Webinar Unanswered Questions · 21 min · Episode 73If 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 · 22 min · Episode 72In 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 blank…
- The fix starts with you: in conversation with Katrina Per-Carruthers · 1 h 1 min · Episode 71In this episode my friend and colleague Katrina Per-Carruthers unpick some training fails and discuss solutions that are horse centred. Mounting block problems, fence refusal…
- Why clicker training might not be my go to with new equine clients · 17 min · Season 4 Episode 70I 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 explain ways…
- Male horses 'dropping' when training with food · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 69The 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 short…
- Cooperative Care In conversation with Dr. Katerina Junghansova · 1 h 12 min · Season 4 Episode 68In 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 founder…
