How Horses Actually Learn — And Why Most Training Works Against It

‎🔗 50 horse behaviors most people misread: https://alexdon.gumroad.com/l/50horse... ‎__________________________________________ ‎How horses actually learn — and why most of what we call training accidentally works against it. ‎ ‎If you've ever had a horse that seemed to have something figured out and then lost it completely, this video is going to explain a lot. ‎ ‎We get into the three-second reinforcement window, why horses don't generalize the way we assume they do, what cortisol actually does to a horse mid-lesson, and the facial expression research that quietly reframes what a training relationship even is. ‎ ‎No folklore. No tradition. Just the behavioral science — and what it means for the horse you're working with right now. ‎ ‎If this lands, subscribe. ‎ ‎Sources: ‎- Smith et al. (2016) — Horses & human facial expressions: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rs... ‎- McLean & Christensen (2017) — Learning theory in horse training: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... ‎- Stress, cortisol & equine learning (Scientific Reports, 2022): https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... ‎- Stress & instrumental learning in horses (PLOS ONE, 2013): https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... ‎ ‎#equestrianscience #horsetraining #equinebehavior #horselearning #equinepsychology #horsebehavior #horsemanship #equestrianeducation