{"podcast":{"title":"Lead a Horse to Water","slug":"lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987","podcast_index_feed_id":3058987,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/31cdcf90/podcast/rss","website_url":"www.equine.training","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8255716/8255716-1597753753609-5af40c4c45739.jpg","author":"Trudi Dempsey","episode_count":86,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:18:53.857446+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987"},"episode":{"title":"Can we shape behaviour using negative reinforcement?","slug":"can-we-shape-behaviour-using-negative-reinforcement","published_at":"2025-07-15T13:15:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/can-we-shape-behaviour-using-negative-reinforcement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trudi-dempsey/episodes/Can-we-shape-behaviour-using-negative-reinforcement-e35j3ar","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/31cdcf90/podcast/play/105532187/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-15%2F403953380-44100-2-9c6f6d51e83ed.mp3","summary":"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 can be shaped too. In this episode, I explore what constructional training is, how CAT protocols use R- to build functional skills, and where R- stops serving the learner and starts serving the trainer. Spoiler: for me it’s all about whose needs the behaviour is meeting.","meta_description":"We often think of behaviour produced with positive reinforcement as the only behaviour that can be shaped but of course behaviour produced using negative…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1670,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/episodes/can-we-shape-behaviour-using-negative-reinforcement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lead-a-horse-to-water-3058987/can-we-shape-behaviour-using-negative-reinforcement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}