Treats

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A selection of different treats for horses.

A treat , also called a treat, is a small piece of food that tastes good to the animal and which serves , among other things, as a reward and motivation in the training of animals.

Treats can be just a piece of carrot, apple, dried meat or something else as well as professionally made specialties.

These are sensibly given to the animal as a reward after a successful exercise. In this way, the animal should have a positive association between the performance it has just completed and the reward , which ultimately prompts the animal to repeat the exercise without any reward. Since the time frame for an association is very tight in most animals, the treat should be given as soon as possible after the exercise, i.e. within seconds. The same goes for praise or punishment .

Since overly or incorrectly used rewards of this type almost inevitably lead to undesirable behavior, for example begging , the use of treats is controversial. Therefore, it is often forbidden in riding schools because the risk of abuse is very high there.

In the Spanish Riding School in Vienna is observed even at the screenings that the Eleven after a particularly heavy exercise immediately High School from a specially attached bag in the left tails tip take a treat and give it to the horse.

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