Episode 8: Spare The Rod

When it comes to training our dogs, our horses or even keeping our own kids in line, punishment is often the go-to strategy.

Why? Because we have been marinated in it since birth, it is an integral part of how our society functions. So it can feel like second nature for us to use punishment. Partly because we understand it really well, and partly because we don’t really know any other way to stop our horse, our dog, or our child, from doing something we don't like.

In this podcast I explore why punishment is so prevalent, the problems with using it and what we can do instead.