Bex Tasker's guest appearances

Bex Tasker

Animal Training Academy

Samford Stories

Monty Gwynne

Paul McGreevy

Alexandra Kurland

Peggy Hogan

Adele Shaw

Theresa McKeon

Terry Ryan

Jessica Hekman

Wes Anderson

Elaine Heney

Sarah Stremming

Susan Friedman

Patricia McConnell

Jean Donaldson

Ken Ramirez

OwlTail

Bex and her family live on a small farm in beautiful Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Under her business Positively Together, Bex teaches humans in NZ and around the world how to inspire behaviour change in their horses and dogs. In addition, Positively Together hosts classes where youth can experience the power of positive reinforcement and see learning and communication in action, as they work hands-on with friendly trained sheep, horses, chickens, dogs, cows, pigs and more.  Bex is a KPA Certified Training Partner and has been training animals with positive reinforcement for over 20 years, with a long-standing interest in clicker training for horses. However the youth programs and multi-species focus have been growing rapidly since 2018 and have become a special passion.  Positively Together offers “Junior Animal Trainer” classes, “PupStars” classes for kids and their dogs, and a series of very popular online Zoom classes for home-schoolers.  The flagship “Next Gen Trainers” membership for tweens and teens remains the heart project, with the monthly workshops and strong community providing a safe anchor for kids during the challenging teenage years. The focus for all the youth programs is on animal welfare and trainer skills, and the underlying values of compassion, consent, confidence, resilience and respect – for animals, and for humans.  Over the years the videos of these classes posted on Positively Together social media pages have prompted enthusiastic enquiries from trainers around the world wanting advice on how to design and launch similar programs. Bex has guided many people through this process one-on-one, but  as a firm believer that, as Dr Friedman says, “All of us are smarter than one of us”, a new idea was born.  Therefore, launching in 2023 is a BRAND NEW offering from Positively Together – “Shaping the Future”.  This is a coaching collective and community where those of us who are interested in teaching kids and animals can come together to share ideas and advice, gain support, get inspired, and ultimately get started with changing the world!  If you have a special interest in this field, in any capacity, we would love you to join us. For links visit &gt;&gt;&gt; https://atamember.com/2023/01/16/bex-tasker-2/

Bex and her family live on a small farm in beautiful Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Under her business Positively Together, Bex teaches humans in NZ and around the world how to inspire behaviour change in their horses and dogs. In addition, Positively Together hosts classes where youth can experience the power of positive reinforcement and see learning and communication in action, as they work hands-on with friendly trained sheep, horses, chickens, dogs, cows, pigs and more.  Bex is a KPA Certified Training Partner and has been training animals with positive reinforcement for over 20 years, with a long-standing interest in clicker training for horses. However the youth programs and multi-species focus have been growing rapidly since 2018 and have become a special passion.  Positively Together offers “Junior Animal Trainer” classes, “PupStars” classes for kids and their dogs, and a series of very popular online Zoom classes for home-schoolers.  The flagship “Next Gen Trainers” membership for tweens and teens remains the heart project, with the monthly workshops and strong community providing a safe anchor for kids during the challenging teenage years. The focus for all the youth programs is on animal welfare and trainer skills, and the underlying values of compassion, consent, confidence, resilience and respect – for animals, and for humans.  Over the years the videos of these classes posted on Positively Together social media pages have prompted enthusiastic enquiries from trainers around the world wanting advice on how to design and launch similar programs. Bex has guided many people through this process one-on-one, but  as a firm believer that, as Dr Friedman says, “All of us are smarter than one of us”, a new idea was born.  Therefore, launching in 2023 is a BRAND NEW offering from Positively Together – “<a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/shapingthefuture" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Shaping the Future</a>”.  This is a coaching collective and community where those of us who are interested in teaching kids and animals can come together to share ideas and advice, gain support, get inspired, and ultimately get started with changing the world!  If you have a special interest in this field, in any capacity, <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/shapingthefuture" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">we would love you to join us</a>. For links visit &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="https://atamember.com/2023/01/16/bex-tasker-2/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://atamember.com/2023/01/16/bex-tasker-2/</a>

Bex Tasker - Teaching behaviour science to youth [Episode 191]​

If you’d like to support the podcast and all the work that I do then you can! Just head on over to patreon.com/comealongfortheridepodcast and sign up. From as little as a cup of coffee a month, you can help me keep this podcast going. There are many tiers that you can choose from and if everyone who listens gave only $5 per month, it would make a massive positive difference to me. There is a tier in there for a small business subscription just like the one Peter Papp took up from Peter and the Herd, this is the one where your business gets a mention each week on the podcast. Peter works with equine behaviour and trauma recovery. Equine communication. Human and horse relationship building. Peter has had communication with my mare Gypsy, who is the mare with me in the podcast picture and he was spot on about everything so I can highly recommend his work personally. Click here to connect with Peter and the Herd.It’s time to give a shout out to new Patreon subscribers, Anna Lory and Sarah Powell, thank you so much for all your support, it’s very much appreciated.In this episode I speak with Bex Tasker from Positively Together, Bex works with positive reinforcement to help horse owners build confidence and works toward the goal of her student to no longer need her at some stage and be able to take the reins themselves.Bex has an interesting life story of working as a customs drug detector at the airport and then in senior intelligence roles for New Zealand law enforcement agencies.Bex is a wonderful trainer who even though working in positive reinforcement, or clicker training, supports and learns from many styles of training. I love her open mind and heart and her ability to put the horse first by understanding that even though she knows an awful lot, she is still a student of the horse as we all are.So sit back and relax, or enjoy your drive or mucking out your stables and paddocks as you learn more from the wonderful Bex Tasker.Website https://www.clickertraining.co.nz/Facebook - facebook.com/positive.reinforcement.trainingInstagram - @positively_togetherOnline communities and classrooms: www.positivelytogether.app© Copyrighted Tracy Malone

If you’d like to support the podcast and all the work that I do then you can! Just head on over to <a href="http://patreon.com/comealongfortheridepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/comealongfortheridepodcast</a> and sign up. From as little as a cup of coffee a month, you can help me keep this podcast going. There are many tiers that you can choose from and if everyone who listens gave only $5 per month, it would make a massive positive difference to me. There is a tier in there for a small business subscription just like the one Peter Papp took up from Peter and the Herd, this is the one where your business gets a mention each week on the podcast. Peter works with equine behaviour and trauma recovery. Equine communication. Human and horse relationship building. Peter has had communication with my mare Gypsy, who is the mare with me in the podcast picture and he was spot on about everything so I can highly recommend his work personally. Click here to connect with Peter and the <a href="http://Herd.It" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herd.It</a>’s time to give a shout out to new Patreon subscribers, Anna Lory and Sarah Powell, thank you so much for all your support, it’s very much <a href="http://appreciated.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">appreciated.In</a> this episode I speak with Bex Tasker from Positively Together, Bex works with positive reinforcement to help horse owners build confidence and works toward the goal of her student to no longer need her at some stage and be able to take the reins themselves.Bex has an interesting life story of working as a customs drug detector at the airport and then in senior intelligence roles for New Zealand law enforcement agencies.Bex is a wonderful trainer who even though working in positive reinforcement, or clicker training, supports and learns from many styles of training. I love her open mind and heart and her ability to put the horse first by understanding that even though she knows an awful lot, she is still a student of the horse as we all <a href="http://are.So" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">are.So</a> sit back and relax, or enjoy your drive or mucking out your stables and paddocks as you learn more from the wonderful Bex Tasker.Website <a href="https://www.clickertraining.co.nz/Facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.clickertraining.co.nz/Facebook</a> - <a href="http://facebook.com/positive.reinforcement.trainingInstagram" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/positive.reinforcement.trainingInstagram</a> - @positively_togetherOnline communities and classrooms: www.positivelytogether.app© Copyrighted Tracy Malone

Bex Tasker Positively Together

* 3:46 – Bex shares her behavioural odyssey [where she first got started in positive reinforcement animal training]. * 17:24 – Bex talks about her drive and motivation to keep learning, questioning the norm and following her gut. * 20:54 – Learning from our own experiences can help us have compassion for others. * 29:00 - Five things that positive reinforcement with horses has taught Bex about leading a better life and about training other species [including humans] are discussed. * 52:00 – Ryan and Bex talk about the importance of looking for the positive when giving feedback to others. * 58:05 – Ryan recaps the five things that Bex says have taught her about leading a better life &amp; training other species.  * 1:00 – Bex talks about what she would like to see in the next 5-10 years in the animal training world.

* 3:46 – Bex shares her behavioural odyssey [where she first got started in positive reinforcement animal training]. * 17:24 – Bex talks about her drive and motivation to keep learning, questioning the norm and following her gut. * 20:54 – Learning from our own experiences can help us have compassion for others. * 29:00 - Five things that positive reinforcement with horses has taught Bex about leading a better life and about training other species [including humans] are discussed. * 52:00 – Ryan and Bex talk about the importance of looking for the positive when giving feedback to others. * 58:05 – Ryan recaps the five things that Bex says have taught her about leading a better life &amp; training other species.  * 1:00 – Bex talks about what she would like to see in the next 5-10 years in the animal training world.