Replacing Fear Cycles in our Horsemanship

 The fear of "getting it wrong" can overwhelm people into doing nothing. Avoidance is a common "tactic" in both insecure people and horses. 

Horse Behavior: 5 Physical Assessment Opportunities

When learning or experimenting with a new way of communicating and interacting with the horse, people can unintentionally develop intensity in their facial expression, the tension in their posture, increased energy, and tight movement.

Horse Learning Tips

Horse Learning

Irrelevant of where in the world one is, there is always learning opportunities... Even if "just" from the horse's communication and behavior.

Horse Help- Understand and Communicate Clearly

 

In Conversations with the horse, we are asking them to mentally "search" for what is being presented, and then to physically act upon those thoughts.

The Effective of your Horse Communication

 I find that sometimes making comparisons outside of the “horse world” helps folks better see/believe when they are with their equine.

Horse Skills- The missing "tool" of the Positive Alternative

 In many training approaches, the moment a horse does something unwanted, the response is correction. The focus is only on stopping, blocking, and criticizing the equine behavior, to “teach him a lesson.” This leads to what I call “surviving” the experience/ride.

Horse Help- Improving your Equine Communication- Eliminating the Brace

 Horse Help- Improving your Equine Communication- Eliminating the Brace

Improving your Horse Sense- The Three A's

 Improving your Horse Sense- The Three A's