
Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares horse training and horseback rider coaching, philosophies, and approaches she has developed over three decades. Offering horsemanship clinics worldwide, distance horse coaching instruction, equine consultations, equine re-education and rehabilitation, colt starting, and lessons. Follow her #alternativehorsemanship on all social media platforms.
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Horse Skills - Refining Understanding of Pressure
When we work with a horse we primarily use two forms of pressure to communicate, physical (the lead rope attached to the halter, the rein, the leg, the seat, etc.) or spatial (not touching the horse but being able to influence his brain and movement.) Vocal commands are a third, less common form of pressure.
A horse’s natural response to human pressure is to flee from it, become defensive towards it, or physically “challenge” it, which causes him to be unable to “hear” the person. The horse needs to learn that pressure offered by a person can be similar to feedback he'd receive from interacting with other horses.
Increasingly Chaotic & Resistant Horse Behavior
Join Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach in this thought-provoking YouTube video as she sheds light on the ongoing issue of chaotic horses and the intricate web of unwanted and resistant behaviors.
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Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series Cinch or Girth Tension
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Tack Tips : Cinch or Girth Tension
Discussing cinch or girth tension, tack fit, horses with past or current pain issues, types of tack, etc that affect the tightening and stability of the saddle.
Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.
Horsemanship Skills : Following a Feel
"Following a Feel"
Those words had no value to me in my initial years of riding (groundwork was nonexistent.) I interacted with the horse offering unintentional, continuous tension- on the lead rope, on the rein, in my leg, etc. There was never a pause, time for mental processing, recognizing separating directing the thought from movement, adaptability in my aids or any conscious release of pressure towards the horse (other than during a jump.)
Horse Skills & Tips : Breath and Tension
Tips for Resetting your Breathing and Releasing Tension at the Halt
Without realizing it, many riders hold their breath quite frequently when interacting with or riding the horse.
This unintentional simple act creates continuous containment of the horse due to the rigidity the human then carries in their body causing constant chaotic, miscommunication with the horse.
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Riding: Acknowledging the Equine
Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach discusses the importance of learning equine behavior and communication to create a solid foundation in the horse rider's education.
Click the link to watch. New videos posted every Friday on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.
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Horses "Following a Feel"
"Following a Feel"
Those words had no value to me in my initial years of riding (groundwork was nonexistent.) I interacted with the horse offering unintentional, continuous tension- on the lead rope, on the rein, in my leg, etc. There was never a pause, time for mental processing, recognizing separating directing the thought from movement, adaptability in my aids or any conscious release of pressure towards the horse (other than during a jump.)
Connecting the Groundwork with Horseback Riding
Horse Training Help : Containment or Skills
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Tying the Horse: Are you teaching unwanted equine behaviors?
Horse Training Basics
Teaching containment or adaptability in the equine? So many unwanted equine behaviors are taught by human interactions that challenge the horse without ever teaching the horse the skills to think, search, try, and retain.
Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel
New videos posted every Friday
Livestreams with Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach
November Alternative Horsemanship Livestreams in the Locals Community
Changing mindless patterned horse interactions leads to unwanted equine behaviors.
Part 1 Mental AnticipationsSaturday Nov 5th 9am pst
Part 2 Physical Behaviors
Saturday Nov 11th 9am pst
Part 3 Specificity & Timing
Saturday Nov 25th 9am pst
Empathy and Equines
Empathy + Horses

Unrealistic ego-based demands without having accountability as to how a person's clarity of thoughts and intention, quality of communication, adaptability in energy, accuracy of timing, and everyday mindless interactions, are constantly "teaching" horses unwanted responses that people then criticize and chastise the equine for.
Horse Rider Tips- Anticipation and Unwanted Equine Behaviors
The urgency of the stories in our head...
So many good-intentioned equine enthusiasts unintentionally get pressured and distracted by the "story" of
*last time...
*that one time...
*what if...
*what others think...
*I hope...
Horse Behavior: Engaging the Mind before the Movement
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series