Alternative Horsemanship™ the Remote Horse Coach Articles and Advice Blog: 02/01/2023

Potential Problems with Your Horse's Diet

Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach shares horse health tips in assessing the equine's diet and the potential problems it can cause in his physical and mental health often leading to unwanted behaviors.

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Potential Problems with your Horse's Diet

Horseback Riding & Communication in Real Time

Riding in Real Time

During moments of unexpected or unwanted equine behavior the human often tries to understand why "it" is happening. The reality is while their brain is desperately trying to process and search for understanding the horse's behavior (often feeling like they are guessing,) they don't recognize how long they are leaving or "abandoning" the horse with their lack of communication while trying to sort their thoughts.

Bad Horse Behaviors or Vision Issues

Bad Horse Behaviors or Vision Issues?

Discussing some equine behaviors that may be indicators of potential vision issues. Many unwanted, dramatic, fearful, and dangerous horse behaviors stem from a combination of factors, often including an equine that is experiencing physical issues or pain.

Watch the latest episode in the Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.

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Improving Horse Kills

There are no "tricks."

Improving your Ground Work with the Horse

The BOX is not a solution. It is one of the many ingredients that go into creating an opportunity for a two-way conversation with the horse.

Unmounted Sessions with Alternative Horsemanship

Unmounted (Horseless) Sessions with Alternative Horsemanship

What: An opportunity to include equine enthusiasts who have been limited to auditing, the waitlist, or are unable to bring their horse as a participant. I will be offering unmounted group sessions in the upcoming March and April clinics for hands-on (but horseless) learning.

Patterned Human & Horse Interactions

Changing the pattern in the small day-to-day interactions can be a great Opportunity to safely assess Holes in your Horsemanship, refine, communicate, and build trust.

The Traumatized Horse- Opening Pandora's Box

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Alternative Horsemanship Remote Horse Coach discusses the rehabilitation of the traumatized horse and an overlooked aspect to help the human better prepare for the winding journey of reeducating an equine.

Shared on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday in the series.

Refinement of Recognizing Horse Behavior

Join me in the Alternative Horsemanship Locals Community for the following 20 minute Livestreams

February Topic:

Refining Recognizing Horse Behaviors

*Tension

February 4, 2023 @ 9am pst

*Fear

February 11, 2023 @ 9am pst

*Avoidance

February 18, 2023 @ 9am pst

*Defensiveness

February 25, 2023 @ 9am pst

Replays available http://alternativehorsemanship.locals.com

Unwanted Horse Behavior Help

Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach shares insight into breaking down contributing factors leading to unwanted horse behaviors like difficult to catch, tack, lead, stand, mount, trailer loading, etc. Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series Unwanted Horse Behaviors

New videos posted every Friday on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel

Recognizing Defensive Horse Behavior- Saddling Problems

Understanding Horse Behavior: Learn to recognize Signs of Equine Pain along with Defensiveness towards Saddling and Human Pressure (Sound on) This mare that I met in South America reflects so many of the common "Saddling issue" behaviors I see. She had already put multiple people in the hospital and her owners could not understand why.