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Learn horse behavior and improve horsemanship skills. Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach developed her horse training philosophy over three decades. She coaches riders of all experience levels in clinics worldwide and offers distance horse coaching, instruction, and consults. Her horse video learning catalog has webinars, courses, classes and more. Subscribe on all social media platforms #alternativehorsemanship
Pressure & Release - Building the Horse's Trust
Horse help: Pressure and Release Part 2
Pressure & Release Part 2
The reality is that many riders feel like they are begging for the horse to acknowledge them. Other folks’ approach is to “make” the horse do something through physical dominance; this fuels the horse’s defensiveness. Then there are riders who learn to work “around” the horse, limiting what they ask of them to avoid potential resistance or conflict.
Horse Help : Pressure and release… Part 1
Pressure and release…
The missing language of a quality partnership Part 1
A majority of unwanted horse behavior stems from the animal responding with defensiveness towards any form of pressure. Spatial and physical are the most common types of pressure people use to communicate with horses. If there is a physical resistance and mental distrust towards pressure, this can lead to a wary partnership between horse and human.
The missing language of a quality partnership Part 1
A majority of unwanted horse behavior stems from the animal responding with defensiveness towards any form of pressure. Spatial and physical are the most common types of pressure people use to communicate with horses. If there is a physical resistance and mental distrust towards pressure, this can lead to a wary partnership between horse and human.
Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach - distance horse coaching & instruction
I've recently received a lots of inquiries from equine enthusiasts interested in learning, refining, and building their horse-related skill sets, but who are unable to attend in-person horse lessons or clinics.
10 years ago I branched out in the services I offered to include The Remote Horse Coach as a way to create distance horse learning opportunities for both past, current, and new students.
Services include -
*Individual instruction either via telephone or video
*Remote Horse Coach video teaching catalog
*Short and long-term mentorship programs
*Webinars
*Free weekly coaching Facebook group Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey
If you haven't visited or it has been a while since you last checked out the site- you can learn more about distance coaching at https://remotehorsecoach.com
Is the Horse Mentally Present?
Dear: Sam Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Is the horse mentally present?
The Remote Horse Coach discusses tips into recognizing horse behavior during the interaction reflecting the horse's mental presence, thinking, learning and ability to retain.
Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.
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Helping the Spooky or Highly reactive Horse
Spooky and highly reactive horses
Beginning of the week thoughts... Someone was asking about a highly reactive Thoroughbred and how fix his spooking issues, even after he had been at a trainer for two months.
Alternative Horsemanship Clinic So CA Oct 2024
ATTN So CA folks... there will only be ONE Alternative Horsemanship Clinic this fall
Limited space. Click the link for sign-up for both Participating or Auditing registration.
Horse Herd Behavior Help
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Does your horse have a hard time interacting in a herd?
In this episode, the Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey discusses how groundwork with the horse can teach the equine to learn how to think through scenarios before physical reacting. This helps give the horse skills to function successfully in a herd. Also sharing tips on common areas lacking in the horse's education, leaving him defensive toward human communication.
Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.
New videos are posted every Friday.
Horse Skills- Stop Overwhelming Yourself
Stop Overwhelming Yourself
It is very easy to become overwhelmed by everything that "isn't" or is challenging, frustrating, and exhausting with the horse.
Horse Tips: How will you help the horse succeed?
Often horse folks have a laser focus on task accomplishment rather than assessing if they have the necessary "pieces" to fairly ask something of the horse.
Unrealistic Horse Expectations?
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Unrealistic Horse Expectations?
Alternative Horsemanship Remote Horse Coach discusses common unrealistic time expectations during the horse's training. This episode discusses things to consider to maintain perspective on the horse learning journey to avoid creating future unwanted equine behaviors.
Subscribe to the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel for weekly videos shared every Friday.
Click the link to watch now.
Horse Herd Dynamics
Herd Dynamics
In the summer there is a continuous rotation of horses on the farm as equines arrive from all parts of the country. They stay various lengths of time, depending on their individual needs in their re-education and often rehabilitation.
One of they key aspects is herd dynamics. To be blunt, humans have "taken" the horse out of so many horses.
Supporting the Horse's "Purge"
Supporting the "Purging" horse
This question was posed by a student of mine and I thought it'd be a great way to start the week.
"During several of your training sessions with my horses, you reported that they were "purging." They were definitely different horses following this event. Could you explain what this is and how to tell when a horse is doing this.....and maybe why." Pam
July Alternative Horsemanship Livestreams
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Improving your Horsemanship
Lead Rope Handling
5 Skills & Tips
One of the most overlooked aspects of Horsemanship is the lack of recognition of how people are creating and conveying unintentional communication leaving the horse unclear and contributing to his defensive responses.
Saturday, July 13th 9am pdt
Energy & Specificity
5 Tips for raising awareness
The Horse's Behaviors often mirrors what the human conveys in their Energy, chaos, tension, etc.
Saturday, July 27th 9am pdt
https://alternativehorsemanship.locals.com
Horse Behavior & Training- Links of Communication
Links of Communication
What does the mounting block, walking out a gate, loading into a horse trailer, crossing over a tarp, or passing through a stream have in common?
Horse Tacking Up Problems
Horse Tack Triggers
Most people never consider how the horse responds to just the sight of tack or notice if there are Quality interactions while tacking up.
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