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Showing posts with label Samantha Harvey horse trainer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samantha Harvey horse trainer. Show all posts
Presenting familiar scenarios to horse while creating a new experience
Whenever I'm working with a new horse, I offer them a "clean slate" and assume nothing, irrelevant of their age or supposed training and riding background.
Adjusting the Human Perspective: Pain in Horses
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A horse that is curious about training... |
Many horses and humans live with pain to varying degrees on a daily basis. If you've even been injured or having ongoing pain, think about the all-consuming feeling and emotional state the pain triggered in you.
- How functional were/are you?
- Were/are you in a frame of mind to learn something new?
- How was/is your patience levels?
- How long could/can you focus?
- Could you/can you physically stay still, get comfortable, or relaxed?
Preparing your horse for "life"- including not killing the farrier
Working Colts off of experienced horse... learning opportunities
Several decades ago I made a choice to leave any of the cliches in the equine world that are associated with specific types of riding.
Nowadays my approach is a culmination of my experiences from both the competitive and non-competitive world, along with real-life riding such as on ranches, in the mountains, working with livestock, mixed with working with troubled horses after mainstream ways of doing things led to dramatic and resistance and fearful behavior.
Nowadays my approach is a culmination of my experiences from both the competitive and non-competitive world, along with real-life riding such as on ranches, in the mountains, working with livestock, mixed with working with troubled horses after mainstream ways of doing things led to dramatic and resistance and fearful behavior.
Herd Bound Behavior- Resistance between Human and Horse
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