Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach teaches horse behavior, horse training, and coaches horseback riders of all experience levels. Offering horsemanship clinics worldwide, distance horse coaching instruction, horse video learning catalog, equine consultations, equine re-education and rehabilitation, colt starting, and lessons. Follow her #alternativehorsemanship on all social media platforms.
Showing posts with label horse behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horse behavior. Show all posts
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.
Horse Tips: Perceptions of the Halt
Perceptions of the Halt
Many humans view the halt as physical yielding or obedience. There is little or no concept of the difference between the feet not moving versus a horse mentally present and physically relaxed when asked to stop.
Recognizing Horse Pain
Response video Alternative Horsemanship the Remote HorseCoachdiscusses Pain in Horses: https://youtu.be/P7fefRzTuVU
Recognizing the Horse's Communication
Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach shares Understanding Horse Behavior and Communication- Learning how to assess the horse to remove the guesswork about his future responses.
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Assessing & Understanding Equine Behavior
*Assessing the Horse -Understanding Equine Behavior & Eliminating the Guessing
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Learn how to recognize the horse's communication to understand equine behavior, what to address to build his trust, and how to improve reasonable behaviors.
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Horsemanship- Helping vs Challenging the Horse
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Helping vs Challenging the Horse
Learn the difference between helping your horse versus offering communication that creates fearful, reactive, and defensiveness behaviors.
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Horses and Safety- the skill of "Doing Something"
"Doing something"
Reduce the chances of horse related accidents by learning to proactively communicate and interaction builds quality partnerships, increases safe horse handling experiences, decreases the equine's fear, and defensiveness.
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Horse Problems - I want it NOW
I was teaching a session yesterday at a clinic, a new student was filling in a last-minute opening and had been unable to trailer her horse to the facility. She asked to do an unmounted session focusing on her body awareness and aid usage while in the saddle- without the horse. Many horse people would probably balk at the thought of paying to participate in a clinic without a horse.
Help! My horse won't respond
November's Exclusive LIVE Content with Q & A Opportunities in the Alternative Horsemanship Locals Community addresses this behavior in a 4-part series.
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Often the human is distracted by the horse's unwanted behaviors- without acknowledging the root source(s) often stemming from the animal's mental and emotional state.
Without starting in a mentally clear, present, and available place, many horse enthusiasts unintentionally "dump" their
life's chaos and stress upon the horse, and it becomes their filter of how they perceive the equine's behavior.
So much lack, delay, and miscommunication occur if the human's emotional rollercoaster is delegating their interaction with the equine.
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Prioritizing Addressing the "Scary" Horse
Is my horse misbehaving or in pain?
Many unwanted horse behaviors are a result of an animal that is experiencing pain. In this video Sam shares tips about how to translate or recognize a few of the common signs or indications that a horse may be in pain which may be the root cause(s) of dangerous or resistant equine behavior such as biting, kicking, bucking, bolting, difficult to catch, saddle, bridle, or mount, etc. Subscribe to the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel for more Tuesday Trainer Tips videos.
Discussing the "Quiet" Horse
The "Quiet Horse"
Here's a brief video of a horse that reflects many equines I meet whose owners are struggling to understand what is happening with their animal because the outward behavior looks so quiet.
I often hear things like:
He's bored.
He's going to sleep.
He's disinterested.
This week's live video in the Alternative Horsemanship Locals community November 4th, Friday at 6pm pst.
You can post questions related to this topic before the live event and I'll try to answer as many as I can during the Livestream. If you're subscribed as a supporter you can access, watch, replay and learn from all live content.
Here's a brief video of a horse that reflects many equines I meet whose owners are struggling to understand what is happening with their animal because the outward behavior looks so quiet.
I often hear things like:
He's bored.
He's going to sleep.
He's disinterested.
This week's live video in the Alternative Horsemanship Locals community November 4th, Friday at 6pm pst.
You can post questions related to this topic before the live event and I'll try to answer as many as I can during the Livestream. If you're subscribed as a supporter you can access, watch, replay and learn from all live content.
Connecting the Dots of Horseback Riding
Connecting the Dots
(This will be a several-part entry that will be covered over the next week or so...)
When resistant, unwanted, and/or dramatic behavior occurs with the horse, people get distracted by the big-ness of the horse. In my mind, the “big” is an after-the-fact response by the horse. The root of the problem has occurred or began to occur anywhere from minutes to months before the horse finally resorted to undeniably dramatic behavior.
When resistant, unwanted, and/or dramatic behavior occurs with the horse, people get distracted by the big-ness of the horse. In my mind, the “big” is an after-the-fact response by the horse. The root of the problem has occurred or began to occur anywhere from minutes to months before the horse finally resorted to undeniably dramatic behavior.
Stop Ignoring the Horse's Behaviors
*Dangerous and Unwanted Behaviors
Is the horse biting, kicking, pacing, weaving, bucking, fussy, hard to catch, difficult to saddle, grinding his teeth, will not stand still, or displaying other unwanted and dangerous behaviors? Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach discusses this topic and recognizes symptoms of fear, defensiveness, anticipation, and potential pain in the horse.
Horse Goals vs Creating a Quality Equine Partnership
Horse Goals vs Creating Quality Equine Partnerships
Equine Rehabilitation and Horse Re-education what is involved? Addressing the viral video
A recent video I posted on TikTok got over 1.1 million views in about 72 hours showing the Before and After of a horse that had arrived for "bad and dangerous behavior" issues such as biting, kicking, bucking, bolting, striking, etc. when the root cause was the amount of pain he was currently in, his past mental and physical traumas, and the strong distrust towards humans. This is a response video explaining what is involved in the way I approach equine rehabilitation and building the Horse's trust.
Here's the link to the Before & After Horse Rehab video https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRaJTJ5s/
Re Assessing Your Horse's Tack Fit
Correct tack fit is a huge factor that can influence behavioral issues, the quality of interaction, and the horse's comfort. Horses can experience changes in their body depending on the season, level of fitness, and age, potentially creating ill-fitting tack. In this video, Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship video she offers suggestions for reassessing the safety and fit of your equine partner's tack.
Time and Horse Improving Skills
Wonder if you're progressing with your horse? Do you feel pressured to keep up with your horse friends' accomplishments? Feeling stuck in your horse's training?
In the latest Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series video Sam discusses
*Time, horse skills, and how self-imposed urgencies are detrimental to the equine partnership.
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