Pushy or Charging Horses

 Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series 

Pushy and Charging Horses

Discussing Aggressive, Charging, "Pushy" Equine Behavior, what creates it, and where the human interaction begins to create safe boundaries.

Watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos every Friday.

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The Human's Intention and Equine Interactions

For years I mindlessly caught, led, and tacked up the horse. 

Human Emotions and Horse Behaviors

 

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series 

Human Emotions and Horse Behavior 

Sharing insight into how horseback riders purging their emotions, being mentally distracted, and offering chaotic communication leads to unwanted horse interactions, increases the horse's resistance, and builds his defensiveness.

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3 Common Unwanted Horse Behavior Triggers

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3 Common Unwanted Horse Behavior Anticipation Triggers

Common unwanted horse behaviors and tips for improving your horse skills, building the horse's confidence, and creating safe equine interactions.

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

Assess and Observe Horse Behaviors

 A peek into interactions with a horse sharing the various Opportunities for horse behavior Assessment and teaching moments. The Equine Behavior reflects his mental & emotional state.

Sound On

17 yo QH was Gelded 2 mo ago had lived Isola his entire life.

Watch background, arrival & initial interactions on TT or IG

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Horse Behavior Observation Opportunities

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Building the Horse's Confidence and Trust

Building the Horse's Confidence and Trust The video (beginning of week 2 with me) is of a 17 yo Quarter Horse gelding who was a stallion until 2 months ago. He'd never been outside a barn, had no horse skills, was very anticipative, and was physically pushy because of his defensiveness towards human interaction. (Follow his story from arrival to present on https://tiktok.com/@AlternativeHorsemanship or Instagram https://Instagram.com/alternative_horsemanship #alternativeHorsemanship)

The Horse's Brace or Physical Resistance

 The Horse's Brace

Horse Help

 Horse Help- Improving your Equine Communication- Eliminating the Brace

Assessing the Horse Behavior & Defensive Triggers

 

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Assessing the Horse Behavior & Defensive Triggers

Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey The Remote Horse Coach shares tips for assessment of a newly arrived horse's behavior and recognizing signs of softness or defensive triggers in the equine.

17-year-old Quarter Horse was a stallion until 2 months ago.

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The Horse's Health Livestream by Alternative Horsemanship

Many equine enthusiasts struggle to find a balance in helping their horses achieve a mentally, emotionally, and physically healthy state. This month's livestreams will break down in four discussions many of the contributing factors that affect the equine's health that influence his behaviors and ability to participate in a willing, safe, and reasonable manner.
Livestream Schedule:
The Horse's Mental Health
Saturday June 3rd 9am pst

 
The Horse's Emotional Health
Friday June 9th 6pm pst

The Horse's Physical Health
Saturday June 17th 9am pst

 
Healthy Horse Behaviors
Friday June 24th 6pm pst

Replays are available on all Livestreams.

Watch in the https://alternativehorsemanship.locals.com community.

Horse Health Livestreams with Alternative Horsemanship

June Livestreams - The Horse's Health

Many equine enthusiasts struggle to find a balance in helping their horses achieve a mentally, emotionally, and physically healthy state. This month's livestreams will break down in four discussions many of the contributing factors that affect the equine's health that influence his behaviors and ability to participate in a willing, safe, and reasonable manner.

Livestream Schedule:

The Horse's Mental Health
Saturday June 3rd 9am pst

The Horse's Emotional Health
Friday June 9th 6pm pst

The Horse's Physical Health
Saturday June 17th 9am pst

Healthy Horse Behaviors
Friday June 24th 6pm pst

Replays available. Join HERE

Horse Help : Symptoms vs Source Unwanted Equine Behaviors

Learn to recognize the sources and contributors of unwanted horse behaviors by Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey The Remote Horse Coach.

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Symptoms vs Source of Unwanted Horse Behaviors 

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Horse Behavior- The Eye

 

Holes in the Horsemanship

 Holes in the Horsemanship

It is my job when a horse first comes in to evaluate “where the horse is at,” mentally, physically, emotionally, and experience-wise. So I thought I’d share with you some of the more common “holes” I tend to find in working with horses of all ages… I believe a majority of the time the holes are present because owners and horses learn to get comfortable with how or what they present in a scenario. The horse learns what is expected of them and then can comply. The problem occurs when the “rules” or expectations change.

Helping the Horse: Equine Training Tips

 Empathy + Horses 🚫= Weakness

Self-Awareness vs Masking Unwanted Horse Behaviors

In an attempt to show kindness, folks try to pacify, mask and cloak unwanted interactions with the horse. Unfortunately, not "digging in" to what is contributing to the horse's unwanted behaviors, and instead "going along with the horse" tends to teach the horse to "take over" in situations he is unsure about.

Riding Horses in Real Time- Learning to stay mentally present

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 of 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.

Understanding Horses- The Human Emotional Filter

The Human Emotional Filter

Frequently I've had posts shared with me about how "cute" something is in a horse, mule, or donkey's behavior. Unfortunately, when folks filter their interpretation of an animal's behavior with human emotions, it clouds their judgment in learning, recognizing, or believing what the animal was experiencing and communicating.

Horsemanship and Horseback Riding: Reviewing the Release

 Reviewing the Release

As with everything, there are many interpretations when it comes to the terminology associated with horses. I try to be clear and precise in the words that I'm offering, but there still can be a gray area in the human student's understanding. This often comes from their level of awareness, background, and unintentional anticipation/expectation of their mind "getting ahead" of wherever they are currently at with their horse.

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. 

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Potential Problems with your Horse's Diet