Alternative Horsemanship April Livestreams

 Join  Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey for the Following a Feel Livestream

Discussing the everyday, overlooked opportunities during the horse interactions that either refine the equine's mental and physical directability or unintentionally teach the horse to avoid and be defensive toward human communication.

Saturday, April 13th at 5pm pst.

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Horse Goals & Interaction Tips

 What intentions do you have for you and your horse? What are you doing to work towards them?

The Human Horse Learning Journey

 I never thought when I chose to work professionally with horses and help educate their owners that I'd be "taking on"...

The human emotional chaos

Tips for Improving Horse Skills

Tips for Resetting Your Breathing and Releasing Tension at the Halt
(Mounted or Unmounted)

Only when realizing it, many riders hold their breath quite frequently when interacting with or riding the horse.
This Unintentional simple act creates continuous containment of the horse due to the rigidity the human then carries in their body causing constant chaos, and miscommunication with the horse.

Horse Skills & Tips: Mindful vs Mind Full

Mind Full vs Mindful

For people who are new to my teaching and training theories, there are many questions, followed by a great deal of pondering and brooding as folks start to question “the way they’ve always done things” with their horses.

An introspective assessment, rather than seeking “answers” by imitating others, frequently leads people to an uncomfortable stage as revelations about themselves, their behaviors, and patterns during interactions with horses become apparent.

Alternative Horsemanship Full Immersion Clinic

 What is an Alternative Horsemanship Full Immersion Clinic?

Developed to create various learning opportunities to help equine enthusiasts refine their understanding of equine behavior and communication. Sam includes numerous topics with participants learning while unmounted and mounted, and in individual and group sessions. These safe, fun, and supportive learning scenarios offer an in-depth, full-immersion experience.

Alterative Horsemanship Following a Feel Part 3 Livestream

Following a Feel Part 3: The Horse's Eye

Alternative Horsemanship Locals Livestream

Saturday May 20, 2023, 9am pst

Replays available of this and previous streaming

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Horse Training Practices Creating Fearful Behaviors

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Training Practices Creating Unwanted Equine Behaviors

Having horse behavior problems after your equine has been sent to the horse trainer? This video discusses what to recognize as the horse's feedback reflecting problems with rigid, one-size-fits-all training methods and programs that create trauma, harm, and instill fear in your animal leading to unwanted, resistant, avoidant behaviors.

Click the link to watch the NEW episode on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.

Horse Help - Self Sabotaging Behaviors

Horse Enthusiast Tips: Unintentional Behaviors

Discussing self-sabbatoging human behaviors limiting quality communication with the equine leading to unwanted cycles of resistance in the horse.

Part 1 of 2

Join the Alternative Horsemanship Locals Community for the LIVESTREAM- Replays available 

Sunday 9am pst Noon est

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Human Stories interfering with Horsemanship Skills

 The urgency of the stories in our head...

Eliminating the Hurry to Improve your Horsemanship

In western society, people tend to hurry, and unintentionally carry their chaos into their horsemanship.

Their self-imposed urgencies of task accomplishment often become the focal point, rather than prioritizing the Quality of Communication with the horse. The general unspoken standard of "if the horse's behavior doesn't scare me, we're still okay," leaves many horses in the gray area during a majority of human interaction. If the horse "mostly" complies, the tendency is to add more to what is being asked of him.

Horses and Safety- the skill of "Doing Something"

 

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series 

"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. 

New weekly videos on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.

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.

Horsemanship Challenges: The Human Learning Curve

In this horse trainer advice video, Sam discusses in her Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series challenges, frustrations, and understanding of the horse many horseback riders experience as their horsemanship journey progresses. 

Subscribe to the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel for weekly videos in this series and the Tuesday Trainer Tips Series.

What is Alternative Horsemanship?

Samantha Harvey discusses her riding background and education and how she developed her Alternative Horsemanship approach to help horses and horseback riders improve their equine partnership. She shares how her horse philosophy and goal are to help horse riders improve their understanding of equine behavior and communication.

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.

Alternative Horsemanship Daily Demo Clinic

Final Alternative Horsemanship Daily Demo Clinic

Saturday, June 25, 2022 The Goal and Purpose of the Clinics

*Clarifying Communication with the Horse *Improving Timing *Connecting how the Horse's thoughts and emotions influence his physical responses *Supporting vs Challenging the Horse

Sweet Young Horse and Young Dog Training Moments

Amidst the chaos, sometimes we just need a few calm moments...Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares a glimpse into a calm moment of helping a young horse and Dog learn.

Horse Rider Mindset- the Journey of Improving to become better Partners

The Commitment to Change

Every year I receive hundreds of emails and phone calls from people worldwide who are at various stages in their horsemanship journey.

There is a very clear separation between those who are seeking to learn how to work with the horse versus those who are wanting to achieve fast results.

For those who choose the less popular path of raising their self -awareness, and allowing both themselves and the horse time as the relationship evolves, it can feel very isolating.

Learning to let go of distractions and be mentally available to recognize, and address the horse and what he is experiencing, can present a very steep learning curve without a support system for the human.

At times, because this less common approach is not frequently taught, the journey can feel as if one has alienated themselves from the mainstream horse world.

I want to throw open the door for fun dialogue to offer those who perhaps are experiencing, or are questioning "the system" to help equine enthusiasts realize they are not alone.

There are many individuals around the world, every day, who are prioritizing quality with the horse, and all of the struggles, emotions, questions along the sometimes unclear journey are shared by others.

Having read some of Juliette's writings of her decade-plus journey on a path moving away from her initial traditional horse education, I think she's expressed really well what many others may be feeling.

I thought it would be a great opportunity for folks to hear about her experiences and realize change is possible.

Save the date- Live On Instagram

Join me Alternative Horsemanship and Juliette Ober ( author of the Honey Suckle Faire blog and multiple articles for EquiTrekking Magazine) for the LIVE event Saturday, February 26th, 6pm MST, 8pm est.

How do Improve your Horsemanship with Limited Time: Equine Learning

 

Valuable Time
Whether limited due to work, school, other commitments, weather, etc. I encourage people to spend any and as much Quality Time they can with the horse.