Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares horse training and horseback rider coaching, philosophies, and approaches she has developed over three decades. Offering horsemanship clinics worldwide, distance horse coaching instruction, equine consultations, equine re-education and rehabilitation, colt starting, and lessons. Follow her #alternativehorsemanship on all social media platforms.
Showing posts with label horse trainer tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horse trainer tips. Show all posts
Improving Horse Skills & Changing Sabotaging Interaction Patterns
Proactive Horse Skills & Communication
Do you work with your horse at the same time of day?
Catch him in the same manner?
Enter/exit the gate the same way?
Is your groundwork a routine or a pattern?
Tie/groom/tack up in the same place?
Mount from the same side, in the same location?
Begin always tracking in one direction?
Unwanted Horse Behavior: Horse Trainer Thoughts
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Chaos, Anticipation, and Unwanted Horse Behavior
Alternative Horsemanship The Remote Horse Coach discusses chaos, anticipation, and unwanted equine behaviors and tips for recognizing human behaviors creating fearful horses.
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Horse Rider Intentions and Goals
"You become what you want to be, by consistently being what you want to become each day." Richard G Scott
I think the above quote is so true regarding our own journey of Horsemanship.
I've been working on putting together projects and have been including interviews from students past and present.
Horse Trainer Tips by Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach
Today's Horse Tips
Photo of a very dedicated student who wore this shirt she made to an Alternative Horsemanship clinic...
1. Many people focus (and worry) about doing things "right" and don't realize they have quit consistent, regular breathing.
This causes:
* rigid and delayed communication offered to the horse
*mental & physical fatigue
* limits their physical adaptability in the present moment
2. Many people offer constant negative criticism towards the horse (often after he has offered an unwanted response,) rather than communicating what I call Positive Alternatives- continuously communicating proactively something that the horse CAN do.
1. Many people focus (and worry) about doing things "right" and don't realize they have quit consistent, regular breathing.
This causes:
* rigid and delayed communication offered to the horse
*mental & physical fatigue
* limits their physical adaptability in the present moment
2. Many people offer constant negative criticism towards the horse (often after he has offered an unwanted response,) rather than communicating what I call Positive Alternatives- continuously communicating proactively something that the horse CAN do.
Improving the Human and Horse Partnership
There comes a point...
You can double down increasing pressure, severity of tack, and demanding obedience, all the while hoping "it" works...
Or, you choose to change.
It really is that simple.
Horse Rider Help- Breathing
Tips for Resetting your Breathing and Releasing Tension at the Halt
Without realizing it, many riders hold their breath quite frequently when interacting with or riding the horse.
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