Tips for the Insecure, Anxious, Anticipative, or Timid Rider
What about building the rider's confidence for riding out?
Alternative Horsemanship™ Horse behavior help, equine communication, groundwork and rider mindset. Understand the horse and develop quality horse skills to address sources vs symptoms of unwanted equine behavior.
Building Confidence in the Horse
June Alternative Horsemanship™ Livestream Schedule
NOTE: We've been making some changes, and you'll notice email updates on events, livestreams, courses, clinics, Newsletters, etc. will now be hosted by EmailOctopus. We just sent out the June Livestream schedule, if you missed it, check your junk folder.
June Livestream Schedule |
Ask the Trainer- Q & A This month we are changing things up! This is your opportunity to submit any groundwork or riding related questions for Sam to answer in the June Livestreams. She will attempt to answer as many questions as possible in each 25-minute session. All questions must be emailed prior to the event. Both sessions will be held over the same weekend. SUBMIT your questions prior to Friday, June 13th at 5pm pdt. Groundwork Q & A Livestream Saturday, June 14th 6pm pdt Sunday, June 15th, 6pm pdt  |
Horse Skills: Goal Fixation vs Clear Communication
One of the most overlooked aspects of why people and horses are having issues is because of the lack of human clarity.
Automated Blog Update Emails and Changes
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If you currently subscribe to the weekly automated Blog Updates email, this week's mailing will be the final "automated" update that you are sent from MailChimp. This service will no longer be offered, and due to their continually increasing costs for basic services, I'm switching bulk email service providers. You will start to see email notifications from me, hosted by EmailOctopus.
For the time being, if you'd like to read the latest blog posts, you can visit the BLOG directly, or use/save this link to quickly view the latest posts, (but without access to all of the blog features.)
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Day 1 #Equi-Quality Challenge with Alternative Horsemanship™
#Equi-Quality Challenge
Day 1
People are often surprised at how much building a Quality Equine Partnership starts with themselves.
Unexpected Experiences and The Human's Knee Jerk Responses - Horse Help
Over the past 20+ years of posting online and on social media, there's been a wide array of "key board" behaviors that I've witnessed or experienced firsthand from viewers.
Horse Behavior Alternative Horsemanship™ Livestream
Join Alternative Horsemanship™ the Remote Horse Coach in a livestream focusing on how to recognize commonly overlooked subtle equine behaviors reflecting defensiveness.
Imbalanced Human Movement- Raising Awareness to Improve Horse Skills
The next time you head out to drive your car, sit at the dining table or at a desk in the office, stand in the elevator or move in general, I want you to check in with your physical movement and posture.
If you turn left while driving the car, do you find yourself rocking in your seat and leaning towards the left as you turn?
Horse Problems- "What should I focus on next with my horse?"
I frequently hear this question or am asked by students or other equine enthusiasts struggling with having a goal, direction, or unsure of what to focus on during their horse time... the answer is always the same, "Refinement." Irrelevant of if you ride for pleasure or are competitive (or if you only work with your horse from the ground,) every interaction is Opportunity for improving your and the horse's skills.
Unexpected or "All of a sudden" Horse Behaviors
I find 95% of folks misuse a round pen, whether under the guise of "exercising," lunging or teaching the horse conditioned responses.
Let's use the example of learning to face the human and be caught. So many of the videos and real life scenarios I see of folks "working" the horse in the round pen, whether they are a professional or not, are incessantly "driving" the horse's movement with flags, whips, sticks, ropes, etc.
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