Learn horse behavior, communication, and improve horsemanship skills in weekly articles from Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach. Sharing her horse training philosophy developed over three decades. She coaches riders of all experience levels in clinics worldwide and offers distance horse coaching, instruction, and consults. Her horse video learning catalog has webinars, courses, classes and more. Subscribe on all social media platforms #alternativehorsemanship
Young Horse Education: First time Sitting In the Saddle by Alternative Horsemanship
Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares the first time she sits on a young horse and how her priority is for it to be a confidence-building experience for the horse.
Preparing the Young Horse: When is the young horse ready to ride? by Alternative Horsemanship
Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares a brief glimpse into an assessment of a young horse and things to look for before mounting for the 1st time in order to have a confidence-building opportunity rather than a surviving the ride scenario.
Preparing the Young Horse for Riding- Building Life Skills by Alternative Horsemanship
In this video snippet Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares her perspective on colt starting. Her goal is to educate the young horse with skills that will better help him navigate the human world and all future things asked of him. It is not about rushing and task accomplishment, but rather mentally engaging a physically willing and reasonable horse.
Horse Behavior Webinar: Pressure Points- Unintentional Human Communication
Pressure Points: Unintentional Human Communication Webinar
How to recognize when everyday interactions with the horse cause concern and tension unintentionally creating defensiveness in the horse leading to unwanted behaviors.
How to recognize when everyday interactions with the horse cause concern and tension unintentionally creating defensiveness in the horse leading to unwanted behaviors.
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presentation by Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey with Q & A opportunities.
Replay is available for seven days following the live event if you can't join us today.
Saturday, Feb 19th, 11am MST
link http://bit.ly/HorsemanshipWebinars to register for the LIVE one-hour event
Replay is available for seven days following the live event if you can't join us today.Saturday, Feb 19th, 11am MST
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series *Preparing for Windy Day Conversations
What would our horse experience be like if...
Instead of holding on to:
-Hopefulness
-Waiting
-Passiveness
-Avoidance
-Surviving
-Self-Doubt
The GOAL was prioritizing Quality Communication with the Equine, and then presenting the Task?
Watch all NEW Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship YouTube Series episode
*Preparing for Windy Day Conversations
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Also a reminder of the upcoming webinar "Horsemanship Help: What am I missing?" Starts Feb 5- (replay available if you can't join the live version) https://bit.ly/HorsemanshipWebinars for the registration link.
The Importance of Breath- Improving Horseback Riding Skills by Alternative Horsemanship
The Importance of Breath
Many times when I'm teaching a student, if a tense moment arises, I will instruct them to pat their horse.
This is not for the sake of being "touchy-feely," rather for the release that happens within the rider when they touch their horse.
Without realizing it, they will exhale the breath they'd been unintentionally holding.
This is not for the sake of being "touchy-feely," rather for the release that happens within the rider when they touch their horse.
Without realizing it, they will exhale the breath they'd been unintentionally holding.
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