Are you teaching your horse to Quit?
Nothing is random when a horse does it. You may not know why the horse did it, but very rarely was it not intentional...
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Horsemanship- Helping vs Challenging the Horse
Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Helping vs Challenging the Horse
Learn the difference between helping your horse versus offering communication that creates fearful, reactive, and defensiveness behaviors.
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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.
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"
"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.
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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.
How to Choose a Horse Trainer
Tuesday Trainer Tips- How to Choose a Horse Trainer
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Horseback Riders and Equine Enthusiast Tips- Stop overwhelming Yourself
It is very easy to become overwhelmed by everything that "isn't" or is challenging, frustrating, and exhausting with the horse.
Unrealistic expectations, hopefulness and continuously comparing ourselves or our horses to what "everyone else" is/can do, is detrimental to the Quality of our interactions and leads to less-than-ideal scenarios.
I wish more folks gave themselves permission to literally and figuratively focus on being present and addressing themselves and their horse in small segments. Each segment of Clarity in Communication can connect to the next, which influences how the "final" piece of accomplishment is experienced by the horse.
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