Horse Trainer Help- Addressing the Horse that Spooks

We may giggle...
But in all seriousness, how did this become the norm?

We've probably experienced our horse spooking at least one or more of the things (and on more than one occasion) in this horse meme.

Horse Problems "Help, I bought the wrong Horse" Part 2

Horse Trainer advice and tips discussing horse owner decisions and choices after being misled by horse sellers and buying an unsuitable, inappropriate, or dangerous horse. Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series Horse Help- Part 2 Watch Horse Problems or Problem Horses Part 1 here    • Horse Problems or...   Subscribe to the Alternative Horsemanship Channel for weekly horse trainer tips every Friday.

Helping the Horse: Equine Training Tips

 Empathy + Horses 🚫= Weakness

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.

Need Horse Help? Experiencing Unwanted, Resistant, or Dangerous Horse Behaviors

Need help with your horse? Not understanding the horse's behavior? 

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Learn how The Remote Horse Coach can help you understand horse behavior, refine your awareness, improve your communication, build your confidence, and increase your horse's trust, try, and reasonableness in offering safe behaviors.

Horse Problems or Problem Horses

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Problems or Problem Horses
Part 1
Horse Trainer Help and advice in buying a horse and learning how to make good decisions when purchasing your next equine to eliminate expensive and potentially dangerous mistakes.
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Horses and Training Approaches Helping or Hurting the Equine Partnership?

What is the most common issue I see sabotaging the human & horse partnership?
Containment
I define it as: When a person is physically trying to "stop" an unwanted equine behavior, which is usually the symptom and not the underlying "issue," without acknowledging and addressing all the constant equine communication reflecting holes in the horse's education or understanding.
How many times have you heard things like:
Block the horse's __...
Don't let him __...
Make him _...
When a person attempts to block, hold, or "drive" a horse they are addressing the horse's physical movement.
His movement reflects his thought, such as:
The scenario is creating stress or pressure so he protects himself with run/bolt/spook...

Fixing Unwanted Horse Behaviors