Stop Overwhelming Yourself
It is very easy to become overwhelmed by everything that "isn't" or is challenging, frustrating, and exhausting with the horse.
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Horse Tips: How will you help the horse succeed?
Often horse folks have a laser focus on task accomplishment rather than assessing if they have the necessary "pieces" to fairly ask something of the horse.
Unrealistic Horse Expectations?
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Unrealistic Horse Expectations?
Alternative Horsemanship Remote Horse Coach discusses common unrealistic time expectations during the horse's training. This episode discusses things to consider to maintain perspective on the horse learning journey to avoid creating future unwanted equine behaviors.
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Horse Herd Dynamics
Herd Dynamics
In the summer there is a continuous rotation of horses on the farm as equines arrive from all parts of the country. They stay various lengths of time, depending on their individual needs in their re-education and often rehabilitation.
One of they key aspects is herd dynamics. To be blunt, humans have "taken" the horse out of so many horses.
Supporting the Horse's "Purge"
Supporting the "Purging" horse
This question was posed by a student of mine and I thought it'd be a great way to start the week.
"During several of your training sessions with my horses, you reported that they were "purging." They were definitely different horses following this event. Could you explain what this is and how to tell when a horse is doing this.....and maybe why." Pam
July Alternative Horsemanship Livestreams
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Improving your Horsemanship
Lead Rope Handling
5 Skills & Tips
One of the most overlooked aspects of Horsemanship is the lack of recognition of how people are creating and conveying unintentional communication leaving the horse unclear and contributing to his defensive responses.
Saturday, July 13th 9am pdt
Energy & Specificity
5 Tips for raising awareness
The Horse's Behaviors often mirrors what the human conveys in their Energy, chaos, tension, etc.
Saturday, July 27th 9am pdt
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Horse Behavior & Training- Links of Communication
Links of Communication
What does the mounting block, walking out a gate, loading into a horse trailer, crossing over a tarp, or passing through a stream have in common?
Horse Tacking Up Problems
Horse Tack Triggers
Most people never consider how the horse responds to just the sight of tack or notice if there are Quality interactions while tacking up.
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