Horses, Humans, and Pressure
Alternative Horsemanship™ with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach teaches horse behavior, horse training, and coaches horseback riders of all experience levels. Offering horsemanship clinics worldwide, distance horse coaching instruction, horse video learning catalog, equine consultations, equine re-education and rehabilitation, colt starting, and lessons. Follow her #alternativehorsemanship on all social media platforms.
Horse Training: Illusions & Misperceptions
The Illusion of "Horse Training"
One of the greatest negative contributors in the horse industry (to both the human and horse) is the misperception of "Horse Training."
Horsemanship: Not being distracted by the dramatic behaviors
Why do I live this lifestyle and commit myself to this type of unrelenting, physically demanding, challenging work?
For moments like this.
Communicating with Horses Building a Foundation in your Horsemanship
Penny Lane's Foundation
She went from running over people, double barrel kicking, imposing herself spatially, no concept of softening, following, or yielding to either physical or spatial pressure, and now has been learning how to:
Horse Herd Dynamics- Equine Behavior
Herd Dynamics
There is a continuous rotation of horses here on the farm as equines arrive from all parts of the country staying various lengths of time depending on their individual needs in their re-education and often rehabilitation.
Round Pen Conversations with the Young Horse by Alternative Horsemanship
Penny Lane was incredibly pushy and would literally run over the top of you.
Here is my version of how a round pen is a safe place for thoughtful Conversations with the horse.
It is about gaining mental availability in the horse to create physical softness.
If the Communication from the human isn't specific and clear, the pen often creates flee and defensiveness in the horse.
This can be a safe environment for the horse to learn how to acknowledge and check-in with the human, let go of distractions, learn how to search for what is being asked of them, and to keep trying even if they had a different idea.
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Horseback Riding: Directing the Horse's Thought vs. Making him Physically Comply
Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey shares a brief clip of riding Hjalmar the Fjord discussing the difference in directing the horse's thought vs. making him physically comply.
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Leading the young Horse with Clarity and Quality by Alternative Horsemanship
Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares a brief clip of her working with this 2-year-old Cleveland Bay mare who had a history of bolting and Kicking.
Sam prioritizes first getting the horse's mind, then asking for physical movement.
Everything in the Communication with the horse is a preface for Quality future interactions.
The first few sessions with this horse, Sam didn't even catch her as the young mare had no concept of personal space and was defensive towards pressure. Instead, she was worked with loose in the pasture to give her space and time to process and become mentally available.
Commonality in Conversations with Horses- it isn’t about Task Fixation
#SundaySimplicity
One of the themes of recent is discussing a positive alternative vs. a critique.
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