When we are with our horses, consistency is everywhere. Can we use those situations, that occur over and over again, to install healthy and

The days are starting to get longer and sometimes we are lucky enough to have warmer weather. But spring is definitely on its way. Our family has a new member, Buck, a Beagle. At the beginning he found it difficult to get into the car. He was unconfident and didn’t really understand why this was necessary. I noticed how when I wanted to pick him up he would push back, avoiding. So of course I stopped doing that and worked on his curiosity. On the third day, he just jumped in

We always have certain expectations of our horses. But what about the exceptions the horse has of us and we have of ourselves?

What does a slightest try, from the horse, look and feel like ? Before anything happens physically, the horse’s mind needs to be connected to our questions. He needs to start thinking about what he has to do, get ready. For me that is the slightest try, he is trying to thinking. After that you will see and feel the horse start moving away or towards, depending on what you are looking for, but the feet are not moving yet. The horse is shaping his body. After shaping the horse’

Whilst I was riding out, I used the environment to my advantage and tested some things: - Using my legs instead of my reins, to steer my horse - Can my horse stay in the gait he is in - Can my horse look where he is going #Principles #NaturalHorsemanship #Legsinsteadofreins

This is already the second blog of 2018. Starting to look forward to longer days, warmer weather….. Sounds like expectations. I thought I would talk about a horse I help to deal with the human’s expectations. I often get asked “how many sessions will it take?”. Well that really depends on so many things. But the main thing is that the horse is in charge of the time. Someone once told me that there are three ingredients: Time Principles Goals Depending on which two you choose,

This will be my last blog of 2017, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about reflecting. As we come to the end of the year, we often wonder what the New Year will bring, but what about the year that is about to come to an end. What about the things we learnt, achieved, the things that didn’t go that well etc. It can be very useful to reflect on how things have gone. It helps us to see the positive and negative side to what ever we are reflecting on. But more importan

How a try and an offer feel different, especially when comparing it to assumptions

In this blog I will be talking about horse and humans making assumptions and how this often occurs unconsciously.

How preparation can help you and your horse to be successful when it comes to different task!