Want to teach this gently, softly and positively? This is the video for you! Moving your horse’s hindquarters over is useful for everything from daily handling to loading to groundwork, lateral work and riding. It improves body awareness, isolations and engaging the hindquarters. In this video, I show you how to train it using positive […]
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Is your horse scared of being sprayed? In this video, I show you how to train your horse to be calm and relaxed about spray. As always, my methods are gentle and use positive reinforcement. I hope it helps you! ➤ If you’d like to find out more about my positive reinforcement horse
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If your horse gets anxious, spooky, distracted or disconnected when you leave home, you’re not alone. And this new video is for you. In it, I’m sharing the very first training step I use to teach any horse how to head out calmly, confidently, and in true partnership with their human. It’s a simple but
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I use this exercise ALL the time. It works with horses, donkeys, minis, youngsters, oldies… all of them. The aim is to build confidence and curiosity in the face of novelty, rather than fear. Your horse will learn how to stay calm and enjoy exploring the world with you. It’s the basis of so much
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All blog posts here Getting and maintaining soft, steady contact through the reins can be challenging, but it makes a big difference to your riding. In this video, I show you some tips on how to improve your contact, whether you’re riding bitted or bitless. This will improve your connection with your horse in the
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All blog posts here If your horse is reluctant to go forwards and you have to push, kick or nag, this video is for you. My approach doesn’t involve more pushing, kicking or whipping. Instead, I use reward-based training techniques to help the horse feel more joy in going forwards, creating a really happy and
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All blog posts here I teach two different kinds of standing still: Stand – this is relaxed, at ease. The horse can find their own comfortable posture. Halt – this is more active where the horse is standing still yet is engaged and ready. Their posture will be more aligned and ready for movement and
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All blog posts here If you’re anything like me, you want to give your horse choice and for them not to feel compelled to do the things you ask. Giving choice is such an important part of the way I train and it’s always the first step in building communication and a strong, trusting relationship
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If you’re training on your own, this technique is a simple way to help build duration in hooflifting. The basic idea is that if your horse’s hoof is lifted, they get rewards in the wheelbarrow. With a bit of repetition, they soon understand this and start to WANT to keep their foot up so they
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Want to see how I keep my horses being happy loaders and travellers? This video shows you a loading practice session with 2 of my horses after NOT travelling for 3 years. As with many behaviours, use it or lose it. It’s really beneficial to keep practicing and playing with loading to maintain positive emotions
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Whether you’re leaving one at home, or taking one out, you want your horses to be calm and relaxed about being separated. This can be really hard for some horses, but you can train it! In this video, I show you some simple techniques for teaching horses to be more relaxed when they are separated
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This is for horses who kick, stamp, or resist picking up the hind feet. It’s also the best way to teach new, green (and usually unbalanced) horses how to pick up their hind feet easily and happily. The biggest cause of problems with hind feet lifting is that the horse isn’t in the right balance.
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