Lily was found as a stray wandering the streets of the city of Leeds with a foal at foot. Luckily, Hope Pastures rescue centre was called to help out. They both arrived at the centre very frightened about everything but the foal soon built trust, confidence and joy and was rehomed successfully shortly after weaning. […]
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Young horses can find wearing a halter and leadrope pretty scary at first and can panic and pull back and fight against it. Which is exactly what this lovely 3 yo mare was doing… Until reward-based training made it clear and fun for her! It was a bit of a challenge – I was given
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Rescued equines need plenty of help to build trust in humans, whether they’ve never been handled or have suffered abuse. Reward-based training is the best tool I’ve ever come across for doing this and I’ve worked with hundreds of rescued horses over the years. Even so, these two stripy girls challenged my training… Zambi and
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There’s often a particular horse who drives the search for finding another way to train and connect and overcome problems. For me, that horse was Toby. He started showing lots of problem behaviours early on in our relationship such as bolting, bucking, refusing to jump, not loading and so on. He really pushed me to
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Getting connected in the saddle is a combination of using rewards to teach your horse behaviours and help him to understand your cues and aids as well as improving your own seat and balance, which your horse responds to naturally. For example, you can encourage and reward your horse for relaxing, lowering his head and
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This video shows how Helen used Connection Training to change her pony, Charlie, from running away from people in the field to coming to call! There are lots of reasons why horses might not like to be caught from disliking what happens next to separation anxiety to a bad history with catching. Charlie arrived to Helen
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A shared dream of many of us is having a horse who loves to be ridden just as much as you want to ride. A horse who comes willingly over to mounting block, is willing to go forwards but just as happy to slow down again when you ask. A horse who moves evenly, soundly
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I LOVE this technique. It is so useful for so many situations and I have used it again and again over the years (and so many other people have told me how useful they find it, too!). The most common reasons to use it are: > Leading problems such as bargey, exploding, cutting in front
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Have you ever wanted to know: How your horse’s head position influences his whole movement? What head position you should be asking for? How to train it without force or gadgets? Well, you’ve come to the right place because these were the questions I also wanted to know the answers to! After years of watching,
Think this is just for the dressage folk? Think again – this stuff is for you! Of course, if you are a dressage’y person, you’ll know it’s for you, but even if you just want to tootle round the block on your pony, making sure he’s supple, strong and engaged will keep him sound and
How to Teach Shoulder-in and Haunches-in: At Liberty, In-hand and Ridden! Read More »
Making the transition from groundwork to ridden work can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! At CT, we have some techniques to make this process smooth, easy, calm and fun for both you and your horse. These techniques can be broken down into 3 steps: Riding from the Ground This is where you
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Or, The Great Green Cloth Experiment Lots of horses get in a state about having things put over their head or having their ears handled. When I rescued Roisin, this was one big issue and we had to undo bridles, head-collars and reins to put them on and off. I successfully re-trained this using a
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