Good horse training doesn't make exciting video...
Good horse training doesn’t make for particularly exciting video…
Good horse training is a lot of time spent on the basics.
to build trust
Good horse training is being able to get quiet and still
to encourage relaxation
Big secret?
A lot of the GOOD STUFF happens in horse training when we do NOTHING.
You wont see a video of me with a horse rearing, bucking or bolting.
When we address the reason for those behaviours, find our horses threshold for stress, and give them the skills and confidence to ask for their needs and manage themselves emotionally, we don’t need to push them to those extreme behaviours.
But it does makes for incredibly boring video ;P