How can we get our horses to respect us?

When we are talking about respect, this idea can often be misconstrued as submission.

True respect is showing up as someone for your horse worth following, worthy of their respect, taking the lead not through force but through offering the horse the support and guidance they need to be confident in themselves and thrive in their environment.

Part of developing respect from your horse is setting appropriate boundaries and establishing expectations of their behaviours.

The other most important part of developing respect is providing the tools the horses needs to thrive in the horse human relationship.

• Do you know how to provide emotional self regulation support?

• Are you communicating clearly?

• Are you listening.

Demanding attention and submission “no questions asked” is respect by default.

They are too scared to ask questions.

But this also means they are too scared to find answers.

Commanding their attention because your presence is something worthy of their attention gets them interested, engaged and willingly participating in their training session and activities with you.

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