Sometimes, our horses need us to bring a different level of energy to the party...

In this video I was working on some liberty cuing with our horses and Rabbit is providing an excellent example for why we need to match energy.

Rabbit is giving a bunch of relaxation cues, not because he is relaxing but because he is cuing me that I am too high energy and need to bring MY energy levels down. April, on the other hand, loves this kind of engagement and joins in and matches my energy level.

Paying attention to how our horses responds to our nervous "tension" is critical to developing safe horses that know how to look after us because a horse that can't control its emotions, energy and nervous tension can't control its behaviour