All Blog Posts Tagged 'bonding with horse' (7)

Is Your Horse a Partner?

Is Your Horse a Partner?

There are many different styles of training and working with horses. Some people fawn over their horses with praise and affection, others take a more military style approach with defined boundaries and little affection, and most people fall somewhere in between.

Natural horsemanship professes a balance of boundaries and praise. Horses that…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on December 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Friendship Training?

Friendship Training' is a bit of a misnomer. (In the literal sense, one can't 'train' a horse to bond in an intimate friendship with a human.)

But I…

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Added by Charles H. Mintzlaff on December 6, 2010 at 12:11pm — 6 Comments

Natural Horsemanship Solutions: Join Up

Join Up – get your horse to catch you!

Have you ever gone into the paddock to catch your horse and your horse keeps running away from you?

Do you ever head to the paddock…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on August 29, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Importance of a Flexible Leadership Style

Connection is a two way street. To truly get along with a horse in shared partnership we need to have social leadership skills. If we can keep adjusting our leadership style to be more flexible, understanding and intelligent, the horse is more willing to form a loyal partnership and put greater effort into his performance. It’s all about being present in the moment and fully awake and knowing exactly what to ask a horse to do that…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on August 11, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Creating Attentive Partnerships

Previously I was talking about horsemanship, trust and connection, which led me to ask the question about what you would like your partner to be like. Now the reason I asked this was, and this is going to sound a bit out of place, but a horse wants to be treated like a woman wants to be treated.…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on August 4, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Why don't people seem to want a relationship with their horse?

I have noticed this a lot recently, I don't know if it is me looking at the world through adults eyes, or whether it is just becoming more and more common, that so many people are buying and riding horses as they would buy and drive a car, let me elaborate.

My mare Navara, I have had since November, and have barely ridden her because I feel her confidence and ability to cope mentally with being ridden is not as high as it should be, she is receiving reiki, and is also having a… Continue

Added by Ayesha on August 2, 2010 at 8:00am — 17 Comments