All Blog Posts Tagged 'liberty training' (10)

Simple Things Can Work Wonders

Sometimes the simple things work wonders with horses. This is another story I want to share with you about how I caught a horse that was uncatchable. It was during my first job in La Jolla, California where I was hired to handle a large training center of hunters and jumpers. What they like to do in some of these training centers is to play a little joke on you on the first day that you arrive. It’s a way of breaking ice and getting to know… Continue

Added by Carolyn Resnick on January 12, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Liberty Training in Nature

Margaret wrote:

I have just read your book and loved it. I’ve been ploughing through various horse training methods and ideas with some positive outcomes but not without feeling like a perfectionist, pushing up the pressure in getting the job done. I was left with a feeling of anxiety every time I went to work with a horse. I read “One with the Herd” which led me next to your book and related toit in…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on December 14, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Inspiring Ways of using Liberty Training

I have a student I want to tell you about today because she has used my Method in an interesting way and it might help or inspire others to use it this way. To…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on December 8, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Training a Horse Using Liberty

Today we have a question from Victoria in Australia who writes:

I have a 9 year old thoroughbred mare, who I bought as a green, broken four year old. I trained her up for show…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on November 24, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

5 Easy Ways to Build Trust with Your Horse: Tip 5

5. Interactive Play

Once you have introduced your horse to a variety of things, it is important to try and give the objects a purpose or make them part of your play.

This is were you get to be creative and think of ways you can incorporate your ground and riding cues into challenging games that can test your communication, build confidence, and ultimately build a better…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on November 18, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sending a Horse Away at Liberty

I want to address a problem that people are having sending a horse away from them at liberty. Many people have expressed concern that driving a horse away from them will hurt the trust and bond. I can understand this point of view because of the struggle it might take in their mind to teach a horse to leave you when he does not want to go.…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on November 17, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Importance of Natural Leadership Ability when Working at Liberty

Let me explain what I mean about having natural leadership ability and the importance of this when working at liberty.…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on November 10, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Question Regarding Companion Walking

The question that you will find below comes from a lady called Michelle, who has a question that might be troubling some of you, especially if you are new to horses or have just started using my Method.

Michelle writes:…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on November 3, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Question About the Say Hello Ritual

Today we have a question from Michelle from Canada who is already using the Waterhole Rituals™ to good effect by the sound of it but was seeking a little more clarification. Michelle wrote:

When I go to “Say Hello”, Amber (my mare) will sometimes walk towards me, so do I…

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on October 27, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Spectacular Equine Behavior Achieved Through Copying

The story that I am going to share with you today is about a horse that you may have seen on some of my videos by the name of Panadero. He is an Andalusian Stallion and he is absolutely just the most expressive horse you could ever wish to meet.

Every day that I went out to see him he would run up to me and we would play this game where we used to run along the fence of his paddock. He would run along with me and then I’d ask him to leave and he would take off and run… Continue

Added by Carolyn Resnick on April 7, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments