Ellen Ofstad's Blog (3)

Highly effective and positive foal training for the lazy

I want to share with you my way of getting a foal comfortable with humans. I don't believe in imprint training (meaning handling the foal right after birth) for several reasons; one of them being that it's not the most effective. Studies, both official and my own, has shown that the best way to get a foal confident with people is to kiss up to mommy and let the her show the foal that people are great. Being willing to wait just a little bit is a fantastic shortcut!



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Added by Ellen Ofstad on June 1, 2010 at 6:05am — No Comments

Dominance vs Leadership

Is the dominant horse the leader? In NH this seems to be the leading hypothesis, and a lot of training is based on the dominance attitude. The horse that moves another is the dominant; ergo the leader. Is this really the truth (the whole truth and nothing but the truth)?



I spent some time in the indoor arena for a few hours with…
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Added by Ellen Ofstad on May 28, 2010 at 7:44am — No Comments

About the film "Horses with Problems - Positive and Natural Training"



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Added by Ellen Ofstad on February 12, 2010 at 8:41am — No Comments

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