Nadja Mueller's Blog – August 2014 Archive (3)

Balance - And How to Achieve It - Part I

Balance is one of the main ingredients for a successful partnership with a horse - be it on the ground or riding. When looking at the horse from a horsemanship perspective, we check his physical, mental and emotional balance. With us humans, it's the same. We can loose our balance because our…

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Added by Nadja Mueller on August 25, 2014 at 3:30am — No Comments

Oh no! There's slack in the rope - an irony post

I did a post on 3 behaviors you can change that will sky-rocket the quality of your horse's life (I know that sounds a bit too bombastic).

One of them is to give him some slack in the rope. I illustrated the "dramatic…

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Added by Nadja Mueller on August 13, 2014 at 5:30am — No Comments

Goofing around

I had the two horses I currently take care of in the arena today. I rode the smaller one bareback, and the other one run free. It was such a nice experience. The horses, both geldings, know each other from the pasture, they are in one herd, and the one I was on is the alpha (which is decent when riding as the other horse can be easily directed).

I had no idea what would happen and was just experimenting. When I turn them loose, they often go separate ways in…

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Added by Nadja Mueller on August 8, 2014 at 11:40am — No Comments