The benefits to be gained from listening to horses are enormous, both for yourself and for the horses.

Whenever our horse does something that we've asked for, it's imperative that we give a reward to 'mark' the desired response.

When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re...

Sentience is the ability to perceive one’s environment and experience sensations such as pain, suffering, pleasure or comfort. An animal...

This is a great game to play with any horse that has a rusty ‘go button’. It develops forwardness in the horse, gets snappy responses to...

TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up...

This heading sounds a bit like a topic for a conference, not the horse paddock. But it’s a very important subject to be aware of when...

Recently my husband related a story to me of an experience he’d had that day. He was talking with someone when the topic of horses came...

Here is a great little exercise that will improve your feel for your horse and your riding skills, make your horse suppler, and increase...

I was very fortunate when I changed all my horses from being ridden with a bit to a bitless bridle. Without exception they all took to...

I looked up the definition of this word and came up with – ‘regard with deference, avoid degrading, insulting, injuring or interrupting...

The use of food in training horses is a controversial topic. Many ‘horse people’ are against using food treats. With all other species of...

Everyone’s looking for the happy place. This is where life is beautiful, there are no pressures on us and no stress, this is where we can...

I am very fortunate to be able to meet and work with many different types of horses. Every single one of those horses without exception...

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#happyhorsesbitless #bitlessbridles #bitlessbridlevideo #naturalhorsemanship

And now we make it to the final discussion on the rider’s body parts. So far the legs, hands, arms and head & neck have been covered. The...

The theory of learned helplessness was originally devised by Martin Seligman in 1967. It is a psychological condition where individuals...

This has to be the number one question that people ask me, and it’s a good one. Horses are famous for being able to run fast, very fast,...