Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Boost Your Horse Riding Confidence Tip ~ Better Posture To Feel Secure I...
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Confidence Boost Quick Tip Video from Anne Gage
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When you aren't balanced and secure in the saddle, you won't feel confident. Even if you aren't consciously aware that you're off balance, your brain knows and the alarm mechanism will be triggered.
And, if you're off balance you'll also be getting in your horse's way of being able to do what you're asking him to do.
In this short video, I give you a quick tip on improving your posture to boost your confidence.
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Trailer Monsters
Show season brings out all the trailer loading problems. There is a way to get your horse to willingly go on a trailer - no brooms, drugs or beatings required. However, it will take some of your time, energy and commitment to working with your horse to resolve the issues that are the cause of this problem.
Horses are by nature claustrophobic and avoid entering places that offer no way out. It just does not make sense to them - flight animals - to go into a place with no escape route. In fact, it goes completely against their nature. When force is used to get a horse on a trailer, that fear exponentially escalates.
By first working with your horse to establish mutual trust and respect from the ground you can ask your horse to overcome his innate fear and walk willingly into the trailer.
Horses are by nature claustrophobic and avoid entering places that offer no way out. It just does not make sense to them - flight animals - to go into a place with no escape route. In fact, it goes completely against their nature. When force is used to get a horse on a trailer, that fear exponentially escalates.
By first working with your horse to establish mutual trust and respect from the ground you can ask your horse to overcome his innate fear and walk willingly into the trailer.
Friday, April 23, 2010
A Change in Perspective
Changing your perspective can give you insight into how your horse is feeling and why he behaves the way he does. If your horse was the one doing the training, how would you want him to behave?
This picture was taken during a training session with Spyder, a 4 year old quarter horse gelding. Spyder was showing in western pleasure classes as a 2 year old. By the time he was 3 1/2 years old, he had become almost unmanageable. His owner suffered a broken rib when he kicked out while being lead from his paddock to the barn.
Spyder is a smart and sensitive horse and his "bad" and dangerous behaviour all came out of stress and fear. The methods that had been used to train him as a western pleasure horse involved force, intimidation and confusion. Many horses cope with this type of training by mentally shutting down and become known as "bomb proof" and "broke" horses. In reality, they have checked out and behave like robots. The horses that don't respond this way become aggressive, volatile, and unmanageable like Spyder did. The aggressive, forceful trainer will increase the pressure and use of stronger bits and other gadgets to "break" the horse. If this still doesn't work, the horse will be sold (usually through an auction) or euthanized because he has become too dangerous to humans.
Spyder needed to have his perspective of the world understood. He needed people to understand the reasons for his behaviour. He need to be offered trust, respect and confidence so that he could return the same. So, the first training sessions with Spyder included teaching his owner how to be more in tune with his needs and his personal space while developing more awareness for what he was saying through his behaviour. She also learned how to ask him to respect her boundaries and personal space to gain his trust and respect. She noticed a change in him after the first session.
This photo was taken during a recent session with Spyder. Our body shapes show calmness and mutual trust and respect. Spyder very politely picked up the whip that was lying on the ground between us and pointed it at me. Note he is keeping the whip low so that it is non-aggressive. He has aimed it at my core to create the appropriate, respectful bend away from his head - the friendly bend.
Spyder's perspective of humans has changed considerably as the humans who work with him have changed their perspective about him. His fear, anger and aggression have been replaced with trust, respect and confidence.
This picture was taken during a training session with Spyder, a 4 year old quarter horse gelding. Spyder was showing in western pleasure classes as a 2 year old. By the time he was 3 1/2 years old, he had become almost unmanageable. His owner suffered a broken rib when he kicked out while being lead from his paddock to the barn.
Spyder is a smart and sensitive horse and his "bad" and dangerous behaviour all came out of stress and fear. The methods that had been used to train him as a western pleasure horse involved force, intimidation and confusion. Many horses cope with this type of training by mentally shutting down and become known as "bomb proof" and "broke" horses. In reality, they have checked out and behave like robots. The horses that don't respond this way become aggressive, volatile, and unmanageable like Spyder did. The aggressive, forceful trainer will increase the pressure and use of stronger bits and other gadgets to "break" the horse. If this still doesn't work, the horse will be sold (usually through an auction) or euthanized because he has become too dangerous to humans.
Spyder needed to have his perspective of the world understood. He needed people to understand the reasons for his behaviour. He need to be offered trust, respect and confidence so that he could return the same. So, the first training sessions with Spyder included teaching his owner how to be more in tune with his needs and his personal space while developing more awareness for what he was saying through his behaviour. She also learned how to ask him to respect her boundaries and personal space to gain his trust and respect. She noticed a change in him after the first session.
This photo was taken during a recent session with Spyder. Our body shapes show calmness and mutual trust and respect. Spyder very politely picked up the whip that was lying on the ground between us and pointed it at me. Note he is keeping the whip low so that it is non-aggressive. He has aimed it at my core to create the appropriate, respectful bend away from his head - the friendly bend.
Spyder's perspective of humans has changed considerably as the humans who work with him have changed their perspective about him. His fear, anger and aggression have been replaced with trust, respect and confidence.
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