Great bond, like true partnership, is based on promises and trust. When you welcome your young horse into your life, you promise him to prepare him for the things he may experience. Your horse will relay on you during all new situations. To provide him support, you need to learn how to be calm and
To have a great bond with a horse is one of the most beautiful things one can experience in Life. True bond is based on calmness. Being calm together creates a chance in which we can learn who we really are. There may be many horses and many people in your life now, but you
When you can be with your horse in a calm way, you can start to show your horse how he can move. Many people think that horse naturally know how to move. This is true, but only to some extent. All four-legged animals have a great awareness of their front legs and how they move
You and your horse both have your true selves. The true self is a ray of light, it’s the essence of absolute being. It’s creativity, intelligence, love, empathy and good. It’s everything that is light and joyful, it has many flavours and names, as many as possible – it’s changeable in the form it presents
OneHorseLife Foal Class is designed to give the best possible kick-start in the future for the young performance horses and their owners. During this class you will promote the development of your horse’s physical and mental skills. You will teach your horse how to learn new things and how to use his mind and body
During last hundred years we had many scientific discoveries on how people and animals learn new things. This is very broad subject and very well covered in the literature and here I will give you only short summary with practical information on how this works with horses. Horses can learn in four different situations: R-
Calming signals is a term introduced by Norwegian dog trainer Turid Rugaas (2005) to describe the behaviors that dogs show when trying to calm a situation. For animals living in groups, ways of communication, that can discharge the potentially tense situation, are extremely important. Calming signals are signals that all herd animals use in order to communicate with each
Some years ago behaviourists used to think that animals are passive. But animals are active, they have their own goals and aspirations. We have to be aware of this fact. I wrote before that during clicker training we reinforce not only behaviours but also decisions our horse makes. In this PreWorkshop material I will show
True partnership is possible only when you know who you are. True partnership is based on promises and on stability. Stability and keeping promises are not possible if you don’t know who you are. Many times I see people really want to change something in THEIR LIVES. You may think that there is nothing
When your horse is CALM and feels safe, also because he fully understands what you want from him, and your horse has AUTONOMY to decide what he wants to do and to decide to engage in the training, this is the moment when COOPERATION starts. Cooperation is a mutual agreement that we will help our
