Routines are very helpful and are something different than Planning. You can have daily, weekly or even yearly routines that are providing you some guidelines on what to do next.
GENERAL TRAINING IDEAS: Your training sessions should be short and effective. The longer you wander around, the more your horse learns that training is about “saving energy” and less about “trying really hard”. Average dressage test doesn’t last for longer than 6 minutes. And that is why it’s perfectly fine to train your horse
I hope that you have already read our Introduction Materials and Modules Recapitulation. I know that it has been a lot. And I understand that you may think now: “How to apply this knowledge in my everyday life?”. I will be posting more practical materials for you soon, but below are the first suggestions you may
I believe that training and being with horses can be a powerful source of personal growth and many happy moments. I believe that your horse can bring to your life a lot of happiness, knowledge and achievements. I also believe that horses in our lives shouldn’t be the source of troubles, problems, fears and worry.
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 simpler
If you are spending your time really together with your horse in the Here and Now and you are open to what your horse is telling you, this can lead to a MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. Understanding, like communication, is a two-way road. This means that you will start to understand your horse and your horse will start
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
You have to be very honest with yourself at this point. And you need to check very thoroughly that you have the background for training that is free from fear, very calm and based on communication and autonomy. You cannot fool yourself at this point. If you have any problems come back to square one
Another big change in your attitude is to give your horse the True Autonomy. Many people try to do this and they come to the conclusion that is is a wrong way, because they don’t have communication and there is no calmness and no safety when they are with their horses. When we give autonomy
When everyone is calm the communication can start. When you are scared of your horse and your horse is afraid of you communication is simply impossible. Everyone is following their habitual instincts and nothing new can emerge. Calmness is very easy and very difficult at the same time. You need to feel safe with your
