Pauly Daniel - Horsemanship

Pauly Daniel - Horsemanship Horse and Human Education and Training Pauly’s connection and affinity with horses is life-long.

Born and raised on a family cattle station in the Flinders Ranges, he started his journey with horses as a child, inheriting his father’s love and respect for the animals. He has spent the last ten years working as a ringer, drover and horse breaker. He’s done it all – from bronc and bull riding, catching wild cattle to starting wild brumbies through to working as part of the cattle crew in the mo

vie ‘Australia’. Pauly has combined his foundation knowledge with his own experiences, and those of the accomplished horse trainers he has met on his travels. His dedication to self-improvement through learning is proof of his unwavering commitment to true horsemanship. Pauly believes that a good trainer produces a good horse, and therefore the education of the handler or rider is paramount. He handles horses with patience, compassion, empathy and intuition and imparts these skills on his clients as well as their equine partners. Combined with his knowledge and experience, he has a highly tuned sense of ‘feel’. It is this intuition that enables Pauly to produce calm and balanced horses, without the use of force or presence of fear. Pauly is now based in the beautiful Upper South East region with his Wife Lauren, their son Dace and their large canine and equine family on a cattle property. Together they have established Daniel-Tessari Horse Reflections enabling Pauly to pursue his dream of training soft and responsive horses that are always in a good state of mind, and sharing his knowledge to help owners have the best relationship they can with their horse.

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Travelling lessons, Adelaide Hills. Would recommend participants hiring an indoor, can recommend a few in multiple locat...
05/06/2022

Travelling lessons, Adelaide Hills.
Would recommend participants hiring an indoor, can recommend a few in multiple locations. Happy to be in the weather though on a safe arena surface 😊.
Ridden and ground work lessons.
$100 lesson / hour (+ arena hire) Comment or DM for bookings.

Questionnaire on the G. Or can comment here 😊. (Move to the G, it’s so much nicer)
18/05/2022

Questionnaire on the G. Or can comment here 😊. (Move to the G, it’s so much nicer)

13/05/2022

Are they “with you”? (Are you even with them?)

For the first time in three weeks training this mare was finally with me. I’ve ground worked, liberty worked, played on obstacles, ridden hard and sweaty, ridden technically and hung out just loving on her… But in all that time she was never fully with me. I was with her the whole time, but I could feel she was never with me.

I started this girl as a handled 10 yo a few years back and she’s been in a paddock since. She’s done amazing to take on so much information and new physical work in a short time late in life but it’s been emotionally hard for her and I empathise with her a lot.

By having (a leap of) faith in her I loaded her up by herself to take her out mustering before she was really telling me she was ready. Unloading her in the paddock and saddling her up she was sweaty, wide eyed and stressed by being so uncertain and under so much pressure by herself and in a strange place about to work hard.

Before getting on I gave her a hug.

She let down. Fully. She finally realised she wasn’t alone, she wasn’t under pressure. I was with her and she was with me. She didn’t need to be with another horse or anywhere else because we were together as a herd finally fully in the moment together. The ride and muster was faultless and she was finally happy.

You know the picture… You have all seen it on thousands of social accounts, saddlery catalogue covers etc. Horse ears fo...
31/03/2022

You know the picture… You have all seen it on thousands of social accounts, saddlery catalogue covers etc. Horse ears forward, looking into the distance while the handler looks lovingly at their emotionally disconnected horse. Often holding the lead or reins tight and a hand on them, because, they allow them to, they will probably push or pull their human at any second.

29/03/2022

Clients horse and a boring (good horse training is mostly boring) explanation of some steady work in between higher pressure cattle work. This horse is off the track a while ago and the owner has done a great job of training him.

He’s here doing some cattle work and getting extra exposure that he can’t at home and has excelled in his new role very quickly.

Mostly updating on the IG these days.

Could your broke horse do with some of this? DM for inquiries. This is just mustering and moving a mob over a couple pad...
18/02/2022

Could your broke horse do with some of this? DM for inquiries.
This is just mustering and moving a mob over a couple paddocks. All (most) disciplines welcome.

Can you? Is it the horse or all your emotions you’re holding onto so hard?
11/01/2022

Can you? Is it the horse or all your emotions you’re holding onto so hard?

Learnt so much from this interview. Thanks for having me a guest ladies.Listen on Spotify or wherever you stream or down...
18/11/2021

Learnt so much from this interview. Thanks for having me a guest ladies.

Listen on Spotify or wherever you stream or download your PC’s.

Apologies for being a little quiet and slow, I had a cracking headache at the time but I was much more energised by the end from the great flow.

Also looking forward to the next one!

Its only boring if you’re not in the moment. In the early stages of training the pressure in the horses mind is going to...
12/11/2021

Its only boring if you’re not in the moment.

In the early stages of training the pressure in the horses mind is going to be high, just from doing basic things. So the balance needs to be a lot of reward. Release of pressure, shade, thinking time, allowing serotonin to counteract the adrenaline.

It’s always about balancing the horses mind as well as the body. There’s a lot of standing and sitting around and a lot of patience needed.

It’s easy to feel how much if you’re connected. It’s easy to connect if you care.

A change is in the air. I’ve pulled up from training full time and we are all on a cattle place in the upper SE on the b...
04/11/2021

A change is in the air.

I’ve pulled up from training full time and we are all on a cattle place in the upper SE on the beautiful Lake Alexandrina.

Working with regenerative ag, top quality cattle, being fully connected with my own horses with sale horses coming up, and quality family life being gratified, life is fantastic.

While I’m not taking on outside horse bookings for training I am keeping up with coaching and clinics where I’m enjoying keeping in touch with clients and still meeting new ones.

Thanks so much to all the great clients over the years training in the Adelaide Hills. A couple plans are manifesting for the future. Maktub.

Traits that bush horses have that some city or stud bred horses don’t, that may make you think about how horses are rais...
02/11/2021

Traits that bush horses have that some city or stud bred horses don’t, that may make you think about how horses are raised and trained, or influence traits you look for when buying a horse.

*Bush Horse. Well bred, but raised in a herd, normally naturally weaned, and left alone in a big mob to grow up in the bush, as a horse.

They don’t have separation anxiety. They can be worked by themselves immediately in their training or left alone confidently tied up for hours if need be.

They have self preservation, they rarely get injuries from foolish reasons like a fence or a stick in a paddock, and then look after themselves and their rider in their ridden career in the same way.

They naturally travel/are forwards and sure footed on any terrain.

They’re soft off pressure, they come off a thought, if need be compress the air around them to help them find an answer. Crowding, personal space issues etc don’t exist.

Social skills. Being raised in a herd with leadership and respect builds the confidence to be secure around any horses if they have a leader (their human) connected with them.

They’re not scared of animals. Just as wild deer, some of the most sensitive and flighty animals in the world won’t run away from horses… Real horses know what other prey animals are, cattle, roos etc and aren’t phased by their presence anywhere.

They’ll drink any water, anywhere they go.

Good feet and teeth. If they don’t they die. Natural selection carries on the real horse genes.

And one of the best parts, If they decide they love and respect you, they have chosen to because their human has truly earned it.

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Are they “with you”? (Are you even with them?) For the first time in three weeks training this mare was finally with me. I’ve ground worked, liberty worked, played on obstacles, ridden hard and sweaty, ridden technically and hung out just loving on her… But in all that time she was never fully with me. I was with her the whole time, but I could feel she was never with me. I started this girl as a handled 10 yo a few years back and she’s been in a paddock since. She’s done amazing to take on so much information and new physical work in a short time late in life but it’s been emotionally hard for her and I empathise with her a lot. By having (a leap of) faith in her I loaded her up by herself to take her out mustering before she was really telling me she was ready. Unloading her in the paddock and saddling her up she was sweaty, wide eyed and stressed by being so uncertain and under so much pressure by herself and in a strange place about to work hard. Before getting on I gave her a hug. She let down. Fully. She finally realised she wasn’t alone, she wasn’t under pressure. I was with her and she was with me. She didn’t need to be with another horse or anywhere else because we were together as a herd finally fully in the moment together. The ride and muster was faultless and she was finally happy.

Clients horse and a boring (good horse training is mostly boring) explanation of some steady work in between higher pressure cattle work. This horse is off the track a while ago and the owner has done a great job of training him. He’s here doing some cattle work and getting extra exposure that he can’t at home and has excelled in his new role very quickly. Mostly updating on the IG these days.

On Instagram? Sharing mostly on there these days. If you’re not it’s a much nicer, positive and funny platform.

Horses don’t need sweaty saddle pads!! (Pay me to train your horse over the internet instead) No, but every good Horseman/Woman in the world say they need thousands of rides to become broke. One good days work can be as good as 50 play rides. Some horses retire not even coming close to what their potential could have been as a broke horse. Whenever you get the chance, put a big day, two days, even a solid half days work on a big ride out. Out in your local forest or reserve (an hours drive is part of the work day too) or an endurance ride etc. But properly work your horse, not walk for hours chatting with a friend and think the odd trot is a trail ride. If you’ve never worked your horse to a happy sweaty saddle pad, you may be surprised at the version of your horse you’ll meet out there. (That’ll just be a quarter of your wage for more online coaching) PD.

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