25/04/2022
Ne jamais hésiter à questionner, ne jamais obéir pour obéir et parce que cette personne a un diplôme ou un nom connu!
Il faut toujours se demander : pourquoi faire comme ça? Comment mon cheval le comprend? est ce que ça va dans le sens de mon cheval?
Car après tout, on les monte pour notre plaisir mais il n'y a aucun plaisir à les contraindre pour obtenir ce que l'on veut quand on peut l'obtenir d'un commun accord, par la confiance...
Nous leur devons bien ça 🐎❤️
You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society that you grew up in.
Let that sink in for a moment.
YOU, alone, are responsible for becoming more ethical than the very environment you grew up in, in all areas of your life.
Kindness breeds kindness, ethical actions and treatment of our horses breeds the same as well.
That means taking the time to learn more about the sport you love, and the various facets of equine care that mean the difference between a happy, comfortable life or one of pain, learned helplessness and misery.
We live in an age where the information of the world is at your fingertips, and while nonsensical BS floats around in the mix, critical thinking is really all you need to help w**d through the misinformation. Ask the RIGHT questions of anything you read.
Who does this benefit - financially or otherwise?
Does this make logical sense?
Who funded the research?
Also asking yourself not what you can do to immediately "fix" a behavior, but why that behavior is present to begin with.
Why does your horse shy away?
Why does he "like" or "dislike" a certain direction?
Why does the horse NEED a flash?
Why does the horse NEED to be ridden in spurs?
Why do you need to lunge your horse for 20 min before you get on?
Why do you feel you need to "teach the horse who is boss"?
Once you start taking an active role in the wellbeing of your horse, and really being present you will start to have actual 2-way communication and a true partnership.
Ethical doesn't mean having the reins hang loose and never nudging your horse forward, it means LISTENING.
Listen.
Understand.
Communicate.
That is ethical riding, training, saddle fitting, and more.