Connie Colfox Young Horse Specialist. "How does your horse Really feel"

Please help If you are in a bit of a pickle with your horse and he is doing things you wish he wouldn't and you want to enhance your relationship with him. Would you consider talking on zoom with me. I am researching where people have most of their problems with their horses. I run on line training courses helping people resolve behavioural issues with their horses by changing the way the horse might feel about what is bothering him so he doesn't have to behave badly, rather than forcing him to behave . I just what to find out where people are having the most difficulties so I can help people resolve problems in a calm way If this might interest you please send your email to my DM. I won't send spam mail, will just send a zoom invite so you can book your meeting #horsetraining #horses #horsetrainingtips

Can anyone help me? If you are the sort of person who really wants to do what is best for your horse, it doesn't matter if you are a happy hacker or a competitive rider. Ideally you are in a fix, starting young horses, or just want to improve your knowledge and learn more about how your horse feels when training. I would be very grateful if we could have a chat. This isn't to sell you anything, it is for research into the courses I am doing. I want to know where people are struggling and what problems they are encountering or where they want more motivation from their horses. From the answers you give me I can gauge in what areas I need to help people, and then I can try and put videos out to help. Thank you for any response #horsetraining #horses #positivereinforcement

Loading without stress and fear Horses display dramatic behaviours when they don't want to load into the lorry or trailer. How do we eradicate the behaviour? We can supress it by controlling them or making it uncomfortable for them to do those behaviours. Or we can help them feel safe so there is no need to behave in a way to avoid the trailer This is a short video of a horse who displayed stressful behaviours when the lorry arrived before he was even taken to the lorry. The full video is on youtube https://youtu.be/Eeap-2E3pTk?si=-tuH1Y2QEQApLC0T #horsetraining #positivereinforcement #trailerloading #traininghorses #trailer #horses

Clipping This isn't a very dramatic video but just giving food for thought about when our horses start to get a bit resistant or fidgety, which can be annoying when we are in a hurry. I want to help conscientious horse owners struggling with escalating challenging behaviours with their horses, move from the more traditional restrictive and more punishment based training to reach a more harmonious communication and understand how to problem solve on the job, using kind, ethical training techniques that help you create a lovely connected partnership with your horse. If that interests you then you might want to sign up for my course starting in January 2025. Small cohorts lots of support and hopefully a bit of fun and banter www.conniecolfox.com #horsetraining#horsetrainingtips#clippinghorses#naturalhorsemanship#positivereinforcement#positivereinforcementtraining#positivereinforcementhorsetraining

Clipping Some of the early things we teach out horses to do on my online course. Come when called and standing in neutral. This is a great basis for lots of other parts of the training like coming to the mounting block etc If you are interested in learning how to accelerate your horses learning in a stress free way then my course might interest you. Aimed at people with a training problem, wanting to start a young horse or just want to get away from the more heavy handed training approach then you might want to register your interest. www.conniecolfox.com #onlinehorsecourse #horsetraining #positivereinforcement

CLIPPING Sound on My worst job, but this shows a few useful things we learn on my online course. Calling our horses to us and standing them in neutral. This is the basis for a lot of the training. Www.conniecolfox.com to register your interest. My next course starts in January where I can help you sort out training problems with your horse or just show you step by step how I start young horses. #horsetraining #horses #clippinghorses #onlinehorsecourse

Clipping

So much easier when youR horse is comfortable with the process

I am not a trick trainer. When I do something a bit left field it is very often to make sure I don’t judge a horses thresholds but allow them to show me This exercise on some horses is very easy. When they feel safe they have masses of room in their heads to figure out a problem and to receive a reward. If however your horse has her head full of worries then it is much more difficult. You need to reassure them through training that you are a reliable partner who they can trust so they don’t have to be on high alert preparing to keep themselves safe. A horse that is “sharp” to ride is generally just protecting themselves from the possibilities of threat . I don’t want to be that threat so in the initial training never “ride them through it”. My next online course starts in January. I want to share over 40 years of knowledge starting and retraining horses. The first 20 I was pretty rubbish the next 20 I started to get the hang of it. Hopefully the next 20 I can share with my training with people who have a problem with their training or just want to learn a relaxed approach to training where the horse is their teacher PS you won’t have to ride with no equipment on the course. It’s just as important for the trainer to feels safe as well as the horse so your thresholds will come into the whole equation If you want more info then register www.conniecolfox.com #reinless #horses #horsetraining #positivereinforcement #onlinehorsecourse

Connie Found I hate clipping, I am not very good at it. What matters to me is the experience I have given my horse while I am clipping, then each time I clip it becomes easier because the horse feels comfortable. That is my thoughts with all my training. Every time I interact with my horse I am aiming to build trust and understanding so that life is easy going. This is the first time this horse has been clipped in her life I do Live on line courses and my next one is starting In Jan 2025. This course is aimed at people who have something that is a sticking point with you and your horse, like napping, rearing, bucking and any such thing that makes handling or riding your horse stressful. Or people who want to learn how to train horses in a quiet way using positive reinforcement as the basis to the training. We teach our horses to understand pressure and negative reinforcement so they will be "normal" horses to deal with. If you want anymore info then register on www.conniecolfox.com and I will get back to you #horsetraining #horsetrainingtips #positivehorsetraining #clipping #horsemanship

Here is a little clip of the sort of thing I am trying to help people understand when it comes to training horses. I am starting my 5th online training course in Jan 2025. I love training horses and if I remember to stick with what I know and not put myself over threshold its a lovely life. To register your interest www.conniecolfox.com #HorseTraining#horses#positivereinforcement#sciencebasedhorsetraining

This lovely boy getting more confident

This guy is happier with the rider moving around out hacking just need to work on him in the school #horses #horsetraining