Today I helped two lovely ladies load their two very different horses.
One was feisty and the other was make me 😆
Both owner's have had ongoing issues with loading, so, today they shared a lesson to learn fairly simple techniques to load their horses with calmness, confidence and clarity.
The session lasted 2 hours and both horses loaded like pros.
The owner's did a fab job too. It's a team effort and teaching some simple techniques leads to loading successfully and also helps with general handling and connection issues too.
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Here is a feisty filly who doesn't like to turn right or have something above her. Now, bear in mind, she will have to accept a moving rider above her, so I am trying to help her, by exposing her to things that will make her think through a problem rather than resort to rearing and refusing and being reactive.
It's all been done quietly and with patience over 2 sessions.
If I can help her now as a 2 year old, her life will be a lot easier and she will be a nicer, safer person to be around which in turn will allow her to have a lovely life without pain, fear or dominance.
She's absolutely lovely, but because she is a TB and rather highly strung and sharp at times, it's imperative to give her skills for life so she's not deemed dangerous, because she's not. She's just a girl expressing her thoughts and it's my job to interpret them and help her be a better person.
As I've said before. I don't decide the future for any horse I work with. That's not up to me, but what I can do is set horses up for a life without cruelty and misunderstanding and put them on the right track.
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Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy.
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Little Winnie learning about strange places to put your feet whilst understanding direction. She's a poppet 😍
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Foal Feet Handling
Teaching a baby to have her feet attended to in a big space and untied.
This gorgeous girl had to be wrestled with to have her free trimmed, but I didn't want her to have bad experience, so ive stripped it all back and included groundworkto help her. So proud of her. Farrier came today and she stood like a pro 💓
Feet trimming and shoeing is for life. Get it right whilst they're young. Your farrier will thank you for it too!
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A little video of before and after.
Today I was helping this yearling. She's incredibly sceptical about most things. The prop was just a glove on a stick and the glove even smelt nice as it was stuffed with hay, but Chloe wasn't having any of it.
I wanted her to problem solve and instead of getting emotional, I allowed her time to work out the puzzle. When you're emotional, the pressure stays, when you're calm and put your head down, the puzzle is solved and the hand goes away. Now she feels she is in control of the hand.
It's so important to teach youngsters all these puzzles so they grow up to be 'thinkers' and not REACTERS.
Just imagine if we didn't address this and something similar appeared later in her life, she'd probably be deemed dangerous and 'naughty', when in fact, she's neither, she just needed to be guided and shown how to problem solve and handle her emotions under pressure.
No horse is 'naughty' they are just trying to tell us they don't understand.
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We had 4 fabulous days of training with our super trainer Joe Midgley Horsemanship. Learnt loads, and as usual came home inspired and thrilled. I didn't really want to come home, but we have lots of homework to do. We never stop learning and developing ourselves and our horses. Horsemanship is a journey and what a wonderful journey it is. Can't wait for the next time. 😍😁😄😃😄
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