Tisa Šenekar - Islandski Konji

20/04/2025

11/04/2025

Awesome trails lately 🍀☀️ and my favourite season is well on the way 💚

08/04/2025

I'm so happy with the way Silja is evolving 🦄 here are some canter photos taken at our training with where we got amazing new ideas on (among other things) how to improve each of the canters (L/R) as well as the transistions. It's the most advanced canter work I have ever done and it's so much fun! I love how it benefits the whole horse and improves other gaits as a result too ☀️
Note how uphill Silja has gotten in canter & the lovely open form. I'm proud of us 🍀
Thank you Liz & thank you for making it possible 🤗

06/04/2025

One of the joys of coaching is when you give a rider or horse an “AHA!” moment. There have been a few of them this weekend but there are two that stand out. The first was and his beautiful quarter horses. The moment he realised less is more and the response he got from Bay Bear was, I believe, a revelation for him.
And then there are the Icelandic horses. I wrote about them last time I visited Slovenia, how incredibly smart and athletic they are, and how skilled the riders have to be to bring out the best in them. The picture is and her talented mare showing a lovely uphill canter.
A small suggestion to her approach to training the tölt made a huge difference and her beautiful smile was the greatest reward.

27/03/2025

SLO:
Končno se vračam v polni delovnik po poškodbi in spet lahko sprejmem konje v trening 🥳

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Kljub temu da specializiram na islandcih, rade volje delam tudi z drugimi tipi konj.

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05/03/2025

Pop-up-Shop na Dnevu islandskega konja to soboto na Gradu Prestranek! 🌟

Poleg jahalnice, kjer se bo odvijal pester program v ogranizaciji ZIKS - Združenje islandski konji Slovenije , boste našli majhno stojnico z opremo, izdelano posebej za islandske konje in jahače. Z veseljem vam svetujem pri izbiri in sprejmem naročila za artikle ki jih nimam na zalogi.
Vse atikle si je sicer možno ogledati na spletni strani in naročiti pri meni ([email protected] / 040862220).
Nakupi bodo možni le z gotovino!

Se vidimo v soboto 🦄🇮🇸

03/03/2025

In-hand work is sooo valuable!

Teaching or perfecting different aid responses and improving straightness/balance is so much easier for the horse without the added weight of a rider! It's also great for me because I'm able to put more focus into a single task compared to being in a saddle where multitasking is a must. 🙃 Being so close to the horse, compared to lunging for example), is another perk of in-hand work. Makes it easier to pick up on their facial expressions and apply light, precise aids too!

On the picture I'm working with a young horse, teaching rein aids with a bit for the first time in motion.

22/02/2025

Educating young horses is one of my favourite things to do 🥰

Here with little Elvis Lui on his first trailride. I put a lot of work in before this step for the horse to learn basic riding cues, gain good foundational balance as well as confidence & trust both in himself and the rider, to be able to navigate through the open and unpredictable world 🍀

16/07/2024

"So while horses can’t respect us, we certainly can - and should - respect them."

Toplo priporočam branje spodnjega članka o človeško-konjskih odnosih. Jasno razloži (različne) definicije dominance, vodstva (oz. vodje) in spoštovanja, ter pojasni zakaj splošno sprejet sistem dominantnega liderja ne deluje in je postavljen na bazi strahu.

Na koncu pa nekaj enostavnih predlogov za izboljšanje naših odnosov. 🤗

Debunking the dominance-leadership complex

19/06/2024

This 🤍

THE BALANCE VS MOVEMENT DEBATE

Balance first, then movement?

Movement first, then balance?

The reason we don’t have a simple answer to this, is because, like anything with horses, it depends.

Balance is, by nature, dynamic, and requires movement.

But I think we can all agree that trying to balance a horse who is mentally and physically locked down in a dysfunctional movement pattern is a lesson in futility.

Our theoretical debates, similarly, spin their wheels, and need interrupted.

With practical application, it’s becomes apparent to me, we can’t separate balance and movement.

With classical studying, it’s becomes apparent to me, no one was asking us to in the first place.

No one said, perfect balance must be maintained at all times.

They said… Balance, Movement, Rebalance.

I call it a $&@ # sandwich.

Yeah, things might go to $&@ # when we take our carefully composed balance into movement, but that’s the only way to, no pun intended, move forward.

The important thing, as in life, is that we realize, in the long run, we get what we accept.

Don’t get pulled into chaos trying to fix something you can’t.

Balance, transition up, when it turns into a hot mess, transition down, and come back to balance, and try again.

This is, “Decomposer la force et le movement.”

De-composition of the force and the movement.

Eventually, we stay in the movement…

“In later instruction resistances, especially if only slight, should be overcome while in motion, using the same procedure as when standing still, with increased tact and finesse.”
- Kerbrech

Whether we’re rebalancing down, or rebalancing in movement, we also have to remember that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results…

Maybe it’s a communication issue.

Maybe it’s a coordination issue. That includes our own.

Maybe our horse is simply not strong enough yet.

Sometimes, it will be even deeper.

Listen.