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The Equestrian Center, LLC

Horse facility variety of arenas, round pens, conditioning track, trails, obstacle course. Base of A Gorgeous private horse farm north of Sandpoint, ID.

Offering short term layovers, facility membership (day/week/month/season), Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey clinics, training and lessons.

09/06/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse Behavior- What do you see?

Take the opportunity to practice your horse behavior assessment skills. Watch the short clips of a newly arrived horse's behavior and then learn from Alternative Horsemanship™️ The Remote Horse Coach's analysis of things to notice in the horses feedback, reflecting their mental, emotional, and physical state, "telling" the human how they respond in future scenarios.

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08/30/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

How can I help my Horse?

In this horse learning episode, Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey shares insight into answering the common question of, "I want to do things better with my horse. Where do I start?"

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08/16/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Feeling stuck on your horse learning journey? Feeling like you don't know what to do during the horse interaction? Unsure of the cause creating unwanted horse behavior? Join Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach in this episode discussing problems of perception that many horse owners struggle with.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

08/09/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse Training : What is Missing?

Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach discusses common overlooked basics in the horse's and human's equine-related learning, leading to unwanted horse behaviors.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

08/02/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Will the horses training last?

In this horse learning video, Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach shares insight into consideration to help your horse maintain what he's learned with the trainer. Discussing overlooked aspects during the horse's training along with the horse trainer's communication and teaching the owner.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

07/26/2024

Dear: Sam Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Is the horse mentally present?

The Remote Horse Coach discusses tips into recognizing horse behavior during the interaction reflecting the horse's mental presence, thinking, learning and ability to retain.

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07/19/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Does your horse have a hard time interacting in a herd?

In this episode in the Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey discusses how groundwork with the horse can teach the equine to learn how to think through scenarios before physical reacting. This helps give the horse skills to function successfully in a herd. Also sharing tips on common areas lacking in the horse's education, leaving him defensive toward human communication.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

07/12/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Unrealistic Horse Expectations?

Alternative Horsemanship Remote Horse Coach discusses common unrealistic time expectations during the horse's training. This episode discusses things to consider to maintain perspective on the horse learning journey to avoid creating future unwanted equine behaviors.

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07/07/2024

Poisonous Plants to Horses

St. John's Wart

There are many decorative plants and bushes that are harmful to horses, and this is a wild one found here in the Pacific Northwest. It is growing everywhere lately.

It causes a photo sensitivity in horses. The pink, non pigmented areas of the skin become severely inflamed like a terrible sun burn.

Most horses will usually not eat it, but the ones who will eat everything in sight, seem to always find it. Best if you can remove it from all horse accessible areas.

Tansy is Toxic

Tansy ragwort contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, toxins that are found in many other plants that affect horses and livestock.

Ingestion of Tansy ragwort can ultimately lead to scarring in the liver and eventually complete liver failure. Both fresh and dried plants are poisonous.

Click the link in the comments to learn of 10 Toxic common plants to horses.

06/28/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

How do I find a quality horse trainer?

Watch the latest episode on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.

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06/21/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse Training Tips :
Are you teaching the horse Physical Compliance without engaging his mind?

Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey the Remote Horse Coach shares a horse video reflecting a physically compliant horse but not mentally present. Without the horse learning to think, search, and try, he will not be mentally redirectable or adaptable.

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06/07/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Learning Horse Skills: Modern Day Trials, Tribulations, and Challenges

Discussing pros and cons of online horse learning and how technology has influenced the way we connect or are disconnected with our horses.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

05/31/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Fearful, Reactive, Spooking horse behavior

Discussing how many horse training approaches can reinforce the horse's fear. Tips and insights into building trust and try during equine interactions, creating safe and reasonable horse behavior.

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05/24/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Discussing the impact of human intention on equine interactions and behavior. Gain valuable insights on enhancing horse skills and improving communication with your horse.

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05/17/2024

Are you a new horse owner looking for expert advice? Or maybe you have years of horse experience but are searching for fresh insights?

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Top 10 Tips for horse owners of all levels.

Advice on horse care, training, and practical steps to strengthen the owner-horse bond. Whether building a new relationship with your equine partner or deepening an existing connection, these tips will give insight into proactively caring for your horse while prioritizing your and the horse's safety as you are learning on your horsemanship journey.

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05/10/2024

"My horse was fine...until ______"

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Click the link in the comments to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday.

04/26/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Is the Horse Training building the horse's trust or creating a dysfunctional, fearful, anticipative equine?

Many horse enthusiasts struggle with finding the balance in how to work with the horse. In this horse learning video, Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach discusses how the human's lack of clarity in their communication can leave the horse struggling and resorting to unwanted behaviors. This episode addresses the common horse rider's problem of passively interacting with the horse diminishing his willingness and try.

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04/19/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Helping the Defensive Horse in Real-Time

Horse Training Help: Discussing how many defensive horses there are during the catching, haltering, and toward the physical pressure of the lead rope. Overview of Alternative Horsemanship "meeting" the horse in real time, addressing not being emotionally triggered by the horse's behavior with a reference video..

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04/16/2024

Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey is gearing up for the 21st year of offering training, clinics, and summer activities at The Equestrian Center.

Equine Enthusiasts worldwide come to this safe learning space to learn how to help and work with their horses developing a trust-based partnership.

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03/29/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse Problems, Unwanted Equine Behavior & Uncomfortable Discussions

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03/15/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

"Adrenaline overriding the Horse's Pain"

Discussing contributors regarding Horse Health and overlooked Soundness Issues. Sharing how the mental and emotional state of the horse creates equine behavior changes. Raising the question of the human's awareness to recognize if their goals outweigh the ability to offer empathy to acknowledge the horse's physical health.

Click the link in the comments to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday.

03/08/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Hoof Handling Insight and Tips

Many people struggle to pick up their horse's feet. A common contributor to unwanted equine behaviors when Handling the Hoove is the lack of balance the horse may have. This causes him to be braced, heavy, or leaning and not prepared to softly pick up the hoof being asked for. This video also shares Hoof Holding tips to improve your equine skills, keep your balance, and be adaptable if the horse moves his leg.

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New videos are posted weekly.

03/01/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series
Horse Movement- Lightness vs Softness

Discussing the difference between light and soft horse movement in this episode in the Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series horse video learning. Many horses obediently respond but with continuous tension leading to unwanted equine behaviors. The Remote Horse Coach is sharing tips for your groundwork and riding, assessing the horse's behavior, and understanding why creating adaptable, balanced horses matters.

Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday.

02/23/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse Rider Tips: Position vs Mechanics
Improve Riding Balance

Offering tips on how to create stability in the saddle to improve and refine the quality of the communication offered to the equine.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

02/16/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Fly Spraying without Fear

Many people struggle with fly spraying their horse without having reactive, defensive avoidant, chaotic, or unwanted horse behavior. This horse video learning session on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel shares a perspective on educating and Training horses without fear. The Remote Horse Coach offers insight into the contributors during the horse's education, affecting their willingness to participate while building their confidence. "It" is not about the task, but educating the horse to understand learning how to learn for whatever the human may ask of them.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

02/09/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Haltering the Horse: Tolerant or Participative

Sharing insight into how the quality of the catching and haltering of the horse affects the quality of the session. Highlighting recognizing the subtle horse behavior that offers feedback to understand the equine's mental, spatial, and physical defensive triggers that lead to anticipative, tension-filled, fleeing responses.

Changing the horse's expectation of patterns during human interaction can bring to light if he is offering a mindless conditioned response versus having the ability to think, adapt, search, and try for what the human is asking.

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New videos posted every Friday.

02/02/2024

This Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Shares a video and discussion about a young horse who is imposing upon the human as they approach the gate. This episode highlights the importance of recognizing the dangers involved with a horse that is constantly pushing spatially, especially for future scenarios if the equine is emotionally triggered, and how this can evolve into increasingly dangerous behaviors.

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New videos are posted every Friday.

01/26/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Horse behavior questions: Sweet or Defensive equine interactions?

A horse behavior assessment of what might be occurring when turning out a young horse. Often, equine behavior seen as emotionally fulfilling to the human is reflecting defensiveness in the horse.

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01/19/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship

This episode offers the opportunity to assess a horse's behavior for defensiveness, anticipation, and pain indicators. The Remote Horse Coach then shares an in-depth assessment to help equine enthusiasts learn how to read and recognize the horse's behavior. This gives insight into where to start with the horse, as well as seeing the horse's coping patterns. The video sheds light on various health issues that may affect the horse's willingness to participate. Join us in this educational horse video to enhance your horsemanship skills and deepen your understand.

Click the link in the comments to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship. YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday.

01/12/2024

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Tips for how to translate pushy, anticipative, fearful, and reactive horse behavior to search for the root causes behind these dangerous equine behaviors.

Are you blaming your horse for unwanted behaviors? Most equine enthusiasts try to control, block, or stop the animal's movement which creates one unwanted response evolving into another resistant behavior.

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New videos posted every Friday.

Address

Selle Road
Sandpoint, ID
83864

Telephone

+12082652644

Website

https://learnhorses.com/

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Videos

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series Improving Horse Skills & Decreading Unwanted Equine Behaviors Tips on improving your horse-related skills, and changing your time perceptions, while increasing the effectiveness of your communication. This will help you learn to address the horse to diminish resistant, unwanted behaviors. Click the link in the comments to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday. #alternativehorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #dearsamhorseseries #horses #horseskills #horsetrust #horsetips #equinepartnership

The Rescue Horse & Hypersensitive Behavior Discussing changes in the horse's physical reactions reflecting the shift in their mental and emotional state. #alternativehorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #rescuehorse #horse #horsebehavior #horsebehaviour

🐴 All NEW 5-Part Series🥳 Horse Shopping Help Online Course *Defining & Refining Your Equine Search *Deconstructing The Sales Ad *Horse PreView Questions *Learning to say "No" - 21 Common Scenarios * 22 In-Person Tips & Tools Join Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey The Alternative Horsemanship Remote Horse Coach as she shares 30 years worth of experience buying and selling horses, to help make the horse shopping experience less overwhelming while building your confidence to rationally navigate sales adverts and horse sellers. "I've owned horses my whole life, and yet I still learned a TON from this course! There was so much information packed into all five parts. Thank you!" Sarah, Illinois, 2023 "I have ridden for years, but this was my first time buying my own horse. To be honest, I was overwhelmed and had no idea where to start. This course addressed and broke down so many things I had never even considered! I can't thank you enough! I am happy to say I found my "forever" horse." Rachael, MA 2023 Click the link for the limited time Sneak Peak discount https://bit.ly/horseshoppinghelp Share this post with your friends on the search for their next equine partner. #alternativehorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #horsetrainer #horsetrainertips #horseshopping #horses #horsebuying #horsehelp #horselearning #horselesson #horseadvice #horsecoach

Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey shares another all new 🐴💡🎬🎥 episode in the YouTube Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series *The Starting Point Addressing the communication with the horse to decrease unwanted equine behaviors and increase their adaptability. Subscribe to the Channel for new videos every Friday. For full video https://bit.ly/EquineCommunicationStartingPoint #alternativehorsemanship #remotehorsecoach #dearsamhorseseries #horsemanship #horses #horsetrainer #equestrian #equine #horsebackriding #horserider #horsehelp

reEvaluating Horse Problems

ReEvaluating Horse "Problems" Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series All NEW YouTube episode Click the 🖥🎬🐴 🔗 to watch the full video. https://bit.ly/ReEvaluatingHorseProblems Subscribe to the Alternative Horsemanship Channel to get notified of new videos every Friday. #alternativeHorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #dearsamhorseseries #horsemanship #horses #horse #equine #equestrian #horsebackriding #horserider #horselover #horsecoach #equineproblems #horsebehaviour #horsebehavior #horsehelp #horseproblems #horsetrainer #horsetrainertips

Horse Buying: Equine Shopping Advice by Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey

Just say No... Over the past week I've received 10 emails and three calls from people panicking because in the last month or two they bought horses... that were: *Lame *Had been drugged during try-out *Not as experienced as stated *Had major health issues *Became totally different when leaving a familiar place *Dangerous behaviors such as kicking and biting Learn to interpret what horse sales advertising actually mean. Practice looking at atleast 20 horses before buying one. Get confident at being able to say "no," even if you haven't seen the horse leave the pasture. This is about you and your future, your safety, and your well being. Make decisions that are good for you. Make sure that you show up early when you visit a horse, watch the seller catch the horse in either a field or a stall, notice if when they're handling or tacking up the horse if there's a peculiar way that they do things, be sure to visit multiple times, take the horse off-site, load the horse in a trailer (yourself) multiple times, do a blood draw to check for drugging, always ALWAYS watch the seller ride the equine first... I don't care what was shown in the sales video, everything is usually highly edited. Too many people wind up with horses that overwhelm them and become frustrated, depressed, and don't know how to get out of the situation. Are there a few success stories? Yes, but the percentage of that is so small that I always tell people the more investigative you are when you buy a horse the less trouble you'll have later. Please know I share this warning after after seeing it all. Most people have no idea what sellers are willing to do to sell a horse. #alternativeHorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #horses #horse #equine #equestrian #equestrianlife #horsetrainer #horsetrainerlife #horsetraining #horsetrainertips #horselesson #ridinginstructor #horselove #horsepassion #horselearning #horsebackriding #horsemanship

Horse Trailer Loading: BLM Mustang Filly

Why does offering the horse time matter? If you've been following BLM mustang Calamity Jane's journey you'll have been hearing about her progress from wild to mild. The initial building of clear, specific communication, short and segmented sessions allowed her Time to learn how to think through what is being presented and have a willingness to try and trust... This was the first day I played with her at the trailer. We did a couple of slow approaches, hanging out "thinking in" the trailer, asking for one foot in, then asking her to put it back. Then moved away and did something else as a spatial and mental release from the pressure of the trailer. Then this happened... Imagine if when horses experienced new scenarios it remained this low stress... #alternativeHorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #horsemanship

Leading BLM Mustang Filly & Rescue Haflinger together- First time

BLM Mustang Calamity Jane has "graduated" to the turn out at the far end of the property. After nicely walking down past other loose horses, she enjoyed an afternoon of grazing. It was a long day and by afternoon I decided to save a trip and walk her and Pippin in at the same time. When you have pre-established quality communication "tools," something new doesn't overwhelm the horse. Can you remember back to when she was untouchable? #alternativeHorsemanship #RemoteHorseCoach #blmmustang #mustang #mustangfilly #horsemanship #horsetrainer

Clydesdale mare and rescue cat

Horsemanship Horse Behavior

Horsemanship: Better Together

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Our Story

Enjoy gorgeous 180 degree scenic views of Schweitzer Ski Mountain and the Selkirk Mountain range while you’re at The Equestrian center located just 10 minutes north of Sandpoint, ID.

We offer short term layovers, facility membership (day/week/month/season), and Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey lessons/training/clinics late April-early October.

The facility has two 60’ Round pens (sand), two full court grass Dressage arenas, 100’ x 200’ grass jumping arena, 150’ x 150’ grass gaming arena, 1/4 mile conditioning track, acres of wooded novice rider/horse trails, lots of trailer parking/turnaround.

We do not offer full time boarding or horse rentals.