
11/07/2025
"G is doing so well, even the farrier has asked what's happened to her. He said he always used to expect her to kick him, but now she's calm and shows no sign of doing it. Thanks to you!"
The interesting thing is that we didn't do any work whatsoever on the horse's feet or shoeing behaviour.
This is due to what I call the 'decontamination effect' - when we retrain the Basic Responses in-hand many, many issues spontaneously resolve themselves.
A good example is separation anxiety, which almost always 'magically' disappears once training commences. 🎩 🪄