Calming Signals and Loving Your Horse
What liberty means.
What liberty means.
Pressure is the energy that creates the calming signal.
Finding balance on the Middle Path.
Sometimes I think, as a trainer, part of my work is to be an amateur vet first.
Hold steady to the calm and peacefully persist.
Repeat after me: I’m only human. I’ll try to do better.
How a horse greets us is his honest expression.
A post about how calming signals and gastric ulcers can relate to each other.
The goal in Horse Agility is sweet partnership, in a relaxed/forward sort of way, with the horse doing the work and the handler quietly asking. Sounds like dressage to me: Ground Dressage.
If you are standing next to your horse and he looks away, do you think he’s distracted or even disrespectful? When your horse yawns is he sleepy? If he moves slowly, is he lazy?