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“Each horse takes up the stimulating suggestions of the other, performs the friend’s action himself, and, as a result, a PHYSICAL CONNECTION comes to be, and image of oneness ……

EXCERPT FROM KATHY PIKE’S “COACHING WITH HORSES” http://www.coachingwithhorses.com/documents/kathy-pike-making-friends-keys-to-joyful-relationships.pdf“     He receives positive reinforcement. The more I tell him what is good and what works well in our relationship, the…

Connecting with horse without use of punishment, whips, crops or force. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODNxqdLKrh4]

The choice was his. The horse threw a temper tantrum with his hind hooves, at liberty, and the choice to stop his tantrum was his alone. Much like a child…

Some excerpts from :: THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING ON HORSES’ LOADING BEHAVIOUR 478346 Jaana Pohjola BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Behaviour, 22/04/11 “A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of…

Luv, luv, LUV this!  So much FUN!   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeS9IVHZQA&w=480&h=360]

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  The Thinking Horse: Cognition and Perception Reviewed Evelyn B. Hanggi, MS, PhD An excerpt :: Practical applications of positive reinforcement have been researched with respect to the use of these principles to…

  “Every barn knows of at least one horse with a hang-up. “She‟s a great horse, all except for this one weird thing…” “This horse is bullet proof as long…

No one is saying that using pressure and release of pressure does not work. No one is saying punishment doesn’t “work”. But there is a difference in the quality of…

  Alot of hoopla about connecting and establishing relationships with horses … its all over the natural horse cyberspace … and I will be bold enough to say alot of…

  If you’d like to be part of learning how to utilize positive reinforcement training I will be doing several workshops: JUNE 30th: Full Circle Equestrian, at beautiful BALLARDS FARM…

FORUM QUESTION >>My older gelding has recently developed the terrible habit of spinning around and kicking out when I let him out in the field in the morning. I’m at…

“The harem group has a clear hierarchy in which the stallion and head mare are the two most central individuals in a very literal sense. The head mare is often…

When you keep working through a whirling dust storm, you will spend the next few days picking little bits of hay and wind-driven-dust out of every imaginable place—your hair, your…

Just saw this on Facebook … couldn’t be more apropos for …  GOOD HORSEMANSHIP!

A couple of video and blog views today really struck me. The first from Andrew and Vicki of horsesandhumans.org: “The basic relationship between you and your horse is not something…

Spring Conditioning!  Yay! Time to start getting your horse out of the ‘garage’, dust him off and getting back to work. Bringing back the horse from a lengthy winter off…

– Almost always, the way to get a better response is to back the pressure off,instead of adding more. via [IceHorses] rashid quotes.