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Leadership or Connection? Which would you choose?
We often get told we need to be the horses leader, or in some cases that we need to be ‘The Boss’. This can set up a whole bunch of...
Successful Loading Part 4 - Getting Ready to Travel
So in the last 3 blogs I have looked at the basics of loading, building confidence and building motivation to load. In this blog I’d like...
Successful Loading Part 3 - Building Motivation
Building Motivation 😁💪 In part 1 we looked at the basics of loading and in part 2 we looked at how to build your horses confidence on...
Successful Loading, part 2 - Building Confidence
In my previous blog I said there were two main reasons horses don’t load He’s scared He just doesn’t want to with a possible (less...
Successful Loading and Travelling Part 1
You don't need a special headcollar to load your horse (but sometimes it helps!) There are two main reasons a horse doesn't go into the...
Spooky Horses, part 3 - Horses that are tense and on adrenaline
These horses are spooky because they simply have too much nervous energy and don't know how to direct it. These are the ones that you...
Spooky Horses, part 2 - Horses that are scared of 'things'
For this blog I’m going to look at the horse that is frightened of ‘things’ 😱😱 These horses are genuinely frightened of 'stuff' noise,...
Assess your horse - the Confident Horse
Is your horse tense and scared? Or is he confident and playful? Answering these simple questions will give you a lot of information on...
On the road to nowhere? Napping, why it happens and what to do about it
So let's start with frustration!!! A napping horse can be the most frustrating thing in the world, no matter how much you sweat, kick and...
Spooky Horses, part 1 - 4 Reasons horses Spook
The non horsie husband of one of my clients once commented ‘I’ve never known an animal that has less logic to it’s actions than a...
