Flooding Is Not The Same As Training: Why a Horse Stopping Doesn’t Always Mean It Learned What actually happens when a horse stops reacting during overwhelming exposure – and how can we tell learning from shutdown, habituation or simply being unable to escape? Recently, more and more videos of so-called training came up on my
Everything we want to do with our horses starts on the ground. Everything our horses need to know to live a balanced horse life along side us is can be taught from the ground. Riding is a privilege that we need to earn. Earned with trust and self carriage. You don’t need to ride your
It is one of the most important topics in the horse world: How to start a young horse (under saddle)? And it is one with a lot of prejudices, misunderstanding and lack of feel. Not for nothing, starting a horse is also called “breaking a horse” and this goes back far and deep in to