Join us for part 2 of our chat with Clare MacLeod. You can find Clare on her website: https://equinenutritionist.com/ Join her membership: https://equinenutritionist.com/membership-benefits Book a consultation: https://equinenutritionist.com/consultancy-services Or just follow along on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareMacLeodEquineNutritionist...
Join us in this episode as we dig in to some big topics around equine health and nutrition with Clare from Clare McLeod Horse Nutrition, Health and Fitness. You can find Clare on her website: https://equinenutritionist.com/ Join her membership: https://equinenutritionist.com/membership-benefits Book a consultation: https://equinenutritionist.com/consultancy-services Or just follow along on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareMacLeodEquineNutritionist...
A horse that can't control its emotions can't control its behaviour! A reason why we see dangerous behaviours as a result of unregulated emotions is because our horse has said no and we are taught to "push them through it" or "show them who's boss". Sometimes this works, but sometimes our horse lacks trust in our judgement if we have previously asked them to do something they aren't ready for or they think we aren't ready for what we are asking of them. This is how we show up for our horse in a ...
Our ability to set inspiring but achievable goals is an ongoing skill set requirement not just as equestrians but in all areas of our life. In this episode, I'm going to share with you a project I've been working on, and how the lack of structure around goal setting and reflection has meant the time frame for achievement blew out to 7 years!! Want to share with us what you are working on? Join us in the stronger bond community here Check out our free connection training here...
Compassionate leadership is the second module of our holistic horse handling program and I honestly think its one of the biggest challenges in our horse human relationship. In this episode we are going to talk about what compassionate leadership is and how it is implemented in training. Ready to join the holistic horse handling program? Jump on it here. This is the last time you will have access to it this year....
Digging further in to connection training and poly vagal theory we unpack the 2 biggest things my horses have taught me about horse riding over the past 26 years. Want our free connection training? Grab it here: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection Want to join us in our training for tools to regulate the nervous system? Email Sarah at Sarah@equestrianmovement.com to join the waitlist
You hear us yap on all the time about connection but what does it look like in training? Want our free connection training? Jump on the link https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection
In this training we talk about acceptance of bit pressure vs submission to the bit. These terms are used interchangably in the equestrian industry but couldn't be more polar opposite in the outcome achievement. Have a listen to this training to understand why and check out the youtube training to see how we develop acceptance of contact. Acceptance of contact training on youtube Go through our free connection training Want to join the wait list for confident trail blazer or equestrian athlete? E...
Science, Empathy & Feel. All together complimenting each other. Drawing on the immense wealth of research and logic in these three modalities my horses, my clients and I are sculpting a "Middle Path" of horse training which avoids extreme binaries. You know what binaries are: R+ versus R-. Classical versus Western. Etc. We avoid that and opt for a middle path that is inclusive of all. Creating unique training techniques that are simple to follow and kind to the horse. If you wish to use food...
Horses are emotional creatures, and interactions with us can be intensly stressful for some. Join us in this episode as we talk about the immense mental, emotional and physical tax our expectations can have on our horses and how the only way they have to show us is behaviours. In this episode we dig in to some supportive strategies Jane has been helping me with in the school horses so that they are coping with their work and stress load better and able to communicate when they are not. Need a li...
Do you struggle to get willingness and enthusiastic yeses from your horse? Are you getting lots of nos from your horse? Lots of stubbornness, resistance, maybe behavioural nos like kicking, bucking and biting? In this episode we talk about developing a positive work ethic in our horses. Join us in the stronger bond community and keep the conversation going Join the stronger bond community Get the free connection training...
In this episode we are talking about 2 foundational skills holistic horse handlers require which are: - Making your horse feel safe to relax - Developing your horses trust and confidence in you Join me as we go in to why just "pushing your horse through it" doesn't work if you don't have these foundational criterias ticked. Keep the conversation going, join the stronger bond community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5dayimprovehorserelationship Start developing these aspects of your relationshi...
Do you know how important it is for our horses to feel balanced when we ride, and how unhappy they can become when that balance isn’t there? In this episode we talk to Lindsey Mutchler from Lindsey Mutchler fitness about why balance and core strength is so important to happy horses that enjoy being ridden. Book in with Lindsey: https://www.lindseymutchlerfitness.com/ Check out more about Lindsey: https://www.lindseymutchlerfitness.com/join-my-team Check Lindsey out on facebook: https://www.insta...
When we are struggling with change, insecurity and instability in our lives it is often reflected in our relationship with our horses. In this episode I share a life changing experience that I went through and how it affected my own self worth and how well I was able to show up for my horse. It is totally normal to go through this and know you are not alone. Join our free facebook community where we share these experiences and offer support to each other. Stronger bond community Get the free con...
In this episode join us as we chat with Amanda Goble from enriching equines about how to create environments and games for happy horses. Amanda is a zoologist and an equestrian and takes her experiences with animal enrichment and behavioural training in to her training with her horse. Jump over to her website for a bunch of resources and put the spark back in your relationship with your horse. Enriching Equines website Enriching Equines facebook Enriching Equines instagram Enriching Equines pint...
Do you have the competence and confidence to set yourself and your horse up for success in training? Or are you flying by the seat of your pants hoping it will come together but secretly feeling like you're not good enough? We are big advocates for having a shaping plan and being strategic and intentional about how we will get to our goals with our horses. Can't see the light at the end of the tunnel and feeling like your hopelessly flailing around in the woods? Join our Holistic Horse Handling ...
In this training we review the principles we have been learning throughtout the workshop and how they apply to our horses behavioural issues or to how we go about reaching our goals with our horses. Our holistic horse handling program is currently open to enrolments until Tuesday. Jump over and check it out: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/holistichorsehandling
Your horse talks you with their body language and their behaviour. Are you listening? Check out this episode to understand how and for some tips and ideas of how to manage big, bold, dangerous behaviours, through to little annoying, inconvenient behaviours. We are going to be holding another stronger bond workshop next week. Join up here and ask your questions directly to me! Want the whole process laid out for you in achievable steps? Hop over to our holistic horse handling program and get the ...
One of the questions we get asked a lot is why does my horse... insert behaviour here. So I thought today would be a good opportunity to talk to you about what your horse does want! Which can really help you understand when they are using behaviours to communicate they aren't ok with what is happening, you have more of an understanding for why. Lets keep this conversation going! Join us for our free online stronger bond workshop here. Need more of this in your training? Join the waitlist for enr...
In this episode we talking all things micromanaging our horses performance. If you get told not to nag your horse, if you feel like your always trying to control and fix your horse, this one is for you. Jump over to the stronger bond community and share with us where you find yourself getting caught up in nagging your horse. Join the stronger bond community here Want more ways of working with your horse to avoid nagging? Join our holistic horse handling course waitlist here....
This was such a fabulous conversation with Megan from holistic hooves where we delved in to managing and working with donkeys who have been deemed too difficult to handle. Megan brings us a fresh light on how we can work together with our donkeys and our horses when we can understand the difference between making a donkey feel safe to be vulnerable around us vs being bullied in to submission. Megan gives us a view in to how and why donkeys can get such a bad wrap and how, when we work with them ...
The final part of chats with Ben from Harts Horsemanship. We would love you to join us in the stronger bond community and share your aha moments with us. Stronger Bond Community | Facebook Need more of Ben Hart in your life? Check out his courses: Hart's Horsemanship (thinkific.com) Check out his website and see what he's about: http://www.hartshorsemanship.com/...
Part 2 of chats with Ben from Harts Horsemanship. We would love you to join us in the stronger bond community and share your aha moments with us. Stronger Bond Community | Facebook Need more of Ben Hart in your life? Check out his courses: Hart's Horsemanship (thinkific.com) Check out his website and see what he's about: http://www.hartshorsemanship.com/...
Ben Hart is one of the UK's leading equine trainers, with a background in agriculture and a family history working with heavy horses. Ben has worked with horses, mules and donkeys all over the world: from mustangs and race horses in California, stock horses in Australia, and working equines in Cambodia and Ethiopia. Ben's use of the science of equine behaviour rather than a one method approach has been successful with traumatised animals at the UK's leading equine charities, and his ability to w...
If we are ever going to get in to a power battle with our horses its going to be over trying to medicate them!! In todays podcast I'm sharing with you my history of dealing with a very difficult horse and how finding a better way is taking the pain and heartache out of medicating our ponies. If ever we need cooperation in a stress free way from our horse it is when they are sick!! And if ever we need to be supportive of our horses needs its is when they are sick!! The situation can go south quic...
Have you been told by your trainer or peers that your horse is testing or challenging you? Check out this episode for how we approach this concept and how we can navigate the challenges our horses set for us. Loving the podcast and need more? Join our waitlist for to register for our holistic horse handling course in the link below https://www.equestrianmovement.com/holistichorsehandling
Do your training sessions feel like they are fraught conflict and are more a battle for power and control than actual training? That's what we will be talking about in the next season on the podcast. Listen to this podcast for a little insight on how I work around the power battle, trying to take the conversation for power off the table so we can have a more connection based training approach. Want to know more? Join the waitlist for our next enrolment for the holistic horse handling program cli...
Get your pen and paper out and get ready to take some big actions. We are going to get in to some serious goal setting and planning as we head in to the end of term 1. Setting goals and reflecting are the best ways to not only be accountable for the action you've taken but also realistic. They help you hold tragectory or shift based on what you are enjoying and what is honestly feasable. Without clear goal setting we can end up spending seemingly forever on the same task because we haven't given...
So grateful for your continued supported over the last year and a half. We have loved your questions, stories and feedback. We are taking a 3 week break from the podcast to catch up with ourselves after a hectic start to the year!! Life happens, right!?! But don't worry we have some amazing guests booked for term 2 and will be back in action from April 21. In the meantime, stronger bond workshop is happening again!!! April 12, 13 and 14!!! Sign up to the link and join us live to ask questions, g...
As a child getting bucked off happened every time I rode my horse. My mum bought me a book, "why does my horse...?" insert problem behaviour here and the question has plagued me ever since. In todays episode Sarah and I talk about my 20 year trip down the rabbit hole over this question and how the way we deal with this question continues to evolve in our holistic horse handling program. If you have ever ask "why does my horse...?" make sure you listen to this episode as we dig in to some of our ...
