In this episode we are talking about 2 foundational skills holistic horse handlers require which are:

- Making your horse feel safe to relax

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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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How to scratch your horse training

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 Program where we give you the lesson plans for shaping the behaviours, the videos of it in action and the process of strategically and intentionally building on our skill sets. Enrolments are currently open but only until tomorrow night. You can join here 

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 early bird special here. 

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 enrolments to the holistic horse handling program for an early bird special here. 

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 supportively, they have a beautiful heart and soul. 

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