Bitless · 5 min read
Riding bridleless: It started with one rein, not none.
Riding bridleless has hit the spotlight! By now you’ve probably seen the footage of riders at the British Bridleless Competition in May…
Horsemanship
Horsemanship · 2 min read
What Horses Really Want
What horses really want, author Lynn Acton says, is Protector Leadership, as it establishes a strong bond through the role of the…
Horsemanship · 4 min read
Tips for tying your horse safely
Tying a horse safely is a basic horsemanship skill, but there’s more to it than fastening your rope around the handiest object.…
Articles · 7 min read
My favourite horsemanship blogs
There is so much advice available online that it’s sometimes hard to know which horsemanship blogs to follow. I subscribe to quite…
Health · 4 min read
Jenny Pearce – Happiness and Wellbeing for Horse and Rider
I recently re-connected with Jenny Pearce, a friend from way back, a healer extraordinaire and a fantastic teacher. Jenny’s passion for helping…
Articles · 4 min read
How do you approach your horse training?
I have just read a book by notable dog trainer, Harrison Forbes called ‘Dog Talk’, and I liked his perspective on training methods…
Articles · 4 min read
CAT for Horses
By Laurel Gordon Based on a definition of CAT-H by Dolores Arste and Kellie Snyder. While working on her Master’s thesis, behavioural…
Articles · 6 min read
How to help your herd bound horse
by Cynthia Cooper Often referred to as being ‘barn sour’ or rushing home, the herd bound horse just wants to stay near…
Articles · 5 min read
Leadership with horses
by Cynthia Cooper Natural Horsemanship has increased our awareness of relationships with horses – the terms partnership, respect, leader, alpha etc. have…
Horsemanship · 3 min read
Horsemanship Keys to Success for Hoof Trimmers
by Cynthia Cooper These key points apply to many situations other than hoof trimmming – for example when you are grooming. saddling,…
Articles · 8 min read
Changing Tack Will Reduce Cruelty to Horses
How many people have you seen take out their anger and frustration on their horse/dog/partner? We’ve probably all been guilty of it…
Horsemanship · 4 min read
Principle to Purpose
THE SLED By Paul and Karen Lockwood. I was talking with Ron Morgan from TMCA one day and he mentioned having to…
