Posted in Misc on Sep 10th, 2009
For those of us who were blessed at birth with a natural affinity for horses, or who as children developed a fantasy surrounding these amazing creatures after reading King of the Wind, Black Beauty, Fury or watching The Black Stallion, we developed a magical relationship with them based on communication, trust and understanding.
However, as we matured, perhaps that relationship and the training have somehow become more pragmatic, more cut and dried. Has the magic of horses and horsemanship somehow disappeared?
Yet what if we could recapture those youthful dreams of a close personal bond with our horse, while at the same time facilitating and enhancing our training program? What if training could be more than simply a human’s will imposed on the horse and become instead a mutually shared partnership between horse and owner, based on a system of communication both could understand equally?
What if the horse could have a real voice and truly participate actively in his training, working with the owner to achieve success, without coercion or forceful means? … And what if, in the process, the training time was dramatically reduced while results were significantly amplified? What I’m talking about of course is liberty training… Read more
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Posted in Misc on Jun 25th, 2009
For those of us gifted at birth with a natural affinity for horses, or those of us who as children developed a fantasy surrounding these marvelous creatures after reading King of the Wind, Black Beauty, or Fury, we gave special anthropomorphic quality to horses and that magical relationship based on communication, trust and understanding.
However, for those of us who have somehow maintained contact with horses as we matured, the relationship and training have become somehow more pragmatic, more cut and dry. The magic of horsemanship has been relegated to our youth.
Yet what if our adult dealings with the horse could be somehow aligned with our youthful dreams of a close personal bond with our horse, while at the same time facilitating and enhancing our training program? What if training could be more than simply a human’s will imposed on the horse, and become instead a mutually shared partnership between horse and rider, based on a system of communication both could understand equally?
What if the horse could have a real voice and truly participate actively in his training, working with the rider to achieve success, without coercion or forceful means? … And what if, in the… Read more
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Posted in Misc on Mar 10th, 2009
Well, thank you so much, what an amazing response to my question! I said it would be interesting and so it turned out to be. Mark has compiled a top 10 list of your ‘wants’, which I will post at the end.
As you remember from last week, I was talking about horsemanship, trust and connection, which lead me on to asking the question about what you would like your partner to be. Now the reason I asked this was, and this is going to sound a bit out of place, but a horse wants to be treated like a woman wants to be treated.
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