Posted in Advice on Nov 20th, 2008
I am not against formulas and lessons in the training of horses and people. I am only against them when they are the only way you go about communicating and the training of horses.
Following formulas blindly, without question and without adjustment, can cause a person to lose their natural leadership ability, which then causes the horse to focus on having to pay attention to the rules rather than focusing on the connection.
I think that it is best for a person to hang around horses and horse trainers to develop a rhythm and a way of being around horses when things are right. I have watched horses being trained by other people for years as one of the many ways I gained my knowledge of horse training. It’s a lot of fun and I can’t think of a faster way to learn how to train a horse than by watching horses in nature and trainers that horses like as a way to develop your skill in the training of horses.
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Posted in Advice on Apr 23rd, 2008
This morning I started thinking about what causes people to abuse horses when the horse doesn’t perform for them exactly like they would like or what causes somebody to overlook the responsibility of continuing to train their horse.
I came to the conclusion that the person really does not enjoy the process of training. They don’t realize that training itself can be such a pleasure.
I think of it like opening up a package because we are really excited about just finding out what’s inside. That is what makes training so that it is not abusive because we really don’t expect any bottom line on it. We are just happy with whatever results we get.
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Posted in Misc, Observations on Apr 21st, 2008
Hi again. Well, I’m very excited this week as we have finally got round to putting my new logo at the top of the blog there. For those of you who have been receiving my blog via email, you will have already seen it so I hope the rest of you like it too!
Here’s a question for you: What do you think the 3 horse heads represent in terms of my Method? Or what do they mean to you? I would love to hear your thoughts so please post them in Comments. Thanks ;o)
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Posted in Stories on Apr 18th, 2008
I did a clinic a couple of months ago that was sort of fun. We were doing the recording for my latest DVD Introduction to the Waterhole Rituals and I was working with the participants in the arena where we were all being horses and trainers. And I gave people a chance to work with me at liberty as if I was the horse and they were the trainer.
This gave the students the possibility to move me around and find out how a horse would respond, so that they could solve the problems in a safe environment and then when they go back to work with their horses they could much clearer, for example, on how to approach and how to leave.
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Posted in Misc on Apr 9th, 2008
Hello again and welcome to my blog!
After months of preparation we are finally off to the races.
I will be writing to you on a regular basis with a mixture of advice, Q&A, stories and observations. If you want to ask me a question, just fill in the form just on the right there. If you have any other enquiries, you can always use the form on the Contact page.
Of course, I also look forward to chatting with you via Comments, so do please give me your feedback and stories by adding a Comment whenever you feel you have something you’d like to say.
I also hope to be adding shortly some short video demonstrations as well as some longer audio pieces that you can download to your iPods or MP3 players. All of this technology is fairly new to me but I’m keen to reach out and connect with as many of you as possible.
For those of you who don’t know me, you can read a brief biography of me on the About page. Of course, for a full story about my younger life with horses and particularly… Read more
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