Working Student Position
Nov 5th, 2009 by Carolyn
Have you ever dreamed about creating a better relationship with your horse?
I’m searching for an apprentice/working student, who has experience in horse training and a background in dressage preferably, to work alongside me as my personal assistant for a minimum period of at least three months.
The position is unpaid and in exchange for being my personal assistant and working in my office helping me write new teaching materials or creating new educational DVD’s, I offer you the opportunity of a lifetime to learn my Method and possibly go on to receive certification in it.
You will have the opportunity to work with my horses and assist me in teaching clinics and be coached in dressage with my Method from the ground and under saddle.
Times and hours are flexible but generally likely to be Monday-Friday. If you are interested in coming to work for me in Escondido, CA, please send your resume/C.V. to info@carolynresnick.com along with an email explaining why you think you would like to work with me.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Carolyn
Skill Requirements:
- Grooming and caring for my horses (feeding and cleaning is already taken care of) to working in my office
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Writing skills so you can edit my blogs and other materials I author and/or ability to video
- An understanding of HTML in order to update my website would be an additional advantage
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Hey Carolyn,
Thanks for the encouraging videos and blogs. I have been working with horses my entire life and at the ripe old age of 45 have become disillusioned with the traditional methods of training. I am looking for alternative methods to help with the rehabilitation of my daughters showjumping Hanovarian and have been searching the internet for sites dealing with retaining of the more “hardened criminal” types. Your site is a refreshing and positive reminder to all that a the bond between horse and human can, and more importantly should be one of mutual respect and compassion. My daughter is completing her final year of highschool and is looking for a position as a working student before entering university. She is very bright, has been an honours student each year, speaks french and German, is organized, computer savy, and detail driven. She has been acting as my assistant since opening our new facility and she does an excellent job. Shanice has always ridden and competed in the hunter discipline but we school with a foundation of dressage. I am forwarding this note to you on an impulse (yes, I admit it) because the position sounds like a great opportunity and we have been talking about a working positon for some time now. As I mentioned, I have become increasingly disturbed with conventional training and it would be my wish that she be able to learn alternate methods that might be applied to every riding discipline which would allow for better communicate with her partners.
Thanks for your consideration,
Lynne Sproule
Ontario, Canada
Hey carolyn, your blogs so educational, i like how you are able to get across information for new and aged horse owners. sharing your experiences with other people around the globe, letting them connect and get a feeling of community all in this little blog. its badass! sharing is caring keep it up!
Silje,
Give me your email Address and I will email you.
I did apply (twice actually…)
If you lost the applications, I can resend it:)
Did you apply? I have no on as yet picked and have lost the applications I did have because of my lack of computor and orgizational skills. I have no one in the office at this time. I am not in a hurry because so many things must be considered and I need to talk directly to the people who are intrested. Mark is also not in his office to help as well.
I can almost not contain myself, I just feel like screaming “pick me, pick me!” This is the opportunity of a lifetime!
When will you tell us who’s the lucky one, Carolyn?
Dear Julia,
Thank you. Hope your up and coming Birthday is full of joy good friends good eats and chocolate. I am glad you are taking the time for the horses to come in on their own and the Uberstreichens are working for you especialy on a seasoned horse that knows how to pull and expects to be controled by pulling while hunting in an open field. That is a miricale and well done.
A note to everyone-
What strong bits and pulling on a horse does for the equestrian world is take away the need to be skilled and not to have to mannage their horse to keep the connection. With out harsh bits you must be a great horseman moment by moment.You need to be prepared that when you loose the connection when you ride to fix it with light aids and if you can not to get off and put yourself in safe place were you can restablish the connection and partnership for unity and harmony.
How to step into the world of lightness is to ride only where you know the connection will not be broken form your own skill instead of using a bit or nose bands that increase the power of the bit that controls your horse for you though pain.
Hi Carolyn
I just wanted to say “thanks” for this informative blog and how you encourage like-minded people from around the world to communicate and
share their experiences. I’m in a remote area of Australia and physically feel a long way from everyone but as soon as I start reading your site I’m immediately linked in and feel among kindred spirits. I’m a new horse owner, mature aged and my skills are minimal but I’m making steady positive progress with my extremely intelligent horse, simply by following exactly what you say. It’s easy to follow good advice. My dominate horse is responding well and I know that we’ll end up having a very close relationship. Thank you for your vision to share your knowledge and thank you also to all those who contribute to your blog asking the questions that I don’t and talking about their experiences. It widens my horizon and my mind.
Hi Carolyn
Hope all is well with you, I’m missing working with you loads.
I would like to encourage anyone who can to take up this great opportunity of a lifetime to work with Carolyn. The six months I have just spent with her have been amazing. Now back in the UK I realise how much I never knew and understood about my horses before learning the Carolyn Resnick Method. Its like I am seeing them in a new light and to be honest I think they are somewhat surprised by my new horsemanship skills. I’m more consistent with them and definitely more focussed which they are appreciating. I’ve been sitting with them for 10 days now and today is the first day that one of them even tried to approach me, clearly I have a lot to do to make it up to them for leaving them for so long.
Carolyn, I also want to share with you my experience with the Uberstreicken exercises. When I got home my friend asked me to take her horse hunting. She said he had been pulling alot and I know he does from past experience. I managed to put the Uberstricken exercises on him on three different occasions before I rode him. He was so locked up it was a real struggle at first but gradually he began to relax. When I rode him I remembered all my lessons on Sonador and how if I pulled he would pull so I rode virtually all the time on the buckle. I not saying I got it right all the time but the horse was so calm, light and relaxed to ride, it was a real pleasure. Such a change from the last time I rode him.
Thank you for sharing all your experience with me and for anyone considering this opportunity of working with Carolyn I would just say take action and make it happen. You’ve got everything to gain and nothing to lose.
Thanks Carolyn for opening up a whole new world of possibilities for me.
Hi Carolyn,
What a wonderful gift you are offering.
I am now working with two horses Andre and Ransom. The third horse Rikkizar needed time to recover from a hard life of racing, he was stressed and had very sore feet, so he is sharing with two very old horses.
Andre and Ransom developed a good bond, but Ransom initially tried to prevent Andre coming up to me. He would round him up and lead him from behind. So I followed your suggestion and put the lead rope on Andre and then asked Ransom to leave when he started to hassle Andre. That has worked and now they both come up to me and are both affectionate with me and each other, while I sit on the tack box. When I leave they both come up to the gate.
Ransom was rude in relation to the carrot box today and I asked him to leave this upset him and he raced up to Andre and bit him. Should I go back to having the lead rope on Andre while I teach Ransom to have better manners around the treat food.? Maybe it would be best if I take Ransom to another place roundyard and or arena and work with the food based rituals. Cannot do that until the rain stops.
I explored leading Ransom from behind and he did that so well, and Andre led me from behind at the same time.
Warm wishes
Crissea
Hi Carolyn, If my health would allow it, I would apply straight away
)
I have a question: I just got a new horse. He is a Swedish Coldblod Trotter. They are quite heavy and first I tought him to stand on all 3 feet when cleaning his 4th hoof (T-Touch). But he is soooo heavy and Im quite small. I also trim the feet of my horses myself (with supervision by a pro trimmer), so I really need him to carry most of his leg himself. I try to give him the lift ‘command’ when he gets heavy but this gives a jerking motion. His frontlegs are the easy ones.
I just did my first attempt at WHR with him yesterday (otherwise I have just been sitting with him) and I think we did very well
)
He is very hungry and had no training in that area what so ever, so I had to attend this matter first since I was almost run over at first. Also he was used to being led with a chain on his nose (I found out why) so I started by giving him a ropehalter instead (have to start somewhere – cant do it all at once). But now apposed to before he is more polite and better to walk with when going in and out of the stable.
Theres is one thing that Im not sure of with regards to Sharing Territory with him. Because of the wheather I have to do this in his stable. I usually sit with him when he eats and afterwards. But Im not sure he is comfortable with it. He keeps looking at me – eating – looking at me etc. After the meal he is fine and normally puts his head out of the stable door and rest.
Also one other thing: He is already very attached to my PRE gelding. So Im not able to take my PRE out/in first. I waited with this issue because there were other things that were more important, but now I have to drive my PRE to the Vet. So any advice of how to get my Trotter comfortable or at least not harm himself when I have to leave him with my little pony. Those two are Ok with each other but not bonded the same way.
Wow that was way more than I thought it would be. The WHR has helped me with y PRE gelding so very much. I am so grateful for all the effort you put in this blog and I have your book / DVD’s and attended the ICP as box-member – Loved it. Still listen to these calls when I Share Territory !
Best Wishes Tonnya
Dear Carolyn!
Thank you very much for your reply on my reply.
I saw Farah ask you some questions and it made me feel free to ask for your opinion.
I have a year old mare, Emily, Shetlandspony. Last year before I even had heard about you I often was sitting in the box she was sharing with two other foals, right in their hay, in atemp to socialize them and make them use to people. The funny thing is that I was the only person who was able to take contact to Emily and put a string in the halter in the fence when they were taken to the stall for the night.
After I have got to know your methods (I watch the ritual dvd over and over again) I have been thinking that I really did share territorie with the foals and that may be the reason to my good relationship with Emily, she is such a darling, and now when I know the importance of sharing territorie I often sit in her box.
What do you think, am I right in my thinking?????
I do hope you are able to understand what I am writing, english is not my
daily language!!!!
Your sincerely
Helle
That sounds like a wonderful opportunity for someone. It was nice to find out more about that position in today’s blog.
I also want to add that Tahnis has been really good since I came back from my 2 week vacations and we were able to pick up where we left off. Every day I learn something new, and I nowadays Tahnis would rather come with me to the arena than to stay and eat her dinner…
Thanks Carolyn! I will follow my instincts with the herd work and I will try the different body language with the hello work. I’ll let you know how it goes. Glad you enjoyed my video. It was so free and fun! I am playing with bridless collection and will get a video soon to share. I am so enjoying this work!
Greetings
I had the distinct pleasure of working with Carolyn as an office manager more than 20 years ago. I was then and am still a California bridle horse style enthusiast – dressage western style. Carolyn is quite skilled in this disipline, and invited me bring my cowpony over to play at liberty and bridless. She continues to be an inspiration. If you can go to work for her DO IT!
Dear Farah,
This is good, when the horse wants to join in with the other horse keep focused on the one you are working with. You might try to work with the other at the same time if you can Keep the focus on the lead horse that you started with and the lead horse will not come off course. But something tells me not to do that yet and let the evolution have room to set a habit and see what happens next and maybe it might lead to a nother level on it’s own. Let me know were this evolves.
You are starting a herd for yourself. this is good new. YOu are bringing yout the herding behavior in your horses. They are feeling free to respond.
The horse that is comming up maybe feeling dominent but when it comes into your personal space it decides to be polite.
When you see the ears go back step into the horses space as the horse is coming up to you and you should see the ears will come forward. If this works then draw back and call the horse into you and make a big fuss. It could be that your timing is off causing the horse to feel that you are backing up because you are being summisive. This can be corrected by when you signal the initual call up that you start it by step toward your horse and then backing up so your message is saying “I am speaking to you what I want is for you to come in” this way you are being more asertive in your approach.
I am writing about your you tube in my next blog. I just loved it. What fine work.
Hope this is of help
I too wish I had the time allowance to break from my business to do that but I will have to continue to study from you in the virtual/phone world. And I am greatful for that!
I have 2 questions today for you Carolyn. The first one is what do I make of a horse coming in to say hello in a completely docile manner but with ears back until they get to me? Then the ears go up.
My second question is, what do you make of horses joining in to Leading from Behind spontaneously when I am focused on one horse. Also, Does it matter if somehow you manage to lead more than one at a time from behind? Should you stay working with the one you are focused on and send the other(s) elsewhere?
Thanks
Dear Erine,
Thank you for your support. I enjoyed our time together too.
I might ever get someone that I would not have attracted with out your recomendation.
Love,
Carolyn
Dear Helle,
I slipped up. Sorry I met to get my new blog on the Uberstrichens in this time but I am not equipped with an editer at this moment. The next blog will have the starting of my next step in creating better resoponse to the rein aids.
Thank you for your concern.
Hi Carolyn,
You are truly amazing…I wish I lived there–I would beg on hands and knees…please please please. What an honour to be able to work with you—and help to create educational materials too…talk about exciting and the opportunity to do more good for horses and their people.
I have to manifest a way….:)
God bless you!…more.
boohooo
Kim
What a great opportunity!!! I’m sure who ever gets this special position will be inspired and have many positive life changing experiences!!!
Good Luck!
Dear Carolyn!
To day I am a bit disapointed about your blog. I am looking forward to tuesday and thursday evening because it gives me the chance to learn more about your methods when you share your expertice with us, and this time it was “only” an add for at new student!!!!! (All is written with a smile)
I will envie the person who get the chance to learn your methods directly from you, unfortunately it will not going to be me but I see it as a great chance. I surely do hope you find someone with the right skills.
Have a nice Weekend.
Helle
I wish I could apply! Carolyn, I really view you as being on the forefront of horse communication and I wish you the best in finding the perfect (and also very lucky!) person to assist you and be as sensitive as you are with your horses. Thank you also for speaking out against Rollkur and providing the link for the petition.This site had some interesting diagrams: http://www.sustainabledressage.com/rollkur/why_not.php
Carolyn – I wish I was still in San Diego, I would leap at the chance to work with you again. To anyone reading this, apprenticing under Carolyn was the most impactful learning experience of my life, and every moment I spent with her was a moment that I understood horses and their ways more deeply and thoroughly. I still look at my chestnut mare that you helped me rehab from an abusive situation and shake my head in amazement at what we accomplished with her. You are amazing!