QUESTION: I’m an older person and always wanted to learn to ride bareback. Do you have any tips for me? ANSWER: Well, first of all you want to be sure…

[The story below was written a few years ago. Two years ago, in 2010, Dorian was laid to rest here on PENZANCE. He was 30 years old. Amahl is still…

The article below is from http://www.equestrianprofessional.com. As I was reading it I really felt what Elisabeth was saying and I also felt it from the HORSE’S perspective! Imagine how your…

From a discussion forum today: Today at 7:58am, jp wrote: I think that Caballus wanted the horse to keep it’s attention on her, did you Caballus? I think that’s very sensible with a…

http://www.aebc.com.au One of the most important points to make here is that we must train using pressure/release thoroughly, rather than rely too early on fragile associations. A good example is…

Excerpt from discussion on reward vs. punishment:  “If a horse feels threatened by a whip then that causes stress. Stress interferes with learning. That pressure is too much for the…

“The horses right to express himself freely creates the foundation of our relationship and is a fundamental requirement of our continuing journey together. Without this balance of comunication between person…

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“Each horse takes up the stimulating suggestions of the other, performs the friend’s action himself, and, as a result, a PHYSICAL CONNECTION comes to be, and image of oneness ……

EXCERPT FROM KATHY PIKE’S “COACHING WITH HORSES” http://www.coachingwithhorses.com/documents/kathy-pike-making-friends-keys-to-joyful-relationships.pdf“     He receives positive reinforcement. The more I tell him what is good and what works well in our relationship, the…

Connecting with horse without use of punishment, whips, crops or force. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODNxqdLKrh4]

The choice was his. The horse threw a temper tantrum with his hind hooves, at liberty, and the choice to stop his tantrum was his alone. Much like a child…

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  The Thinking Horse: Cognition and Perception Reviewed Evelyn B. Hanggi, MS, PhD An excerpt :: Practical applications of positive reinforcement have been researched with respect to the use of these principles to…

  “Every barn knows of at least one horse with a hang-up. “She‟s a great horse, all except for this one weird thing…” “This horse is bullet proof as long…

No one is saying that using pressure and release of pressure does not work. No one is saying punishment doesn’t “work”. But there is a difference in the quality of…

  Alot of hoopla about connecting and establishing relationships with horses … its all over the natural horse cyberspace … and I will be bold enough to say alot of…

“The harem group has a clear hierarchy in which the stallion and head mare are the two most central individuals in a very literal sense. The head mare is often…

When you keep working through a whirling dust storm, you will spend the next few days picking little bits of hay and wind-driven-dust out of every imaginable place—your hair, your…

Just saw this on Facebook … couldn’t be more apropos for …  GOOD HORSEMANSHIP!