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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
The Head Drop
Asking a horse to drop their head with a soft and immediate response is one of the best things you will ever train into your horse. When ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
From Domination to Listening
Recently a student pointed out that my work is defined by how I listen to horses. The traditional way of interacting with horses is to te...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 31, 2019
- 3 min
Positive Reinforcement
Many people use positive reinforcement with horses, instead of or as well as other forms of training (negative reinforcement, habituation...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2018
- 3 min
Considerate Horsemanship
For quite a while I have been trying to work out exactly what it is that I do with horses. I have called it Natural Horsemanship, and in ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 6, 2018
- 3 min
WHAT IS NORMAL?
Humanity has come a long way in terms of respect for animals. We now have animal rights written into our government policies and animal g...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min
MAKING THE CHANGE
I was recently talking with a lady who understood that animals are sentient and should be treated with respect and kindness. But even tho...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
CONNECTION
I’m sure you’re familiar with this word being used in relation to horses, but what does it mean and how do you get it? A dictionary trans...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
HORSE TALK
For most of the history of horse domestication, we've tended to have communications between humans and horses that are unidirectional. Hu...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 1, 2018
- 3 min
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REWARD
Whenever your horse does something that you've asked for it's imperative that you give a reward. This reward lets the horse know that the...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE CONVERSATION
When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re go...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 31, 2017
- 3 min
THE PASSENGER GAME
This is a great game to play with any horse that has a rusty ‘go button’. It develops forwardness in the horse, gets snappy responses to ...
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