Some horses seem unable to walk calmly along and are constantly doing a jigjog. It is not a walk or a trot, but a bouncy jogging that is...

The following is a question I was asked that really got me thinking. “I am wondering if I truly understand the term ‘connection’ with my...

‘She was taken to a small box and closed in. Her heart rate increased and sweat trickled down her body as fear filled every part of her...

Recently I went to view a horse as a potential purchase for a client. The current owner ran the horse around a round yard for a few...

More and more I find that coming from the heart when interacting with horses creates a deeper understanding and connection between human...

I have been looking into the power of beliefs. What I am observing is that whatever a person believes, they somehow make reality. This is...

Recently I found myself saying to a student, ‘it’s a conversation, not a command’. This one phrase is probably the most important thing I...

Training is the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour, according to Google. The main word in this...

The image of jockeys swinging their arms and continuously whipping horses is familiar to most of us. What is less known is the extensive...

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...

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...

Many people use positive reinforcement with horses, instead of or as well as other forms of training (negative reinforcement,...

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...

Humanity has come a long way in terms of respect for animals. We now have animal rights written into our government policies and animal...

I was recently talking with a lady who understood that animals are sentient and should be treated with respect and kindness. But even...

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...

For most of the history of horse domestication, we've tended to have communications between humans and horses that are unidirectional....

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...

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...

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...