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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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 1, 2017
- 3 min
TRAINING/DETRAINING
TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Aug 22, 2017
- 3 min
PREPARATION AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING
This heading sounds a bit like a topic for a conference, not the horse paddock. But it’s a very important subject to be aware of when...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Aug 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE BIG SECRET
Recently my husband related a story to me of an experience he’d had that day. He was talking with someone when the topic of horses came...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jul 1, 2017
- 3 min
EXPAND AND CONTRACT
Here is a great little exercise that will improve your feel for your horse and your riding skills, make your horse suppler, and increase...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jun 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE TRANSITION TO BITLESS
I was very fortunate when I changed all my horses from being ridden with a bit to a bitless bridle. Without exception they all took to...
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Suzy Maloney
- Apr 1, 2017
- 3 min
Respect
I looked up the definition of this word and came up with – ‘regard with deference, avoid degrading, insulting, injuring or interrupting...
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Suzy Maloney
- Mar 1, 2017
- 3 min
Bribery or Reward?
The use of food in training horses is a controversial topic. Many ‘horse people’ are against using food treats. With all other species of...
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Suzy Maloney
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min
The Happy Place
Everyone’s looking for the happy place. This is where life is beautiful, there are no pressures on us and no stress, this is where we can...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 1, 2017
- 3 min
Train the Brain
I am very fortunate to be able to meet and work with many different types of horses. Every single one of those horses without exception...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 7, 2016
- 1 min
Bitless Bridles Part 1
#happyhorsesbitless #bitlessbridles #naturalhorsemanship #bitlessbridlevideo
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 7, 2016
- 1 min
Bitless Bridles Part 2
#happyhorsesbitless #bitlessbridles #naturalhorsemanship #bitlessbridlevideo
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 7, 2016
- 1 min
Bitless Bridles Part 3
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Suzy Maloney
- Dec 1, 2016
- 4 min
Torso and Seat
And now we make it to the final discussion on the rider’s body parts. So far the legs, hands, arms and head & neck have been covered. The...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2016
- 3 min
Learned Helplessness
The theory of learned helplessness was originally devised by Martin Seligman in 1967. It is a psychological condition where individuals...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 1, 2016
- 3 min
How Do You Stop a Horse in a Bitless Bridle?
This has to be the number one question that people ask me, and it’s a good one. Horses are famous for being able to run fast, very fast,...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Sep 1, 2016
- 3 min
Finding the Present Moment with Horses
It has been suggested that one of the things that sets humans apart from other animals is our ability to think of the past and of the...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Sep 1, 2016
- 5 min
Head and Neck
As with every part of the body when we’re riding, our aim is to have our head and neck in a balanced position. The main problem I see is...
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Suzy Maloney
- Aug 1, 2016
- 3 min
Softness
Softness Posted on July 14, 2016 by happyhorsesbitless This is a word that’s used often in the horse world, soft hands, soft seat, soft...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jul 1, 2016
- 3 min
Why Go Bitless?
My own personal journey with bitless bridles began over ten years ago. Since then I have passed through many and varied learning...
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