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Guaranteed Connection with Your Horse?

May 23rd, 2019 by

Really? A guaranteed connection with my horse, is there such a thing? Isn’t this what every horse trainer worth the title is selling? You may not have the horse of your dreams but the dream of your horse connecting with you, is this not a dream that can come true? What if I was to tell you that it is, that it can and that it absolutely does not require any training of the horse, would you be interested in finding out how?

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Posted in body balancing, Education, Equine Touch, health care, horse rescue, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection, refuge centre, Trust | Comments Off

Horse-Human Relationship: Perfect or Authentic?

Apr 18th, 2019 by

In the past few months the Horses and Humans group on Facebook has been inundated with posts advertising the perfect training fix for humans who have problems relating their horse. They have promised answers to all of the relationship issues that we lesser mortals encounter with horses … in return for a fee, of course. Whether unfortunately or not, I have had to delete them all because they did not comply with the group’s advertising policy. I had all but forgotten those promises of the perfect horse-human relationship when yesterday morning an incident occurred with one of our mares which left me feeling absolutely shattered and wondering whether I should not consider attending one of those courses promising the perfect horse-human relationship. Continue Reading »

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Posted in Anaïs, closeness, friendship, Horses, Humans, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

Horse Lover? Then You Have to Read this Book!

Dec 31st, 2018 by

It is not often that I stumble upon a book about horses which captures my interest and it is even less frequently that reading such a book resonates with me, while it is absolutely rare for me to feel a need to recommend it to as many humans possible. Yet it is just such a book that I have recently discovered, read and returned to in order to study, review and recommend it.

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Time to Remove the Blinkers of Behaviourist Training?

Aug 31st, 2018 by

Much, if not most of the time that we humans spend interacting with our horse is devoted to behaviourist training, such as habituation, or positive or negative reinforcement. How many of us are aware that behaviourist training is not only exceedingly limited but also even destructive? Continue Reading »

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Posted in behaviourist learning theory, behaviourist training, Francesco de Giorgio, Horses, Humans, Lucy Rees, natural, natural horsemanship, science-based | Comments Off

The Equine Touch: Jock’s Vision

Jul 26th, 2018 by

25 July is The Equine Touch day, and yesterday it marked 21 years since this marvellous equine bodywork modality started to develop into what it has become. It was also a day which heralded the start of an Equine Touch awareness week and an opportunity to reflect on visions and achievements. As part of this process, I reread an interview with Jock Ruddock, the founder of The Equine Touch, published in Natural Horse Magazine in 2007, in which he was asked where he saw Equine Touch going over the next ten years. This was his reply. Continue Reading »

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