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?
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When all is said and done, I truly believe that this is the litmus test of a human’s ability to be fully human with their horse. And it is simultaneously the lesson that encompasses all of the others. If all of us could do this with our horses, how much more fulfilling would their lives […]
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Ultimately, the type of relationship which has worked best with Pip is that of friendship. Being a friend to her is a lesson that, once learned, she has reciprocated. But what does being a friend mean? At the end of the day, it boils down to a simple four-letter word, one which I had difficulty […]
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Visit many different horse facilities in Spain and you will be sorely tempted to conclude that the equestrian establishment is essentially a macho conspiracy designed to incarcerate, abuse and torture horses in conditions that rival if not exceed what you might expect to come across in the type of bondage, discipline and sado-masochistic contract which […]
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