by Josh | Oct 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
We’ve been looking at different training styles in my last few posts, and today I’d like to discuss a style perhaps best described as “mechanical horsemanship.” Mechanical horsemanship has many things in common with dictatorial horsemanship....
by Josh | Oct 15, 2019 | Relational Horsemanship
In my last two posts, we looked at what I call “emotional horsemanship” and why that is often problematic. Today I’d like to talk about another common style of training that could be described as “dictatorial horsemanship.” Dictatorial horsemanship interprets equine...
by Josh | Oct 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
People often ask me about the gear I use on my horses and what I like about it. While that is a huge topic, I’d like to share my thoughts on a few of my most important, go-to pieces of gear and explain why I find them so useful. Rope Halters & Leads While...
by Josh | Oct 2, 2019 | Relational Horsemanship
In my last post, I started talking about the consequences of what I call Emotional Horsemanship, in which we interpret the horse through a distorting lens of human emotion. One of the common problems with this way of viewing horses is that when the horse does...
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