by Josh | Nov 19, 2019 | Problem Solving, Relational Horsemanship
Many people interpret nipping or biting as dominance on the horse’s part, and the proposed solution usually centers around getting more forceful with the horse or making him run circles until he shows signs thought by many to indicate “submission”. I...
by Josh | Nov 5, 2019 | Relational Horsemanship
In the past handful of posts, we’ve looked at several different styles of horsemanship — Emotional, Dictatorial, and Mechanical — which are based on different interpretations of the way horses think and behave. Today, I would like to give you a look...
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 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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