Equine Bliss
There is so much negativity on the web. Here’s a video of some happy horses to perk our readers up for the weekend 🙂 Enjoy!
Tag: Herd
Communication 101: Energy
Have you ever met someone and just known that you were going to be friends? Have you met someone and known that you would have to work hard to understand them in order to like them? Do you feel yourself uplifted and energized by your social circle or do you feel drained, heavy-hearted or critical…
To Treat or Not to Treat
B.F. Skinner proposed Operant Conditioning as a theory of learning in humans, as well as animals. The theory explores the relationship between reinforcing a desired behaviour and preventing an unwanted behaviour through the use of stimuli, as well as reinforcers such as rewards or punishment. The thinking is that each behaviour will have a consequence…
Herd Leader: A Sentence of Solitude
The concept of a human being the leader of a herd came about when Monty Roberts first appeared commercially in the equestrian world. There was buzz about the concept of Join-Up and those individuals who wanted to opt for a more natural approach to horse training started using phrases such as join-up, dominance, submission, herd…
Who are you to your horse?
Sandy Biggs of Xenophon Equus Centre says; “Horses see us as one of three things at any given moment: 1. A threat 2. Insignificant 3. A herd buddy.” When we train horses, it is easy to become so focused on what the horse is doing, that we can forget how the horse perceives us. Horses…