The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...

Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...

Commonly misunderstood ’trained expressions of flight’ used in the corrective approach to overwhelming, or overshadowing fear responses...

The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental & physical load) will...

When Rosie came to me, & we began to unwrap what she had trained herself in over her first 4 1/2 years of life - there were 2 distinct...

Agency is to have a physiological & cognitive sense of predictability & control over ones experience. This can be developed extrinsically...

The horse as a quadruped has a slightly different way of managing movement patterns to humans. This also pairs, with the horses very...

#BiologyMatters Not only does the horse have a larger comparatively sized amygdala than most mammals, that predominates it to have a...

Relaxation installation. I think one of the easiest trends to fall into with horse training is falling into the philosophy of the...

A horse cannot master, learn & develop complex movement patterns from only attempting & repeating the movement pattern. When we...

I’m sick of silence on this. I am so so so sick of seeing horses broken both physically, and mentally by breakers/starters/trainers, then...

Well, Yes I guess so …. #equestrian #horseriding

All you are ‘required’ to do is provide for your horses needs. Page link: https://www.facebook.com/hiddencreekeq Post link:...

“Clear is kind, unclear is unkind. Most of us avoid clarity, because we tell ourselves that we are being kind. When actually doing this...

Conflict behaviours are responses shown by animals that are experiencing an inability to cope with mental, or physical discomfort. These...

Understanding what your horses base pattern of behavior or the movement response, gets us closer to being able to critically problem solve.