Connie has worked with our horses. I would always ask Connie to work with our young horses. Such a gentle start for them. We are blessed to have met Connie.
I love the direction your training is going. It makes sense to train without equipment before adding it in. Or just keeping things at liberty. Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned.
Another inspiring video. Thanks for sharing! I'm currently on the couch with a 4 week old baby and mostly watching my horses out the window but I'm excited to get back doing things with them shortly!
I'm happy to accidentally find your video. As a force free dog trainer, I'm always interested in horse training and behaviour too. It's great to see you go bitless and indeed bridle-less. I'm a little sad that you feel the need to still use negative reinforcement which is of course punishment and use pressure in other ways. I do like that you said you've learned to be more sensitive to your horses' feelings and anxieties. You have specialised in difficult horses with behaviour issues, and I specialise in dogs with behaviour issues, mostly reactivity which stems usually from fear and anxiety, though sometimes from frustration. I've been learning a lot about horse behaviour and one of the first things I learned is that it is similar in many ways to dog behaviour, which surprised me because one is a predator and the other a prey animal. As their behaviours can be so similar, I believe that given we cannot, and do not, as force free trainers use pressure to resolve behaviour issues in dogs (because it simply doesn't work alongside positive training methods), the same really applies to horses and modern educated trainers should no longer be using pressure and release as a way of training horses. I look forward to the day when these methods are regarded as completely outdated and everyone is using positive reinforcement alone to train horses as well as dogs.
Thank you for your comment. You are obviously a very skilled trainer and I totally get where you are coming from with your views on pressure and neg reinforcement but for me I think it is very important that horses understand negative reinforcement and pressure and release. These are things that we use in everyday care of horses holding a horses leg up to be shod, being led, using a bridle or bitless bridle. I train for behaviours in a safe enviroment so if things don't quite go to plan it has no negative consequence but what if you are on the road and something does frighten your horse and he might want to swerve into the road and on to on coming traffic. To me it is super important you can guide him with your legs and hands to prevent accident, neg reinforcement is taking something away when you get the behaviour like putting your leg on his side and when he moves away release your leg and in my case reward. This can all be done with the horse under threshold of anxiety which I do wth my early training with no restraints on the horse so if he doesn't want to participate he can just leave me then I know he is finding it too much so I can lower the pressure or neg so until he learns within his thresholds. How ever I do want him to listen when he is over threshold as that is safety. If I want to have any equipment on my horse he needs to understand pressure and neg reinforcement otherwise the equipment will just do the opposite and he will pull against it in stressful situations like leading stallions with in season mares around would be quite a thing if they don't understand pressure and release and negative reinforcement, I hope that makes sense 🐎💕🐎
Hello, I really do love your mind set and ways of training for what suits the horse. I have a 16 year old mare I’m going to try and bring k into work after a back injury which am I say really effected her in so many ways. She is welsh section d and vey got headed I’ve had her from a 5 year old and not really done a lot only hacking which she lives but when it comes to getting on her she just freaks out! I’ve had her vet checked and all that it it’s a mental thing with her. I e started this year just doing ground work but I have got a fear thing with her as she does explode if you try to get in her. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Leanne
Have you used any positive reinforcement with your training? I’d love to help as he is telling you she’s not happy so you are right to not feel happy getting on until she feels happy. It might be worth watching a few of my videos. Then get back to me and I can see if I can help direct you
@myyounghorses lethal they were, the stirrup was a great invention! But check out high medieval art; the riders hold their legs just like you. They also had saddles with very high backs wich made them able to withstand blows far better. The Mong9l riders used bow and arrow while stand8ng up 8n their stirrups. History is great!
Connie has worked with our horses. I would always ask Connie to work with our young horses. Such a gentle start for them. We are blessed to have met Connie.
Thank you Janey thats very kind. You look after your horses so beautifully, emotionally and physically, that my job is always a pleasure
I love the direction your training is going. It makes sense to train without equipment before adding it in. Or just keeping things at liberty. Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned.
Thank you. 🐎💕🐎
Absolutely beautiful. ALL trainers need to copy vthis. Thank you Janice
Thanks Janice. for your very generous comment 💕
Another inspiring video. Thanks for sharing! I'm currently on the couch with a 4 week old baby and mostly watching my horses out the window but I'm excited to get back doing things with them shortly!
How lovely to be with a baby, very in the moment. Glad it inspired as it astonds me what horse learn and how easy they find being kind 💕
What a beautiful video to watch. I loved this from start to finish. Fabulous work Connie. ❤
Thanks Jacki. Love to Neville 🐎💕🐎
this is a great video, great to see the horse out and about and not just in a sand school
yes i agree, i think woodie loves the hacking
This is amazing, I am hooked!
Thanks Georgie. You'd love him, he is such fun to ride 🐎💕🐎
I'm happy to accidentally find your video. As a force free dog trainer, I'm always interested in horse training and behaviour too. It's great to see you go bitless and indeed bridle-less. I'm a little sad that you feel the need to still use negative reinforcement which is of course punishment and use pressure in other ways. I do like that you said you've learned to be more sensitive to your horses' feelings and anxieties. You have specialised in difficult horses with behaviour issues, and I specialise in dogs with behaviour issues, mostly reactivity which stems usually from fear and anxiety, though sometimes from frustration. I've been learning a lot about horse behaviour and one of the first things I learned is that it is similar in many ways to dog behaviour, which surprised me because one is a predator and the other a prey animal. As their behaviours can be so similar, I believe that given we cannot, and do not, as force free trainers use pressure to resolve behaviour issues in dogs (because it simply doesn't work alongside positive training methods), the same really applies to horses and modern educated trainers should no longer be using pressure and release as a way of training horses. I look forward to the day when these methods are regarded as completely outdated and everyone is using positive reinforcement alone to train horses as well as dogs.
Thank you for your comment. You are obviously a very skilled trainer and I totally get where you are coming from with your views on pressure and neg reinforcement but for me I think it is very important that horses understand negative reinforcement and pressure and release. These are things that we use in everyday care of horses holding a horses leg up to be shod, being led, using a bridle or bitless bridle. I train for behaviours in a safe enviroment so if things don't quite go to plan it has no negative consequence but what if you are on the road and something does frighten your horse and he might want to swerve into the road and on to on coming traffic. To me it is super important you can guide him with your legs and hands to prevent accident, neg reinforcement is taking something away when you get the behaviour like putting your leg on his side and when he moves away release your leg and in my case reward. This can all be done with the horse under threshold of anxiety which I do wth my early training with no restraints on the horse so if he doesn't want to participate he can just leave me then I know he is finding it too much so I can lower the pressure or neg so until he learns within his thresholds. How ever I do want him to listen when he is over threshold as that is safety. If I want to have any equipment on my horse he needs to understand pressure and neg reinforcement otherwise the equipment will just do the opposite and he will pull against it in stressful situations like leading stallions with in season mares around would be quite a thing if they don't understand pressure and release and negative reinforcement, I hope that makes sense 🐎💕🐎
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This is really cool.
That’s amazing
Hello, I really do love your mind set and ways of training for what suits the horse. I have a 16 year old mare I’m going to try and bring k into work after a back injury which am I say really effected her in so many ways. She is welsh section d and vey got headed I’ve had her from a 5 year old and not really done a lot only hacking which she lives but when it comes to getting on her she just freaks out! I’ve had her vet checked and all that it it’s a mental thing with her. I e started this year just doing ground work but I have got a fear thing with her as she does explode if you try to get in her. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Leanne
Have you used any positive reinforcement with your training? I’d love to help as he is telling you she’s not happy so you are right to not feel happy getting on until she feels happy. It might be worth watching a few of my videos. Then get back to me and I can see if I can help direct you
So actually she's riding medieval style.
Am I? Didn't they wear tack? I know the romans did. Think Genghis Khan's archers didn't use the reins and that was why they were so lethel 🐎💕🐎
@@myyounghorses I meant in the way you hold your legs.
@myyounghorses lethal they were, the stirrup was a great invention! But check out high medieval art; the riders hold their legs just like you. They also had saddles with very high backs wich made them able to withstand blows far better. The Mong9l riders used bow and arrow while stand8ng up 8n their stirrups. History is great!
@@martzenvandenbroek thats really interesting I'll have to look it up