Expectation is the quickest way to damage your relationship with your horse. I had someone say ‘I want to make my horse lay down’ this week. Just the language alone tells me a lot about what’s going to happen here. When we replace ‘make’ with teach or allow it changes the intention, therefore the energy. Also different horses for courses….the lay down is not for every horse. Some horses are way too sensitive for lay down straight up. They need a whole lot of preparation. To learn to trust, to come off pressure, to learn feel. Some take time, some take to it straight away. It’s horses for courses.

Getting the bones moving on pheobe 🥶🥶!!

There’s a special feeing you get when partnership really kicks in. It’s a balance, a feeling of being equal. There’s no separation between leader and follower, it’s the perfect dance partner. It feels as if you are reading each others mind. The communication is effortless, with no resistance. It happens when we have an understanding of each other and ego is left at the gate. Understanding our own limitations but not hanging on them. Leaving judgement behind, and accepting things just as they are. Not seeing errors, just letting them pass. It’s a special moment that’s fleeting. But it’s the thing we come back for again and again. That feeling of perfection. The reason we keep improving.

What’s the difference between collection and engagement? Knowing the difference means you’ll pay the correct try when asking for each of them. Each will give you a wonderful result but they are a little different….

Good morning everyone! Yesterday all I wanted to do was work on a pattern. We did the same pattern we have done previously using the question box. We did it only for 20 mins as he was hunting for the box, stopping in the box without being corrected and relaxing there, I finished up and gave him some licorice, is this enough for one session? (My downfall is not knowing when to quit, so I am really working on that).