Horse Behaviour Help

15/07/2023

https://www.facebook.com/100064560679269/posts/654246416737375/?sfnsn=scwspmo So very true.

Jennie Loriston-Clarke MBE, the doyenne of British dressage, shared an interesting thought in a column published in Horse & Hound in July 2022. Its title was "‘Are we sacrificing horses’ soundness for the wow factor?"

31/05/2023

If you want just the BEST time...going on an IH course is like joining a new family (a good one I hasten to add!); lovely people who all have the same goal as you (learn more about horses) and who all have different experiences to bring to the table. Doing these courses was a step on my journey to becoming an IH Recommended Trainer, going out to help lots of lovely people.



Intelligent Horsemanship’s JULY courses



July 1st/2nd Loading the Less Easy Horse weekend



July 10th to 14th Five Day Foundation (remember if you have previously done this course you get £100 discount)



AUGUST



August 5th/6th Perfect Manners weekend



Why would anyone want to go abroad when you can have fun with horses right here? 🤣



www.intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk

09/03/2023

I've been privileged to be featured in the latest IH magazine in the 'Spotlight on IH Trainer' section...but there is so much more to read!: The major theme of this IH Magazine is How to Have a Horse That’s Sound for Life. With Pie still going strong at 28 years this is a BIG interest of Kelly’s but also for all of us. We hear about so many young horses not staying sound past 6 or 7 years old – what’s going on? Nature? Nurture? We may not have ALL the answers but together with our specialist experts we have a fair few.

Also in this issue ‘The Wisdom of A Weekend Rider’ (that’s an Olympic Gold Medal Winning Weekend Rider), details of our Short Story Competition worth £500, The Big Interview – Showing Supremo Jayne Ross (practical tips we can all benefit from), IH Training From the Ground to the Saddle’, ‘How the Horse Develops’ with Gillian Higgins, IH Debate ‘Are Horses just a Hobby for the Rich?’, Book Extract from Mark Rashid’s new book ‘For the Love of the Horse’ PLUS even more!!

08/03/2023

Coming up tonight!
Is True Connection Always A Little Out of Reach?

Anthropologist Rosie Jones McVey’s academic research focusses on her key interests: human-animal relationships, ethics and morality, and mental health. Her most recent research project has been investigating equine assisted therapies for young people in the UK, which she has completed during a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge University. Rosie is also a course tutor and recommended trainer for Intelligent Horsemanship.

Webinar Coming Up – Wednesday 8th March 2023 8pm

Dr Rosie Jones McVey – Christ’s College University of Cambridge, Junior Research Fellow

On March 8th, Rosie is giving a webinar about a newly published paper. “Seeking contact: British horsemanship and stances toward knowing and being known by (Animal) others”, which was published in Ethos: Journal for Psychological Anthropology.

How much do you know about other’s minds? How much do you want to know about other’s minds? Are the answers to those questions different if we are talking about animal minds, rather than humans? And how much do you want those (animal or human) others to know about your mind? In this webinar, Rosie will talk you through her recent research into how British horse people want to know, and be known by their horses. She’ll show that in Britain, the hopes and risks associated with truly knowing and being known by horses are exasperated when compared to other cultural settings – authentic ‘connection’ matters to British riders a great deal. And she’ll also show that what people want when it comes to knowing other minds, can, in fact, change their experiences of knowing other minds. This is because the brain is malleable and changes based on the sort of attention we pay to it. This doesn’t mean, however, that it always changes in the way that we might hope – wanting to know the horse completely goes hand in hand with experiencing that true connection as always just a little out of reach.

PLEASE NOTE: This webinar is Free to IH Members – all members will receive the link on the day of the webinar. You can join for as little as £39.50 per year.

07/08/2022

More videos of Rory

07/08/2022

This is the very handsome Rory, we knew he'd done some long lining before, but it was along time ago and his owner was not totally sure how to go about doing some work with him, so I went out to see them. Thank you to our lovely assistant for taking some video, she eventually got roped in to helping so this is just a few steps of what we did! FB is saying I can't add photos and video at the same time 🤷‍♀️so standby for some more posts.

15/07/2022

So true.

“Was she good?” After working with a horse in a training or therapy session, this is the friendly question that people often ask.  However this kind of talk about horse behaviour as good and bad can hugely limit our ability to build relationships with and train them effectively and empath

14/07/2022

For some reason FB is only letting me post one video at a time, so here's the second video of the super Missy, straight up the ramp, no bother!

14/07/2022

It's a while since I've posted about a trip out to a client - usually because I haven't got enough hands and am concentrating hard on my client and their horse! However, yesterday I managed to find a spare hand and we remembered to take some footage. This is the lovely Missy, who didn't really do loading, didn't really do going near trailers, wouldn't do anything nasty, but did have an excellent reverse gear and a good plant!

She did respond very well to body language and the pointing hand round the turn helped. We couldn't take out the central pole at the time so we padded it up to make sure nothing could get caught and no one could get hurt. The mat at the bottom of the ramp in one of the videos was designed to help remove the visual block of aluminium edging and large step up. Non-slip. Treats were only used on her second and subsequent loads to build that positive association and forward thought. Really good foundation which will need to be reinforced over the next week or two before we look at the next steps.

28/06/2022

I get to do some really fun things! Created an in-hand obstacle course for a fun show at college yesterday, hard work but really good day.