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The Science Of Natural Horsemanship

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Cath Henshall

Jul 13 |20:36

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:38

This is the first of a short series of articles exploring natural horsemanship training from a scientific perspective.

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Equine Psychology And Learning Terms Glossary

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Cath Henshall

Jul 13 |20:32

We’ve decided to provide definitionsof some key terms that will be used in the upcoming articles. Because we will begoing back and forward between accepted horsey terms and scientific writings itshelpful to use terms whose meanings are well defined and accepted, especially on thescience side.

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The Runaway Colt

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Meredith Ransley

Jul 29 |20:53

A couple of years back, Shane and I were out trail-riding a couple of coltsthat we’d just freshly started, giving them trail time and generally enjoying the scenery.We love to get the youngsters out and about as soon as possible, usually on their 3rd or 4thride, to explore the greater environment, move some cows around and generally expand theirconfidence and acceptance of their new rider.

Willow's Story - A Case Of Mistaken Identity

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Meredith Ransley

Jul 22 |23:54

A few years back I was doing a couple of clinics in England, one of which wasat a livery yard where all the clinic participants either kept their horses, or leased oneof the horses owned by the yard itself. One of these horses was a little bay mare calledWillow.

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Marlin’s Story

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Meredith Ransley

Jul 15 |20:08

I’d like to share with you a story about a little stallion called Marlin. Well ... that’snot actually his name ... we called him that because when he first came to us, Shane put arope on him and he leapt around on the end of that rope like those huge fish you see on TVleaping out of the sea. He had not had a lot of handling and we soon found out just howlittle he’d had and what his experiences had been.

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Dirk, The Friesian Stallion

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Meredith Ransley

Jul 09 |19:56

This week's extract from the Horseman’s Diary is a little different ... ratherthan just a horse training story with a happy ending, I’d like to share with everyone thefirst few weeks of Dirk’s stay here with us at QSSC.

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A Lesson In ‘To Comfort’

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Meredith Ransley

Jul 01 |22:42

Many years ago I had the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson in theimportance of ‘comfort’ to a horse. These days, many of us have heard of the principle of‘comfort and discomfort’ when communicating with horses, however there is a still a majorfocus on using discomfort to show a horse what we don’t want, or in other words to tell ahorse what to do, rather than understanding the value of having a horse going ‘to comfort’.

The Journey Home

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Meredith Ransley

Jun 25 |05:23

We’ve done quite a bit with race-horses over the years, either with re-training older horses through our ‘Performance Horse’ checklist, handling youngsters orstarting them under saddle. One particular time a few years back, one of our trainerneighbours had a dozen or so youngsters he wanted prepared and started to saddle ready tobegin their racing careers.

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The Case Of The Cautious Carrot Eater

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Meredith Ransley

Jun 19 |20:23

It’s interesting to me to take note of how the various horses I meet feel intheir surroundings. Whether they feel safe, confident and playful, or whether they are waryand reactionary ... always on guard.

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Tying Up ... Trouble Free Or Terrifying?

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Horseyard Editor

Jun 10 |21:30

Most horse owners have witnessed, at least one time, a horse that seriouslydoesn’t like to be tied up. Whether resulting in just a slight reaction from treading ontheir own lead rope or a serious pull back when tied to a fence, the underlying problem canbe extremely serious and in many cases dangerous, to the horse and anyone else within thevicinity.

The Science Of Natural Horsemanship

This is the first of a short series of articles exploring natural horsemanship training from a scientific perspective.

Equine Psychology And Learning Terms Glossary

We’ve decided to provide definitionsof some key terms that will be used in the upcoming articles. Because we will begoing back and forward between accepted horsey terms and scientific writings itshelpful to use terms whose meanings are well defined and accepted, especially on thescience side.

The Runaway Colt

Willow's Story - A Case Of Mistaken Identity

A few years back I was doing a couple of clinics in England, one of which wasat a livery yard where all the clinic participants either kept their horses, or leased oneof the horses owned by the yard itself. One of these horses was a little bay mare calledWillow.

Marlin’s Story

Dirk, The Friesian Stallion

This week's extract from the Horseman’s Diary is a little different ... ratherthan just a horse training story with a happy ending, I’d like to share with everyone thefirst few weeks of Dirk’s stay here with us at QSSC.

A Lesson In ‘To Comfort’

The Journey Home

The Case Of The Cautious Carrot Eater

It’s interesting to me to take note of how the various horses I meet feel intheir surroundings. Whether they feel safe, confident and playful, or whether they are waryand reactionary ... always on guard.

Tying Up ... Trouble Free Or Terrifying?

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