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Last week I gave a lesson to a student of mine, Stephanie, who has a Welsh Cob mare that she has been driving and riding. The horse is very fearful and so she had started doing the Uberstreichen Exercises and working on getting her comfortable in her territory.

The problem I noticed with this mare was that although she was doing well with the Waterhole Rituals™, when she was brought to the barn, she did not want to have the bridle put on her. She was acting sort of wild and frightened, so I asked how long this had been going on. Stephanie said it had been like this for a long time. I told her that we had to get the horse comfortable with being present right there and right then, and to get her to agree to the fact that she likes being at the barn before we even attempt to put on the bridle.

So I took the horse and I asked her to stand still on one spot. Now, what people often fail to understand is how definite I am about where I want the horse to stand. I’m not talking about standing in the general vicinity of a spot, I’m talking about standing on the exact spot that you have chosen. So much so in fact, that if the horse steps off a quarter of an inch, you make her pick up her foot and put it back on the exact same spot.

Well, we did that with this mare once and it changed the whole performance. The next day Stephanie called me and said, “I can’t believe how that horse has changed!” She told me that she took her out of her paddock, brought her up to the barn and was very clear about having her stand on one spot. Then after a while, she was able to put on the bridle with no trouble whatsoever. The horse wasn’t concerned about being at the barn and did not shy like she used to, because Stephanie was able to get the horse to become present and connected in one place and in the moment.

Try this for yourself if you are experiencing similar challenges, with or without your horse.

To learn more about Carolyn, her lifelong relationship with the horses and her quest to findthe ideal communication method between man and horse, visit Carolyn Resnick's siteand read her book Naked Liberty published in English and German (Tochter Der Mustangs –Daughter of the Mustangs).

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