I believe in training horses from the ground up.
You can start a very young (or older) horse with ground work and it will set up communication, and coordination for present use or later on when you want to start mounted work.
I do believe in taking the time it takes (a Pat Parelli saying) don't go so fast to scare them.... and don't go so slow you bore them, find the speed you need .... for each horse .... and human!
Having a horse that is light in the mouth and light off the leg aids is so important, a horse that thinks and not reacts, will become a good safe partner (same goes for the human) it doesn't matter if you are trail riding or showing, both have dangerous and challenging situations, that horses and humans need to overcome.
In the time I have spent studying with Jonathan Field I have learned so much, here are just a few tidbits of information from his program, which will help you build a happy healthy relationship with your equine partner!
PRIMARY EQUINE LANGUAGE
NEUTRAL FRIENDLY
(INTENT)
TOUCH DRIVING
JONATHAN USES THE 6C'S FOR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
CARE
CONTROL
COMMUNICATION
CONFIDENCE
COMPETENCE
CHALLENGE
THIS IS THE J.F. TRAINING SCALE
COLLECTION
STRAIGHTNESS
IMPULSION
ENERGY
RELAXATION LENGTHENING AND SHORTENINGS SPIRIT
FLEXION
BALANCE
BEND
SPEED
PATH
You can start a very young (or older) horse with ground work and it will set up communication, and coordination for present use or later on when you want to start mounted work.
I do believe in taking the time it takes (a Pat Parelli saying) don't go so fast to scare them.... and don't go so slow you bore them, find the speed you need .... for each horse .... and human!
Having a horse that is light in the mouth and light off the leg aids is so important, a horse that thinks and not reacts, will become a good safe partner (same goes for the human) it doesn't matter if you are trail riding or showing, both have dangerous and challenging situations, that horses and humans need to overcome.
In the time I have spent studying with Jonathan Field I have learned so much, here are just a few tidbits of information from his program, which will help you build a happy healthy relationship with your equine partner!
PRIMARY EQUINE LANGUAGE
NEUTRAL FRIENDLY
(INTENT)
TOUCH DRIVING
JONATHAN USES THE 6C'S FOR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
CARE
CONTROL
COMMUNICATION
CONFIDENCE
COMPETENCE
CHALLENGE
THIS IS THE J.F. TRAINING SCALE
COLLECTION
STRAIGHTNESS
IMPULSION
ENERGY
RELAXATION LENGTHENING AND SHORTENINGS SPIRIT
FLEXION
BALANCE
BEND
SPEED
PATH