Episode 5: But it says ‘horse’ on the label…
It is so easy to fall into the trap of assuming that because it says horse on the label, or comes from a saddlery, or produce store, that your horse will know what to do with, whatever the thing is. Especially if you believe that your horse had some life experience before it came to be with you.
This episode could be a super short one, where I just tell you that your horse DID NOT get the memo that they are supposed to know about things we humans have created for them, and that for all the things, to get a reliable response from the horse we need to go through a training process.
Cool, now you know what to do right? Shorted podcast episode in history… just joking, we’ll unpack this some more.
In this episode I discuss:
the common pitfall of assuming your horse knows what to do
examples of where it’s easy to assume our horses just know
the need for a training process
why a training process done by someone else (ie, previous owner or a trainer) won’t necessarily translate across to you
what to do right now about it
Our links mentioned this episode:
Start Your Engines course+workshop
Abbey's Run Equestrian website
Abbey's Run Equestrian on Facebook
Thank you to Matthew Bliss for podcast production & consultation. You can find out more about podcast support on offer via: Blissery.FM or email info@blissery.fm