The Best of Behaviour and Training Articles (2018)

A summary of your favourite articles from 2018.

Latest, TrainabilitySarah Gallagher19 February 2019horse training, horse behaviour, horse physical developmentComment

Why should you teach your horse to back up?

Do you know the reason we teach our horses to back up?

Musculoskeletal, LatestKatie Boniface17 February 2019healthy horse training, back up, horse exercisesComment

Feeding Your Older Horse

What are you feeding your senior horse?

Care, LatestSarah Gallagher15 February 2019horse feeding calculations, feeding older horses, what to feed my horseComment

Why Your Horse Wont Canter

Are you struggling to get your canter established?

Trainability, Musculoskeletal, LatestKatie Boniface13 February 2019canter, wont canter, why wont my horse canter, unbalanced horse, horse training, healthy horse training, ethical horse trainingComment

4 Reasons You Horse Evades Your Aid

What is your horse telling you when it says no?

Trainability, LatestKatie Boniface11 February 2019evading aids, horse training, why won't my horse, horse work ethic, horse riding, horse behaviourComment

What Is A Safe Horse?

Have you ever wondered if bomb-proof horses really were?

Latest, TrainabilitySarah Gallagher10 February 2019bomb proof, bomb-proof, safe hores, safe horse, unsafe horse, training trainability, training horses, desensitising, desensitizingComment

EMERGENCY! What To Do In Case Of Flooding

What’s your emergency plan for floods?

Care, News, LatestSarah Gallagher9 February 2019horses in floods, horse emergency evacuations, horse first aidComment

7 Ways You Can Destroy Your Relationship With Your Horse

Are you doing one of these?

Trainability, LatestKatie Boniface5 February 2019horse bond, horse relationship, horse training, healthy horse trainingComment

From Abandoned To Forever Home: Story Of A Rescue Horse

How patience and love can impact more than one life

RiderSarah Gallagher3 February 2019rescue horse story, building your horse bond, horse training, horse care, happy horse storyComment

How To Identify If Your Relationship With Your Horse Needs Improving

What are the signs that mean you need to work on your bond?

Latest, TrainabilitySarah Gallagher1 February 2019horse bond, horse ownership, horse training, healthy horse training, horse behaviour, horse relationship, improve my relationship with my horseComment

Is Your Horse Fitter Than You?

When your horse is fitter, stronger and more powerful than you, what can you do?

Musculoskeletal, Latest, RiderKatie Boniface17 January 2019horse fitness, rider fitness, rider core strength

How The Herd Changes Your Relationship With Your Horse

Have you ever wondered how the herd influences your working relationship?

Trainability, LatestKatie Boniface13 January 2019spooky horse, horse behaviour change, horse herd dynamics, training horses, training trainability, healthy horse training, horse mental developmentComment

How a horse learns (and the real use of pressure)

How do horses learn? How does the application and release of pressure influence their learning? Katie answers some common questions (How to get my horse to stop/go/canter) by breaking down the learning structure for horses.

TrainabilityKatie Boniface8 January 2019horse training, pressure and release of aids, how to make my horse stop, how to make my horse go, how to make my horese

9 Things No One Tells You About Owning A Horse

We all know how amazing horse ownership is - we tell anyone and everyone about it! But here are a few things we rarely discuss...

CareSarah Gallagher3 January 2019horses, horse owner, bad horse, horse riding, equestrian life, equestrian movement, horse training, dressage, make my horseComment

Is Walking Boring? (7 Reasons To Reconsider)

Is walking really boring? Here are some reasons to reconsider.

Latest, MusculoskeletalSarah Gallagher28 December 2018horse development, is walking boring, horse riding, horse athlete, group riding, trail riding Comment

How Impostor Syndrome Impacts Your Riding

Are you an impostor in the saddle?

Rider, LatestKatie Boniface22 December 2018impostor syndrome, bad rider, peer fear, horse riding events, perfect ridingComment