Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series  Helping the defensive horse  Watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday. Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning, equine partnership, horsemanship clinics, equi ..read more

 Tips for the Insecure or Timid Rider What about building the rider's confidence for riding out? Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning, equine partnership, horsemanship clinics, equine behaviour ..read more

 Reactive Riding When people sit down in that saddle their brain tends to focus solely on themselves. Instead, if they treated their horse-like they were "on the same team" and told the horse what the PLAN was ahead of time, the horse would have a better chance of offering the desired response toward the rider.  Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, h ..read more

One of the most misused "techniques" I have found is how people present asking the horse to move around a circle. Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning, equine partnership, horsemanship clinics, equine behaviour ..read more

How often does your focus "leave" as you are nearing the end of a session with the horse? Mentally moving on to something else? Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning, equine partnership, horsemanship clinics, equine behaviour ..read more

As with everything, there are many interpretations when it comes to the terminology associated with horses. I try to be clear and precise in the words that I'm offering, but there still can be a gray area in the human student's understanding. This often comes from their level of awareness, background, and unintentional anticipation/expectation of their mind "getting ahead" of wherever they are currently at with their horse. Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse i ..read more

 Join  Alternative Horsemanship with Samantha Harvey for the Following a Feel Livestream Discussing the everyday, overlooked opportunities during the horse interactions that either refine the equine's mental and physical directability or unintentionally teach the horse to avoid and be defensive toward human communication. Saturday, April 13th at 5pm pst. Click the link to learn more Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemansh ..read more

  Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series  Horse Problems, Unwanted Equine Behavior & Uncomfortable Discussions Click the link to watch the latest episode on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.  Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning ..read more

 Ponying the Horse- Continuing Quality Conversations I find when ponying, many folks focus on getting the ponied horse to follow the movement of the ridden one.  This can create mindless movement in the ponied horse and contributes to what seems to willingly compliance (as long as nothing specific is asked of him) but he is not thoughtful, mentally directable, or physically adaptable.  Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative ..read more

 What intentions do you have for you and your horse? What are you doing to work towards them? Horsemanship learning, horse courses, horse articles, equine partnership, online horse learning, alternative horsemanship, horses, equine, horse behavior, online horse instructor, alternative horsemanship, Samantha Harvey, remote horse coaching, distance horse learning, horse questions, ask horse trainer, horse videos, horse blog, equestrian, horses, free horse learning, equine partnership, horsemanship clinics, equine behaviour ..read more