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03/02 - 2016

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First swim of the season ✔️ Taking Jaq out to

First swim of the season ✔️ Taking Jaq out to bathe, or rather, tagging along while he does his thing, is always an adventure 🤪 100 percent chance of being splashed 🐋💦 Life with him is never boring.

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My young boys during their first summer in Sweden.

My young boys during their first summer in Sweden. 💛 Aramis and I went back to the vet the other day for a checkup on his tendon injury. And guess what - things are looking really good. 🤩 So good that he is allowed back out in a bigger paddock, we can start trotting in groundwork AND I can start riding him in walk. Oh happy days. 🎉 Jaq is also doing good, his leg has been swollen on and off but when I consulted with the vet she told me not to worry about it too much.

This is just the kind of happy news I needed after a hectic period. 🙏🏼 Vacation who dis? 😅

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Horses are sooo willing to do everything we ask of

Horses are sooo willing to do everything we ask of them - as long as they understand what we’re saying. They are not born speaking Homo Sapiens, their native language is Equus. Ptroo doesn’t mean slow down in their kindergarten, and they have no idea they’re supposed to speed up when we put our leg on. It is our job, through consequent signals and the proper reinforcement in the right time, to teach them what we mean.
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Opening up to a two-way dialogue is crucial. There *must* be a response to the reinforcement, otherwise the message didn’t get through. Saying “yes” or “good job” means absolutely nothing, and does absolutely nothing for your training, unless the horse shows that he understands that he gets praise, and what for. For some horses, my Aramis for example, being loved and feeling safe is all the reinforcement he’s looking for most of the time. For others, such as Jaq, payment in terms of cookies is usually the way to go. Our job as trainers is figuring out what gets each individual horse going, and trading that specific thing (cookies, scratches, a hug, time to think, playing, grazing etc) for behaviours we wish to see more of (standing still whilst being mounted, greeting at the gate, jumping the obstacle, piaffe, etc). 🍎🐎

#horsepsychology #horsetraining #hästträning #hästpsykologi #hästtränare #horsetrainer #connemarapony #connemara #connemaraponny #lusitano #lusitanohorse

If there’s one thing I learned from having a thi

If there’s one thing I learned from having a thick-but-not-that-long-haired pony for almost two decades it’s how to make strong braids. (Now, the one on this photo isn’t extremely pretty - I’m a little out of practice at the moment. 😅 I haven’t braided Conny in years.) I usually get a lot of questions on how I make my braids, so here are a few tips:

🗝 I find dry or lightly damp hair easier to work with. Preferably not too clean, as we want it a bit sticky.

🗝 Brush thoroughly, from root to end. Flip the hair over to the other side and brush it from there as well.

🗝 Key tip: Let the hair hang on it’s normal side, but place yourself on the opposite side to braid. The first three strands I comb over to “my” side, but from there I just pull over every strand as I go along. This will make the braid lie on top of the neck, as in this photo.

🗝 Before crossing the bottom strand over the middle strand, I pull the braid up as much as I can to tighten it.

🗝 Don’t braid too far down towards the withers, as it will come undone as the horse moves its neck.

🗝 Let your fingers ache. It IS hard work but the more you practice the easier it gets!

Do you have anything to add? 👇🏼💬

#connemarapony #connemara #connemaraponny #neckrope #halsring #bridleless #bridlelessriding #libertytraining #libertyhorse #libertydressage #frihetsdressyr #horsebraiding #horseplaiting #horsegrooming

What motivates MY horse? What motivates MY horse T

What motivates MY horse? What motivates MY horse TODAY?

That's the question I need to ask myself at the beginning of every session with my horses. I as a human cannot tell my horse what he is supposed to enjoy - carrots, cookies, scratches, resting or grazing. It's like having a boss who suddenly says that from now on the payment will be free lunch instead of money, because everyone wants to eat right?! The one who performs the task must decide if it's worth it considering the payment.

Conny for example is many times perfectly happy with my happiness as the only reward. The task in it self is enough fun to make him want to show off without any extra payment. But HE is the only one who can decide that, not I.

Jaquetão loooves his scratches - about every other day. The rest of the time he's normally more interested in cookies. So I need to ask him every day - What do you want today my friend?

If my horse is to give me something I'd like, I need to give him something he'd like!

#horsepsychology #horsetraining #hästträning #hästpsykologi #hästtränare #horsetrainer #connemarapony #connemara #connemaraponny #libertytraining #libertyhorse #frihetsdressyr

BFF’ing since 2013. 🐺🤍🐾 #whiteswissshe

BFF’ing since 2013. 🐺🤍🐾

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