You are warmly invited to follow my journey in the Academic Art of Riding! When I started this blog, I was just a regular, first-time horse owner. My horse, Nazir, however, made sure that my childhood passion developed into something much more. To the…
Since early childhood, I was convinced that all animals have feelings and want to be happy, just like us. It has always filled me with great sadness to see how easily they are mistreated in our society. As a kid, I helped snails cross…
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When teaching our horses, we have to consider their character. My horse Weto is a rather slow thinking horse and needs time to process. When I expect a too quick answer, he tends to shut down and get stressed. He also forgets things which…
We all know that we can teach horses all kinds of things. Personally, when I teach something to my horses, I ask myself why I teach it and what it can be useful for. As a simple example, let’s take a hindquarter disengage. I…
When I work at liberty with Weto, I don’t want this to be “another thing to perfect”, if you know what I mean… Weto is a rather introverted horse, so at liberty, I encourage him to express himself. I don’t want to nag him…