Bee and the Horse
The Academic Art of Riding Blog from Poland
About
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…
My Training Philosophy
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…
Lessons & Clinics
If you like what you are reading here, why not get in touch with me? Visit my website http://www.academicartofriding.pl for more details on lessons, clinics, online tuition and events. For my webinars about the academic art, please have a look here. These webinars are densely packed…
Micro training – or how to keep motivated throughout winter
So winter is the time when I can struggle to keep up my daily training routine. The days are so short now and thick clouds darken the sky over Poland since what feels like forever. I must admit I’m not good with bad weather….
Teaching new aids according to the type of horse
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…
Just because we can, does it mean we should?
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…
Bee and the Horse 