really good

rowansophie

hello Rahara. tes i know what you mean, our animals seam to know us and our needs better than we humans sometimes know theirs.perhaps that's why we have them in our lives not just for company but because they can meet our emotional needs when everything else doesnt.

plodalong

Hiya...I also work with special needs mostly children not with horse riding though I do hydrotheraphy but have been to see some of the kids riding..Its brilliant..one particular client I have, I do a lot of work with in his home they have 7 dogs 5 cats everyone of those animals are so gentle with him one particular dog can be pretty nasty but totaly accepts my client has to be along side of him where ever he is....

Rahara

Thanks for your comments. Plodalong. I know that it is amazing what horses can do for people. It takes a special horse to sense what the rider needs. We work with some children under guardianship so are not able to post a lot of pics of them. But I will give it a try, sometime. It truly is a joy to watch the kids with the horses. http://www.horsesensedk.com

Bucky

hello Bucky ,welcome to the group, I work with special needs.so i realise what an important job your husband does. i take some young adults to a rda,(Riding for the Disabled) center and they all appear to get a lot of joy and sense of independance from sitting or driving a mild mannered Pony,Im sure that horses have the feeling of carrying special cargo. Please feel free to put up some photo's and tell us all about your horse,husbands work.or training methods and ideas.we are all willing to learn.

plodalong

Hello, My husband trains horses the "natural way" using a combination of a variety of methods as well as using TTEAM. He also does riding lessons for beginning riders and children with special needs. We live in Central Alberta, Canada.

Bucky

Hi everyone.. Yes Josh is the son of the famous John Lyons. Both are very big in the US holding many clinics and have a ranch in Colorado and a new trainig facility in Tennessee.... sure worth visiting

cavallogirl

From Jan-March 2010 Parelli Natural Horsemanship workshops are being held at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire for £50 a day. Tel- (0800) 023 4813 or go to www.parelli.com.

Flicka

Hi La Palma, aahh I love weanlings, they are so sweet to work with, just show her lots of different stuff, get her used to be handled all over, feet, legs, everywhere, it will do her good, try to show her in hand at CountyLevel if you can as a yearling, that makes them much more worldy wise, and teaches them manners, handling and travelling, makes sure you get a good bond with her too, that builds trust, Anglo-|Arabs are gorgeous horses, I had one once and she was fabulous, very good at everything we did with her. Sadly she died young through grass sickness. Have lots of fun as I'm sure you will. And don't forget to love her loads, they know when they're loved.

Chezage

Hello! I thinking if buying a 7 month Anglo-Arab, when and with what could I start to play/train her? This is not my first horse but it will be my first "baby".

La Palma

Yes and feel free to join in the conversations above or start new ones by clicking on start new topic-no question is too stupid. We only learn by making mistakes and we only learn by asking questions!!!

Flicka

welcome to the group Moirajane,have fun with it.

plodalong

welcome to the group chrisie.

plodalong

i went to go c a monty roberts show it was sooo gd, i have trained my horse that way and she is as good as gold!x faith!x

faithy

Hi Horse Girl, there are a lot of questions to be asked about this, the obvious one is have you had back, teeth and feet checked, if this is sudden behaviour and uncharacteristic it sounds like a defence mechanism and could well be through pain. What did the horse do before you had him? What do you feed? When did this behaviour begin? What sort of relationship did he have with Dervish before the behaviour? Sorry to bombard you but Im sure you know these are all things to be aware of?

steve225

Duncan is looking good.hes a credit to you.

plodalong

My yearling Duncan doing figures of 8 around jump blocks the parelli way ;)

Mole_rules

We always say...unwind your horses mind and behaviour. A happy horse means a happy rider. the more people that start looking after their horses in a more natural way, the better. http://www.equine-behaviour.co.uk

steve225

Interesting research on why it is important to let horses have at least an hour a day out of the stable - my only slight concern is why this had to be researched - isn't it obvious? http://tinyurl.com/da3hbp

johnthecob

I'm suffolk but I know lovely Derbyshire well. Lucky you. Quite a few people have started groups for people in their county to share info about rides, events. You could try doing this. Must be so many people with horses in such a beautiful county. Maybe some of them will find you here. Good luck.

saddleup

does anyone live in derbyshire,im looking for someone to play with.my name is BoJANGLES

plodalong

Thought I would post this note because there is an interesting/complimentary horse training clinic in Norfolk this weekend at the World Horse Welfare. It is on conflict free training and is called "If Horses could Talk". Further details are on the blog in the TV section.

Horse Girl

Yeah Monty's an old man now, to be honest it's impressive that he can still continue to work, but I suppose that some can only stop when they've used every inch of energy up! lol! Thanx for the link! Def a good interview, fun to watch :D

hoponahorse

Thanks for adding to this group...you've got a lot to contribute..also fascinating to hear about Hempfling from you. Impressive that he could be so civil after a long demanding day. His work with horses must go to the core of him...Have you seen the blog on this site of an interview with Monty Roberts. It's good but he looks so much older than I remember. Have added the link...let me know what you think. http://trotontv.blogspot.com/

saddleup

Hi saddleup, would just like mention, not only is hempfling really great with horses, but happens to be an amazingly genuine and approachable person! I met him while working at one of his demonstrations, and he was happy to have a chat even though he had been buisy all day! Will deffinately be looking more into Clinton Anderson too, he sounds like a good guy. For those interested I've started a blog, with my own experiences of NH, and will be including tips of how it can benefit your horses, and also yourself in everyday life! Let me know what you think :D Thanx and happy horsing http://hoponahorse.com

hoponahorse

There are some fab videos of natural horseman, Hempfling, in the video library of trotontv. The one here is just one of several you can find there. I've not come across this man, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling before but he's quite a master horseman. He's publishing a book later this year about natural horsemanship called 'My Way of Body Language' which I'm looling forward to getting hold of. He'a probably well known by the rest of you and it's just me who hasn't come across him before?

saddleup

I saw on the blog that Monty Roberts is doing a tour this Feb. So for a bit of cross referencing, I've put the website below. I'd love to go to one of the demos...anyone else out there thinking of going? http://www.intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk

saddleup

Hey how are you Rach? What have you been getting up to?

Horse Girl

Hey all just a quick note to say the Holistic Horse show was great today. It is being held at Towerlands - starts at 10am and goes on till 6pm both saturday and sunday. Would be great if people could come - i know it's short notice. Richard i'll see ya there tomorrow.http://www.holistichorseshow.co.uk

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