Liberty Horsemanship: embracing a force free mentality
Sat, Aug 24
|Wild Ride
Join us in an exploration a what it means to be a liberty horse trainer when there are no punishments or aversive tools involved. Will your horse choose to stay with you in a wide open field, with no fences, no ropes, no halter or whips?
Time & Location
Aug 24, 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wild Ride, 130 Old Cranston Rd, Sterling, CT 06377, USA
Guests
About the event
This workshop-style clinic is as much about the humans than the horses. We will work on shifting our mindset from the traditional “you have to make them do it” mentality into a new paradigm of horsemanship where instead, we see if we can make them to do it using positive reinforcement. The results may shock and surprise you when you see how far your horse will go for you when they have maximum choice in your relationship and their behavior is no longer motivated by pressure. want
The format will be a combination of lecture, demonstration, discussion, journaling/reflection of how to apply this mindset throughout our lives and with our horses, as well as hands on experience for those who wish to participate.
Topics include
The gamification of horse training
Self determination theory of motivation and how we can apply that to horses
How to create calm, relaxed horses and…