Spent the weekend at a horsemanship clinic. Three days of groundwork, communication exercises, and rethinking everything I thought I knew about pressure and release.
The clinician had a way of explaining things that made decades of experience suddenly click into place. Timing. Feel. The difference between making a horse do something and asking them to want to do it.
Came home and tried the new approach with the mare who’s been resistant to trailer loading. Within twenty minutes she was walking on and off like it was her idea. No stress, no forcing, just clear communication.
Sometimes you need an outside perspective to see what you’ve been missing. The horses don’t lie. When the approach is right, they tell you. When it’s wrong, they tell you that too. We just have to listen better.
Already signed up for the follow-up clinic in spring. Worth every penny and every hour in the car getting there.
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