Author: animal connection and beyond

  • A little bit more with Sammy

    A little bit more with Sammy

    2nd August 2025 We did a little bit with Sammy again today. This time he did not wander off so much and was considering co-operating. He is learning to trust that the head collar is not something to have a fight about. Being a big heavy horse there is no point in pushing him. There…

  • Sammy and the Head Collar

    Sammy and the Head Collar

    5th July 2025 Sammy is a little anxious about head collars, so we decided to do a little work with him, showing him (and the others in the herd) that a head collar is not something to worry about. He has had a couple of sessions before, but is still intent on making you work…

  • Working with Depression with Belle

    Working with Depression with Belle

    4th June 2025 Belle has fallen into a depression. It is not the first time, but it is deep this time. It feels like a black hole of stuff floating around her spirit with no way out. She is stuck within it, and the longer she stays there, the more depressed she gets. The herd…

  • Playtime creates curiosity

    Playtime creates curiosity

    10th May 2025 After doing some work with Lara and Sam we had a bit of playtime. Play brings up curiosity. It doesn’t matter what you do, whether you are running around, dancing, playing music, or rolling about in the grass, play is important to let off a little steam in a joyous way. Play…

  • Moving towards trusted co-operation with Lara

    Moving towards trusted co-operation with Lara

    10th May 2025 Trusted co-operation is exactly what it says on the tin…but where do you start? Trust first. Then asking for co-operation through teaching, and this means breaking things down into small steps, and then working with the personality of the specific animal. This session with Lara showed us that she is a quick…

  • Just Being with Lara and Belle

    Just Being with Lara and Belle

    7th May 2025 An easy listening session with Lara and Belle. Not much doing here. Just a peaceful energy conversation that looks like nothing but means a whole lot to the ponies. When I arrived Lara was asleep and I managed to plant myself without waking her. When she woke up she noticed me in…

  • Teaching an 11 month old that humans are fun

    Teaching an 11 month old that humans are fun

    3rd May 2025 This is Lara’s foal, Maverick. Lara was bought to Faugere with Belle and Apollo, all of who we are working with. Belle will not engage with a human at all. Lara was quite aggressive to start with, and then gave Faugere Association a surprise in Maverick. Apollo is still very young and…

  • Lara finding being present and peaceful with a human is releasing

    Lara finding being present and peaceful with a human is releasing

    30th April 2025 After a big change in perspective around our human need for Belle to engage for health and welfare reasons, and understanding where she is on her journey, and the next steps, it was time to put our plan into practice. More information on the way we came to a change, and a…

  • Planting seeds with Belle

    Planting seeds with Belle

    21st April 2025 Our journey with Belle is an interesting one. She is now comfortable with her environment, and within the herd. She does not run from us humans in fear, but it is more a boundary she is struggling to cross. Her curiosity comes up on occasion and overrides her anxiety about us, but…

  • Progressive rewarding with Danny

    Progressive rewarding with Danny

    19th April 2025 This little guy is a big star. Danny hasn’t been at the Faugere Association long and when he arrived he was very unsure of himself. He has settled nicely now, and we had a little play with progressive rewarding today with lifting his feet, in the field, at liberty. What is progressive…