Category: Lara

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    9th April 2025 The beauty of working with Lisa is her understanding that we follow where the path leads, rather than try and map it out. We started from the perspective of working with Belle many months ago, because Belle is terrified of being approached by a human. But Lara showed us that first we…

  • Lara : Inviting her to participate in having a head collar put on.

    Lara : Inviting her to participate in having a head collar put on.

    18th December 2024 Lara is a pony that always asks the question “What’s in it for me?”. There is nothing wrong with a reward for doing something, in the same way as we want to be paid for our services. What we want to avoid is the reward becoming the focus rather than the activity.…