Category: Vie

We acknowledge Vie’s curiosity and considered energy levels and how to match Vie. The saddle pad going on (13.00) means ‘relax’ to Vie now, which is lovely.This is a baseline. If anything changes from this baseline, something is not right. At 14.00 minutes you can revisit working with Vie’s hip releases. The first release takes…

This is just a short video from a discussion we had with the herd before haltering. I will say that this can be a little controversial because some would say it is an invasion, but I always feel that the animal will tell you something or not. It depends on your intention. Always do this…

2023-09-28 Managing energy levels, saddling & a bit around the mounting block When we went to meet & greet the herd we had a chat mostly about managing energy levels. In order for Vie to understand what is required of her she needs a thinking level of 4 to 5 from the human. This is…

We start out in this session with a discussion about what is happening when tying up. Grounding, or getting present, with each horse after tying up enables us to see if there is any unpeace coming up. It doesn’t happen here, but it could be that somebody ties a horse up next to another one,…

This session starts with a discussion on resource guarding by Vie, which also includes Sheila as a ‘scratching resource’. Knowing when we need to take responsibility for our own boundaries is key to developing emotional maturity and respect in our animals. How should they know they are over-stepping our boundaries if we don’t step back…

This session focussed on feeling the head collar with Vie, watching her subtle questions about it, and responding using regard and mirroring. How slow can we go? How patient can we be? Can we be totally in tune with our horses body language? Also when working within a herd, know that they are also part…

This session continued on from the first (07-03-2023) working on ‘focus’. Be with one animal / person at a time. We did quite a bit with ‘regard’ and explored mirroring as well. Just a note for all – With mirroring we have to be a little careful. We don’t want to be ahead of the…

Lucie and Fina have been with Sheila for a long time, and the relationships are established. They know how to get Sheila’s attention and they don’t take it personally when Sheila says no (although she mostly says yes). When Vie arrived the herd dynamics changed. The herd sorted it out. What also changed is the…

The Trust Technique Consultation is always a super starting point for learning mindfulness with your animals. Here we followed the consultation structure with Fina, learning how to find the Present Moment, how to allow thoughts without engaging with them, and how to share the Present Moment with Fina. We then learned how to Regard Fina,…