Tag: trust technique

  • Opening up to a conversation

    Opening up to a conversation

    Timmy and I have done a lot together to build up our mutual trust, release and heal traumas, and learn to just be together in his environment. We have also done some work on finding and sharing the ‘present moment’ in the playpit / arena. Now, after a summer of rest and processing it is…

  • The next step of our cribbing journey

    The next step of our cribbing journey

    Timmy learning to trust that he will be listened to… Over the summer Timmy and I have done quite a few sessions together where we have shared being in the present moment with each other. For him this is a huge step in trusting humans. We have released a level of trauma, a level of…

  • Pain anticipation with Risada

    Pain anticipation with Risada

    Working with the reasons behind aggression to strangers… When we experience pain there will be an association that goes with that pain. It could be a wasp landing on us and we anticipate a sting because we were stung once before. We slipped down a few carpeted steps once and hurt our back, so now…

  • A horse that is nervous when eating….

    A horse that is nervous when eating….

    Timmy has come a long way, and is now sharing something new… I wanted to share today a couple of videos, one from 31st May 2022 when I was having to protect myself with a rope whenever I tried to get peaceful with Timmy, and one from this morning (09 August 2022), which shows how…

  • One step forward…A little celebration

    One step forward…A little celebration

    Timmy did not crib today after eating his bucket feed. I took the bucket feeds out to the herd and just observed this morning. (19th July 2022). When Timmy walked off after his bucket, I followed to see if he had gone to crib on his post, which is the normal behaviour. I kept well…

  • The cycle of habitual reactions

    The cycle of habitual reactions

    Patience and Persistence is a requirement.. This is a short post mostly for me to record two days of habituated reactions. (14th and 15th July 2022). The videos are long and are a record of the different reactions I am seeing in Timmy as we progress. There seems to be a ritual at times as…

  • Applying, and working with, the nicotine patch

    Applying, and working with, the nicotine patch

    A look at replacing the cribbing behaviour with something else…. A nicotine patch is something that helps smokers break their habit once they have agreed within themselves that they would like to give up the habit. Is this idea potentially something that could help with cribbing? I am not sure. It is something that I…

  • Your animal is your best friend, but are you his/hers?

    Your animal is your best friend, but are you his/hers?

    A bit about detachment As I have been studying to be a Trust Technique Practitioner, I have been getting some experience practicing the process with animals other than my own family of horses, dog and cat. It has been a really interesting journey for me. I have a lot of work to do to pull…

  • Muzzling using the Trust Technique

    Muzzling using the Trust Technique

    Session 1 with the ponies I don’t know about you but I have spent many hours wandering around after ponies who know it is time to have the muzzle on. For a long time I didn’t like muzzles. I did not feel they were fair on the ponies. I had a good talk with myself…

  • My cat, Belle, uses the Trust Technique on another cat that is looking for friendship…

    My cat, Belle, uses the Trust Technique on another cat that is looking for friendship…

    I think my cat, Belle, (the white cat in the video), has been taking in all the learning from the Trust Technique videos I have watched, and decided to help me out this morning with a little young black cat that seems to want to stay with us. I have seen this cat a couple…