Relational horsemanship

I mean, some of you all know, some of you right now are cringing because you actually are thinking of some things you know about.

And I can think of a bunch of things that are just so insanely cruel.

in the name of winning medals and competition um it's it's it boggles the mind that human can do this to an animal just because they need to win a medal not even when not even money's on the line just just medals and trophies so um i will stand by this competition is neutral What people do in the name of competition is where the problem is.

But when we talk about, let's be fair, there are other problematic training methods out there too, even non-competitive people, there are some problematic systems of training.

So I don't... get too concerned with anyone's methodology if it's humane.

Whatever resonates with you is what you should do.

I do what resonates with me.

I watch a lot of trainers that aren't doing anything particularly inhumane, but they don't do anything for me.

I have a very specific ethos and I know I know what I want horses to experience when they're with me, and I know what I want to see horses experiencing.

And, you know, if you've been following me through, I mean, I competed.

I don't know if I will again.

I'll never say never, though it's not a priority.

But...

I enjoy going out and doing stuff and challenges just for fun.

Sometimes I have to take clients' horses out and inexperienced horses.

that they're safe for people.

And that's part of my job, or as I like to call it, the crash test.

I mean, jokingly.

And I have crashed sometimes.

And that's what I did for my clients.

But yeah, the whole thing with what horses are experiencing, I always say to people, if you look at the horse and you're wondering because you know sometimes you ask me what i think about this training or that training and i say you know well what whatever the horse's experience is is what i'm concerned with i'm not concerned with the results um i'm not dazzled by results because if they were got uncoercive and bullying techniques and without paying attention to the horse's stress or communication then I'm not really interested so yeah that's my criteria suffice to say there are only a few trainers that Right now, I look at and I think of as truly relational, truly horse listeners.

I mean, some of you all know, some of you right now are cringing because you actually are thinking of some things you know about.

And I can think of a bunch of things that are just so insanely cruel.

in the name of winning medals and competition um it's it's it boggles the mind that human can do this to an animal just because they need to win a medal not even when not even money's on the line just just medals and trophies so um i will stand by this competition is neutral What people do in the name of competition is where the problem is.

But when we talk about, let's be fair, there are other problematic training methods out there too, even non-competitive people, there are some problematic systems of training.

So I don't... get too concerned with anyone's methodology if it's humane.

Whatever resonates with you is what you should do.

I do what resonates with me.

I watch a lot of trainers that aren't doing anything particularly inhumane, but they don't do anything for me.

I have a very specific ethos and I know I know what I want horses to experience when they're with me, and I know what I want to see horses experiencing.

And, you know, if you've been following me through, I mean, I competed.

I don't know if I will again.

I'll never say never, though it's not a priority.

But...

I enjoy going out and doing stuff and challenges just for fun.

Sometimes I have to take clients' horses out and inexperienced horses.

that they're safe for people.

And that's part of my job, or as I like to call it, the crash test.

I mean, jokingly.

And I have crashed sometimes.

And that's what I did for my clients.

But yeah, the whole thing with what horses are experiencing, I always say to people, if you look at the horse and you're wondering because you know sometimes you ask me what i think about this training or that training and i say you know well what whatever the horse's experience is is what i'm concerned with i'm not concerned with the results um i'm not dazzled by results because if they were got uncoercive and bullying techniques and without paying attention to the horse's stress or communication then I'm not really interested so yeah that's my criteria suffice to say there are only a few trainers that Right now, I look at and I think of as truly relational, truly horse listeners.