Problem Solving Series

Problem Solving Series

"In order to teach a horse we must first understand how they learn."
Use horse behaviour and psychology to problem solve with your horse.

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Problem Solving Series
  • MOUTHY HORSES

    Learn what to do if you have a mouthy horse, without ruining your relationship.

  • NAPPING

    How to solve napping by building draw with Point to Point and Corner's Game out in an open space.

  • GRAZING GAME IN THE SADDLE

    Have a horse that grazes whilst ridden? Discover better rides with Grazing Game. Teach your horse a cue for when to graze and when to stop.

  • HOW TO TEACH YOUR HORSE TO LOWER THEIR HEAD CARRIAGE

    Mia and high headed Friesian Thorsten show you how to teach your horse to lower their head carriage. An important tool to utilise for safety and teaching your horse how to consciously relax.

  • TEACHING AN ANXIOUS HORSE TO LOWER THEIR HEAD CARRIAGE

    Mia teaches and anxious horse to lower their head carriage so they can find relaxation and a better feeling in their body.

  • WHAT TO DO IF YOUR HORSE DITCHES YOU AT LIBERTY

    Inevitably our horses will leave us at some point at liberty, but what do we do when our horse gets into a pattern of ditching us? Mia helps her working student Tiah and her horse Google work through this. Google is an excellent jumping horse and in his first few sessions at liberty jumped straig...

  • HOW TO HELP A HORSE THAT IS REACTIVE WITH THEIR BACK END

    If your horse is reactive to tools such as the stick touching their back end, you can teach them how to better understand them rather than shying away from using them altogether.

  • DROPPING DURING TRAINING

    How to deal with dropping during your training sessions with your gelding or stallion. Dropping can be a sign of relaxation, but when it happens during training it can often be a seeking behaviour that occurs because of over stimulation or confusion, often coupled with the use of inconsistent tre...

  • SPOOKING

    What to do when your horse spooks. This might change depending on if you have a horse that tends to fixate, but most horses regulate themselves if they are allowed the chance to actually look at the spooky thing. Mia demonstrates how she uses travelling sideways whilst facing the spooky object or...

  • MEET OUR NEW RESTART

    Meet our new horse Lando who found his way to us after he ran into trouble being ridden. Here's how we go about helping a horse that has problems with being ridden, in particular with the saddle and rider.