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Horsetrainingsolutions Helping hands for you and your horse.

Me, Elizabeth Haffner and some of the trainers I work together with regularly - Anne Beyerly, Kate Farmer and Richard Thompson to name a few.

Elektra behält die Vorbereitungen für den kommenden zweitägigen Kurs mit  Vaquero Horsemanship - Alex Zell – diesen Donn...
05/10/2026

Elektra behält die Vorbereitungen für den kommenden zweitägigen Kurs mit Vaquero Horsemanship - Alex Zell – diesen Donnerstag und Freitag hier bei uns in „The Woods“ – im Blick.
Zuschauer sind herzlich willkommen.* Für eine kleine Kaffee Spende stehen Erfrischungen bereit.
*Der Kurs findet auf unserem Außenviereck statt; stellt euch also auf jedes Wetter ein!

Elektra is keeping an eye on the preparations for the up-coming 2-day course with Vaquero Horsemanship - Alex Zell this Thursday and Friday here in The Woods.
Spectators are welcome.* Refreshments are available for a small Kaffee spende.
*The course will take place on our outdoor 4-eck, so be prepared for any kind of weather!

01/10/2026

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way,
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!

21/09/2026

For Max, this is applied mathematics, especially if I am on his right side.

Für Max ist das angewandte Mathematik, besonders wenn ich mich auf seiner rechten Seite befinde.

21/09/2026
21/09/2026

Today's challenge.

We had some rain overnight, thankfully, which brought with it a very windy day, moving the hot, stuffy air we've had ove...
21/09/2026

We had some rain overnight, thankfully, which brought with it a very windy day, moving the hot, stuffy air we've had over the last few days. I set up another pole exercise, courtesy of a fb post, possibly Paul Cornish Equestrian Services. I used the opportunity of having wet sand to walk on to see how Elektra moved on a medium-sized circle in an easy walk. She tracked up very well, with not much deviation in hoofprints on the circle. I was very pleased with that. Normally, when we have such windy weather, the scary corner is very, very scary, but today she was pretty laid back about it.
For the pole exercise, I raised and lowered the poles at various corners so I could send her over a raised side and a lowered side to practise concentration, awareness, balance/proprioception. I do this mainly in walk, with maybe some trot in between phases.

Glücklicherweise gab es in der Nacht etwas Regen; der darauffolgende windige Tag vertrieb die heiße, stickige Luft, die uns die letzten Tage begleitet hatte. Ich baute eine weitere Stangenübung auf – inspiriert durch einen Facebook-Beitrag, vermutlich von „Paul Cornish Equestrian Services“. Da der Sand noch feucht war, nutzte ich die Gelegenheit, um zu beobachten, wie sich Elektra im entspannten Schritt auf einem mittelgroßen Zirkel bewegte. Sie fußte sehr gut unter; die Hufspuren auf der Kreislinie wiesen kaum Abweichungen auf. Damit war ich sehr zufrieden. Normalerweise ist die „gruselige Ecke“ bei solch windigem Wetter extrem unheimlich für sie, doch heute blieb sie dabei ziemlich gelassen.
Für die Stangenübung variierte ich die Höhe der Stangen an verschiedenen Stellen: Ich ließ sie abwechselnd über eine erhöhte und eine flach liegende Seite treten, um Konzentration, Aufmerksamkeit sowie Gleichgewicht und Propriozeption zu schulen. Ich führe diese Übung hauptsächlich im Schritt durch, wobei ich zwischendurch gelegentlich Trabphasen einbaue.

Today's challenge.Creditvto original fb post.
16/09/2026

Today's challenge.

Creditvto original fb post.

10/09/2026

Some takeaway phrases from this weekend's clinic with Warwick Schiller.
My phrase/understanding of how to describe what he is aiming to achieve with his work (under saddle): Active relaxation

His phrases:
Emotionality
Emotional regulation = mind and body in the same place at the same time.
Help horses to feel safe.
Giving vs Training
The horse wants to be safe from, and safe with (a person).
Anxiety is a separation of mind and body.
Bring mind and body back together.
Can the horse come back to relaxation after an exercise/excitement?
Your job is to control yourself.
Teach the horse to come back down (after an adrenaline rush), not stop them from getting "up".
Connection-rupture-repair cycle.
Horse starts to feel confident about the (yes) question being asked of it.
Redirect energy, not necessarily stop it.
Wait for the horse to soften to the contact.
Make = horse not wanting to do it.
Forced (e.g. outline) = horse being put into a shape that in its mind it doesn't fit into.
First one aid, then another.
Can't ask for forward from an emotional horse.
Impatience is the denial of reality.
Don't do it for the horse. Let the horse find it itself.
Relaxed horses do what is being asked of them.
Horses in seeking mode are exploring their environment.
Too much energy implies the horse cannot let go of a particular thought /outcome.
The little things are the big things.
Horses notice when they get the release.
Horse's "language of love" = how much awareness the handler is showing. i.e. horse knows when you know and knows when you don't know i.e. awareness from handler of what the horse is emitting/messaging.
Fact-finding mission from the horse i.e. testing your awareness to see if you are aware/present/in the moment.
If you continue to ask for things you don't get, will your horse start to ignore you?

It was an interesting clinic. And only a half-hour drive away from The Woods so it would have been a shame not to go.

Today's challenge. Credit to original Facebook post.
07/09/2026

Today's challenge.

Credit to original Facebook post.

Looking forward to spectating the second day of the Warwick Schiller clinic in Austria.
06/09/2026

Looking forward to spectating the second day of the Warwick Schiller clinic in Austria.

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