Salmon Arm and Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Intro to Horsemanship
Any age, no experience required
Groups available
Introduce safety, horse handling, grooming, learn basic equine care and physiology knowledge to support riding.
Understand equine communication, build leadership skills, and confidence working with horses.
Explore basic equine first aid.
Build relationships with the horses from a leadership role.
Explore attunement and emotional regulation in support of the horse.
Learn about tack, riding disciplines, safe riding practices, and introduce mounted work.
horsemanship
natural horsemanship
Principles of natural horsemanship encourage reward and positive reinforcement based training method
Relationship building through trust and consistency
"Derived from observation of the natural behaviour of free-roaming horses and rejecting abusive training methods"
the Sulis Method
Pain detection, pain prevention by conditioning your athlete with preventative relief.
Ground action maneuvers that promote
uicker recovery, improved responses, gentler temperaments and enhanced learning.
Covered in Equine First Aid courses.
desensitization
Working through fears by building trust.
"to make him familiar with all sorts of sights and noises; and if the colt shows sign of apprehension at them, (9) he must teach him—not by cruel, but by gentle handling—that they are not really formidable". (Xenophone II)