AGGRESSIVE HORSE CONTINUED

From this point forward, Sylvia continues to position herself as a calm, rational lead mare in this herd of two and asked the QH to begin to move in designated directions around the round pen. At no point would he be allowed to make his own directional decisions from then on, but he had to learn to follow the "lead mare's" directional requests. This would help him to shut off his dominant leader thoughts and learn how nice and easy life can be, in the end, when he is a quiet follower. Since all of Natural Horsemanship is about pressure/release, the horse would be incrementally rewarded with release of pressure for right, compliant responses. But even requests for turns would send this horse up in the air often, as he turned, showing: he feared having Sylvia in his blind spot for even a second.

The horse begins to comply with directions to make outside turns, though he struggles with having Sylvia in his blind spot behind him even briefly, and with making eye changes.

 

 

 

Slowly the horse starts to get it and makes the requested outside turns

 

 

The horse is now moving around the round pen more rationally,

his inside ear remaining on Sylvia, listening for directions.

 

 

The horse's eyes are softer and his inside ear remains

on Sylvia as he falls into more rational follower mode.

 

 

The horse begins to make inside turns getting more comfortable as he

starts to trust more to be directed by his herd "lead mare," Sylvia

 

 

 

 

 

 

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