Teatime with Elsa - Episode 64

Chatting about: Understanding personal preferences…

In this episode I talk about how everyone has personal preferences for behaviors they do and don’t appreciate and helping your horse understand your preferences can be as simple as being aware and having good timing. The way we know what our horses like, and the way our horses know what we like is by the response we give. When you’re in harmony with the horse you are confirming that you like their behavior. When you’re in action you’re still allowing the horse the freedom to make their own choices, but you’re not reinforcing that behavior. For the horse to understand your personal preferences you have to be really clear about what behaviors you appreciate and mark by going to harmony and what behaviors you don’t appreciate as much for your partnership that you go to action for.

Originally aired on: October 27th, 2020