How To Introduce New Things To Your Horse

[@serenityhorsemanship3365]

Excellent example of "Exposure Therapy" to build confidence and courage.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@Natalie_C94]

This is so helpful and absolutely wonderful. I’m restarting my warmblood and he’s very sensitive . I’ve always wanted to know the behavioural philosophy associated with a whip being an aid in driving them forward and also have it be used to desensitize them. The “it’s not a weapon it’s a whip” is the best explanation I’ve heard. Could you explain further how to not confuse a horse with this? For example: using a whip to lunge and drive them forward and away from you versus using a whip with a flag to run over their legs and body to let them know it’s not something that will hurt them? Your video explained this well from a human perspective, but for the horse - how does this work in their mind given they are such prey animals?

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Like any other thing we do with horses on the ground or on their back, we have to make our intention clear through our feel, body language, posture, presentation, etc. It’s all about conveying a clear intent. I hope that helps. I really appreciate your thorough comments and question!

[@ringwearvinyl]

Can you please tell me what's the horse age and breed are?

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Almost coming 4 year old Holsteiner. Thanks for watching!

[@Rosem0303]

@@ArtOfTheHorseman Thank you for sharing these insights! He's so sweet and curious