Horse Psychology: An approach to communication at eye level (Ibalansi Horsemanship Book 1)

Dear Horse lovers, Thank you for taking interest in your horses psychology. My goal is to explain horse behaviour in a simple and understandable way, with hands- on solutions to improve the relationship between you and your horse. Unfortunately, the modern way of keeping and riding horses has drifted further and further away from equitable horse treatment. Our horses have to cope with living conditions that couldn’t be more contrasting from their nature. The showing of horses turn equistrians into fierce competitors, who would take drastic measures in order to win. Ever in height increasing jumps, further and faster endurance rides, more complicated dressage patterns and longer, more spectacular sliding stops do not come without a toll. As our „usual, normal“ horses cannot deal with such extremes without taking major psychological and physiological damages, the horse breeding industry had to produce more specialised horse types. Unfortunately, this practise comes with a price- predestination to stereotypic behaviour, nervous characters and sensetivity to illnesses are just some of the side effects of selective „sport machine“- breeding.Is this movement still ethical towards our horses? These creatures, which let us jump onto their vulnurable backs and put a big metal piece into their soft mouths? It is time to give something back to them- the Understanding of their minds. „A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves- strong, powerful, beatutiful- and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence“ - Pam Brown Read more