4. Problem Solving

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The secret of change is to focus all of our energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new. I come across many different horses, with all kinds of different problems. These special horses bring us very valuable lessons we have to listen to. In this course you can learn from the interesting journeys of a wide variety of horses (and owners) who faced different problems in life. Learn from their incredible changes and understand how to solve any problem by building on a mutual valued relationship.

Course Information

In this course you will see how I help horses with a wide variety of issues. You will learn about:

  • Solving different kind of behavioural issues
  • How to handle in hand problems
  • Solving serious riding issues
  • How to solve unresposiveness and overreaction
  • Solving mounting issues and teaching a horse to park at a step
  • Helping horses with pain memories
  • Grooming problems
  • Individual problem solving cases

1. The horse who explodes out of nowhere

1. Introduction to Imola
2. The Liberty Start
3. Work in Hand
4. The final steps before riding
5. Riding in liberty in our first ride

2. The horse who was too dangerous to ride

1. Introduction to Hera
2. How to get a connection in the first training with a tense horse
3. The next steps in the round-pen
4. Groundwork
5. Circles and Flags
6. Softness on a straight line
7. Difficult Flags, Difficult Circumstances
8. Something strange attached to the saddle
9. Introducing the bit
10. Riding 1: The first bumpy ride
11. Riding 2: Making sure our aids are valuable to her
12. Riding 3: Being more precise on finding softness
13. Riding 4: The first time in the indoor arena
14: Riding 5: Preparation for the flags
15: Riding 6: Riding with the flags 
16: Riding 7: Riding with the owner part 1
17: Riding 8: Riding with the owner part 2
18. Spooky cat in the arena

3. Blocking and Bolting

1. Introduction to Lorenzo
2. From blocked to riding in liberty
3. Riding on the neckrope for the first time

4. Helping a horse with pain memories

1. Introduction to Qually
2. Groundwork part 1
3. Groundwork part 2
4. Riding part 1
5. Riding part 2

5. Kicking, biting, rearing, saying NO to everything 

Introduction: Background Story
1.1 Groundwork with Yvet
1.2 Adding the flags
1.3 Changing things up with the bags
1.4 Yvet jumps on her bareback
1.5 Teaching her the importance of using her feel
1.6 The first ride after a long period of time
2.1 The first steps with the owner
2.2 Getting through some obstacles in the first groundwork steps
2.3 Fixing something in yielding the hind
2.4 Fixing the last steps before riding
2.5 Finding feel with the headstall
2.6 Getting through the rearing part
2.7 How to find more go in the riding

6. Tension in mounting

6.1 A mounting issue
6.2 Finding a bend to release tension
6.3 Teach the horse to come towards a mounting block part 1
6.4 Teach the horse to come towards a mounting block part 2
6.5 Mount from the ground first
6.6 Mount from the mounting block

7. Unresponsive and overreacting 

7.0 The Introduction to a difficult pony
7.1 Finding focus
7.2 Solving a patience and bucking issue
7.3 Adding relaxation after finding forwards
7.4 Solving a steering and scary corner issue
7.5 Teaching the owner

8. Grumpy in grooming and rodeo in riding

8.1 The introduction
8.2 Sensitive to touch
8.3 The Groundwork
8.4 The first steps in the riding
8.5 Explaining my aids
8.6 Teaching the rider

9. A runner

9.0 Introduction: A runner
9.1 Finding more feel in leading
9.2 Taking away insecurity by following and backing up
9.3 Finding softness through the hindquarter yield
9.4 Yvet working a little further with him
9.5 Opening up a shutting down response
9.6 Don’t start riding with the wrong mindset
9.7 This is why he is running away
9.8 Yvet riding the horse to help solve the issue

10. Bucking, rearing and refusing to move

10.0 Introduction to Zorro
10.1 Problem description by the owner
10.2 Groundwork
10.3 Start your questions softer and be more consequent
10.4 Bending for connection
10.5 Overcoming forward issues
10.6 Rearing, bucking and stopping on the right side
10.7 Yvet taking over the reins to solve the issues
10.8 Back to the right side with the owner
10.9 Working on the real problem

11. How to motivate unresponsive horses?

11.0 Introduction
11.1 Liberty start
11.2 Groundwork Part 1
11.3 Groundwork Part 2
11.4 Riding
11.5 Outro

12. The untouchable horse

12.0 Introduction
12.1 The first communication
12.2 What we need to learn from the smallest signs
12.3 The next step in approaching
12.4 The first touch
12.5 Touching with feel
12.6 Haltering
12.7 First time in the roundpen
12.8 Groundwork
12.9 “Catching” from a bigger distance
12.10 The first steps of handling his feet

13. Spooking, exploding and biting

13.1 The start
13.2 Think before responding
13.3 Adding value to the aids
13.4 First time riding
13.5 Helping him with the spookiness

14. From problem horse to dressage star

14.1 The liberty start
14.2 Groundwork
14.3 Introducing objects
14.4 The first ride
14.5 The first time in the big arena
14.6 Introducing the bit

Individual exercises

Riding Forwards
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