Focus Work
Horses are prey animals and they do not communicate verbally
- body language
- intention
- they tend to hold it all in
- pretend everything is alright but it is not
- handled a lot without being listened to
- act aloof
- blocking us out
Horse's Nervous System
Evidence based horsemanship
- rest and digest faze
- horses are nose breathers
- need to close mouth in order to breath
- licking and chewing - returning
- they were concerned and now coming back
- back and forth between parasympathetic to sympathetic
shut down - very aware
middle horses
disinterest - they do what you ask but disassociated
What we are going to do with the horse
Video recommendations
Stress indicators
Working on the Beginning of relations with wild, unhandled, abused
Creating the tool of "focus"
Thoughts on working on your horse's focus
Focus for Relaxation, Focus and Bend, and Hooking On
The Crab Walk
Focus Work with a Fresian Who Want to Stand Too Close
Approach Horse
- aware of what horse is doing
- telling if you are present or not
- observing the little things
- lip twitches
- trigeminal nerve twitches
- helps US learn to focus
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