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7 Reasons Why Horses Invade Your Space & 2 Ways Wild Horses Set Boundaries

7 Reasons Why Horses Invade Your Space & 2 Ways Wild Horses Set Boundaries

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Sep 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

You love your horse. You care. You try to be kind, fair, and respectful. And yet – your horse keeps stepping into your space. 1. When Boundaries Feel Personal Maybe they lean into you while standing still. Maybe they nudge your arm, sniff your pockets, or brush...
Belonging Can’t Be Trained – It Can Only Be Invited

Belonging Can’t Be Trained – It Can Only Be Invited

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

Many of us try to create connection through gentle training. And that has it’s place. But wild horses don’t use methods or exercises to train each other into trust. They don’t ‘schedule’ connection or earn it through performance. They simply live together,...
Challenging Old Ways: When Others Criticize You For Being Gentle

Challenging Old Ways: When Others Criticize You For Being Gentle

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Aug 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

You might have experienced this too: You’re at the barn, chatting with other horse people, or you post something about your gentle approach online – how you let your horse make choices, how you focus on trust, how you don’t believe in dominance-based training....
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we’re not meant to live like this.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we’re not meant to live like this.

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized

And neither are our Horses! Like us, domesticated horses no longer live the way they were designed for by evolution for hundreds of thousands – even millions of years. This disconnect leads to anxiety, overwhelm, loneliness, or repressed anger. For both of us, humans...
From Insecurity to Connection: Lessons From My Mustang Mare Cinder

From Insecurity to Connection: Lessons From My Mustang Mare Cinder

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

Like many young girls, I rode horses in my youth. But by the time I was sixteen, I stopped. I couldn’t stand how they were treated – obedience was always put before relationship. Years later, in my mid-thirties, I rediscovered my love for horses. This time, I...
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