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Do Horses Really Need a Job? Or Is This the Wrong Question?

Do Horses Really Need a Job? Or Is This the Wrong Question?

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

Someone asked me recently, with a slightly sarcastic edge: “So your horses don’t have a job?” And honestly? It’s a fair question. Just not quite the right one. Because the moment we say, “horses need a job,” we’ve already assumed something....
Wild Horse Roundups: The Damage That Doesn’t End When the Helicopters Leave

Wild Horse Roundups: The Damage That Doesn’t End When the Helicopters Leave

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

For years, wild horses in the United States have been removed through helicopter roundups. And when we discuss these operations, the debate usually centers on a few key questions: Are roundups necessary?Are they conducted humanely?What happens to the captured horses?...
Belonging Can’t Be Trained – It Can Only Be Invited

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

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Oct 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 🐎 | Sep 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 🐎 | Aug 2, 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...
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