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?...
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,...
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....
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...
by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Jul 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...
by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Many people who practice natural horsemanship believe that working a horse in a round pen, particularly using the ‘join-up’ method, establishes trust and leadership. But is that really true? Let me take you into the world of wild horses and see, if we can...
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