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The Backfire Effect: When Other Horse People Challenge You for Being Gentle.

The Backfire Effect: When Other Horse People Challenge You for Being Gentle.

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Mar 6, 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....
Who’s Really Leading Your Herd at Home? And Are They Meant to Lead?

Who’s Really Leading Your Herd at Home? And Are They Meant to Lead?

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized

Let’s talk about something that’s easy to overlook when we think about our horses at home: Who’s actually leading your herd? In domestic herds, there’s always at least one horse that steps up to take on the role of leader. It could be a confident gelding or a...
How We Unintentionally Desensitize Our Horse to Wild Horse Signals: The Join-Up

How We Unintentionally Desensitize Our Horse to Wild Horse Signals: The Join-Up

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Feb 7, 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...
Horses Don’t Play Power Games – So Why Do We? Wild Horses Meet Politics.

Horses Don’t Play Power Games – So Why Do We? Wild Horses Meet Politics.

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

Our problem in today’s society: We have forgotten what true leadership means. Politicians like Donald Trump thrive on power games. Their leadership is built on threats, intimidation, and the idea that to win, someone else has to lose. In today’s society, dominance is...
How the 5 Elements Help You Understand Your Horse’s Unique Personality

How the 5 Elements Help You Understand Your Horse’s Unique Personality

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Dec 27, 2024 | Uncategorized

Have you ever stood next to your horse and wondered: Why are you doing that? Maybe they nudged you out of nowhere, froze at something you couldn’t even see, or ‘ignored’ a signal you thought was crystal clear. 1. What If It’s Not Behavior—But Character? Most of us are...
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