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Why Your Horse Is the Way It Is: Seeing Character Through the Five Elements

Why Your Horse Is the Way It Is: Seeing Character Through the Five Elements

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Mar 12, 2026 | Uncategorized

It’s a windy afternoon in late October. You head out to bring in three horses from the field – the same three you’ve handled hundreds of times. The first sees you coming, turns away, and walks to the far corner of the paddock. Not aggressive, not dramatic....
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?...
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...
The Rise of Dominance: What Fear-Based Leadership Means for Horses – and for Us

The Rise of Dominance: What Fear-Based Leadership Means for Horses – and for Us

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | May 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Return of Fear-Based Leadership We’ve come so far. For years, the tide was shifting – away from fear-based leadership and dominance, away from control, and towards a leadership model based on trust and collaboration. More and more people began using...

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