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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...
Challenging Old Ways: When Others Criticize You For Being Gentle & How to Respond

Challenging Old Ways: When Others Criticize You For Being Gentle & How to Respond

by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Jul 28, 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...
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 🐎 | Apr 21, 2025 | 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...
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 🐎 | Apr 20, 2025 | Uncategorized

Introduction: 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 toward a leadership model based on trust and collaboration. More and more people began...

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