by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | May 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 right...
by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Apr 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....
by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Apr 23, 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 🐎 | 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 of us are...
by Britta | Being Herd 🐎 | Apr 19, 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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