Natural Horsemanship An Introduction

Slide 1: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP An Introduction An Information Presentation by Jeff Davies Equine Services 2008

Slide 2: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP Definition: “ Horsemanship gained naturally through communication, understanding and psychology.”

Slide 3: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP AIM: “ A Natural Partnership with your horse for life”

Slide 4: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP GOALS: 2.Get People Interested 3.Participants live through their experiences 4.Encourage people to have fun with their horses 5.Encourage people to excel with their knowledge

Slide 5: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP TYPES OF HORSEMANSHIP: 2.NATURAL: Working with what has been provided in Nature. - Instinctive - Inborn - Inherent - Intuitive

Slide 6: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP TYPES OF HORSEMANSHIP (cont.): 2. NORMAL: what everybody is doing because everybody else does it. - Good - Common - Ordinary - Usual - Conforming

Slide 7: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES: 2.Horsemanship is Natural 3.Don’t Assume 4.Mutual Communication 5.Horses and Humans Have Responsibilities

Slide 8: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES (cont.) 5. Attitude is Justice 6. Body Language is Universal 7. Horses Teach Riders/ Riders Teach Horses 8. There are 3 Tools of Teaching

Slide 9: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP THE THREE TOOLS OF TEACHING: 2.Principles 3.Purpose 4.Time

Slide 10: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP THE SIX KEYS 2.ATTITUDE 3.KNOWLEDGE 4.TOOLS 5.TECHNIQUES 6.TIME 7.IMAGINATION

Slide 11: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP 1. ATTITUDE: must have a positive and progressive attitude. 3. KNOWLEDGE: must know how horses think. 3. TOOLS: must have tools that work naturally.

Slide 12: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP 4. TECHNIQUES: You must understand and use Natural Techniques to produce snappy departures and graceful transitions. 5. TIME: Most people don’t take the time to do something right BUT they always take time to do it over and over.

Slide 13: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP 6. IMAGINATION: You have to exercise your imagination. Einstein: “ Imagination is even more valuable than knowledge”.

Slide 14: NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP PERSONAL GOALS: 2.Excellence with horses, rather than mediocrity. 3.Become a Great Horseman rather than great rider or showman. 4.Achieve solid foundation between horse and human rather than just a winning edge.