by Amy Dorland | Aug 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Horses don’t speak English and force is not a language. Horses respond to clear communication that they understand. If we want our horse to do something, it’s our responsibility to communicate in a way that makes sense to the horse, overriding our instincts to get...
by Amy Dorland | May 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
The goal of horse/human relationships is a positive willing partnership with the horse happily accepting his human’s ideas. Traditional horsemanship focuses on riding with physical communication between human and horse. When I teach I focus on how to...
by Amy Dorland | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
My earlier athletic life existed in the “suck and tuck”, “no pain, no gain” idea of moving my body. If you wanted to attain and develop a skill, you were instructed to push through the pain and make it happen. The result of training this way as a Dancer, Gymnast, Long...
