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Thinking Like a Horse

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The upcoming experience is about leadership.
Good leaders are good communicators.
To lead a horse, you need to communicate in horse

Photo by Raoul Pop

NEARLY 360

Of vision without moving the head

photoreceptors concentrated mid-eye

TOUCH

  • Horses move away from flies
  • Horses move into hugs
  • Confident touch = calm horse
Photo by Trey Ratcliff

MUTUAL GROOMING

They will show you where they're itchy

Pecking Order

YOU MUST BE THE TOP & TRUSTED

TRUST DEVELOPMENT

  • They're naturally curious
  • share breath = blow into the nose gently
  • strong, slow, strokes
  • avoid fast movements or loud predator stuff
  • calm reactions
Photo by David Reece

BODY LANGUAGE

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Guidance

  • Hands = direction
  • Eyes = direction
  • Rope = increases urgency
Photo by horseman7869

Patience
If you act like you have 5 minutes, it'll take all day.

Act like you have all day and it'll take 5 minutes

A Natural Leader

  • uses curiosity as a tool
  • Understands herd animals follow a leader
  • understands horses are cooperative
  • understands horses are adaptative
  • Understands they're sensitive to moods
  • Personalities vary between indv. Horses greatly

Horse Noises

  • sigh = relaxed
  • snort = alert or a bug in the nose
  • whinny = hey you guys!
  • scream = I'm ticked at you
  • nickering = any cookies?

How you communicate intent?

  • communicate with body, hands, eyes
  • Rope
  • voice is not a big thing

Passive = bad

  • I don't want the horse to hate me
  • If I'm small , kind, he'll like me more
  • I like to avoid conflict with the horse.
  • You'll be ignored by the horse

Aggressive = bad

  • I want the horse to fear me
  • I use pain and fear as a motivating tool
  • I threaten
  • The horse will be in a constant state of fear and can't learn.

Be Assertive

That's what you'll learn Wednesday

It's okay to screw up
Breathe and try again

Clothing
Arenas can be chilly
Avoid white
Boots that cover your toes
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A way to document thoughts and the experience.