Lesson 6: Confidence
6. Confidence
So far, we’ve covered how a horse’s mindset can be altered by training, and how knowing what causes a negative mindset, we can do things to help get a positive mindset. Opening up a horse’s mind or changing it’s mindset can really help with it’s proprioception and ability to move better.
But some horses might have other things also going on that we need to look into.
One of these might be confidence.
Here’s how all of the training you have learnt so far can be put together to help horses that get anxious out on trail:
Summary:
- Frozen or shut out horses don’t have very good proprioception
- Signs of poor proprioception include: dull, leaning, lethargy, heavy, slow, rushy horses
- They also might not pick up their feet properly, they might clamber in a trailer
Changing a horse’s mindset can open up their proprioception
which in turn gives them more confidence + ability
5. Part ii: Example
Key Takeaways:
- It’s not good enough to notice what your horse can’t do. Understand that they are struggling. If you can help them to have a different mindset, you can open them up – mentally to learn and physically to move better.
You’re almost there!
