Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast

10 Positive Philosophies with Horses + Common Horse Training Mistakes!

🎙🐴Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 17
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10 Positive Philosophies with Horses + Common Horse Training Mistakes
 
“If someone is ever telling you something that doesn’t sit right with you, trust that feeling, and remember that you are your horse’s advocate. There’s always another avenue you can go down if you’re feeling like the path you’re on isn’t quite right for where you and your horse are at” ~Amalia Dempsey
 
This time, I’m the one being interviewed! 
 
I share an interview I did with Equest Hub Magazine about my horsemanship journey, my philosophy with horses, and common horse training mistakes!
 
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𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬:⁠⁠
 
My background with horses from visiting local horse trials with my dad as a kid, to discovering natural horsemanship, and going on to teach others.
I elaborate on my 10 philosophies with horses, and share examples of what that looks like in training
I share common misunderstandings and mistakes people make with their horses that can be detrimental to their training, relationship, and performance
My thoughts on “naughty” and “disrespectful” horses
How clear communication can build trust and relaxation in your horse
The importance of trusting yourself in horse training
Importance of fear threshold
Solving small behavioural problems before they become big problems
The benefits & role of groundwork in training
Building a relationship with your horse on the ground first
How groundwork helps to build the relationship with your horse
Plus so much more!
 
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Sophie Stallmann on her Horsemanship Journey including Trick & Liberty Training Horses, Equine Science, and Campdrafting.

🎙🐴Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 16
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An Interview with Sophie Stallmann aka @sophsta_buggsy
 
"Riding, liberty, everything is a 50/50 partnership, you need to be putting in as much effort as your horse, and if you want your horse to change, then you need to change"
 
Sophie was born and raised on her family’s horse and cattle property. She loves getting her hands dirty and working on the property whether it be fencing, processing calves, or mustering, she says this is where she truly feels at peace. 
 
Sophie has always been in love with animals of all shapes and sizes, but horses have taken a special part of her heart. 
 
She loves training and creating special bonds with her animals and learning from the process. Sophie really loves working with her horses right from the beginning, where they are present at or just after birth, through their weaning, starting under saddle, playing with liberty and trick training, and eventually competing in campdrafts and challenges.
 
Sophie also loves to teach what she’s learnt, and so she began her riding and training school where she teaches and helps others build their riding, equine skills, and relationship with their own horses. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Equine Science at the University of Queensland. Sophie is a full-time uni student, part-time photographer, and balances study, competitive equine goals, liberty and trick training, and teaching horse riding and liberty lessons.
 
 
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𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬:⁠⁠
 
👉🏼Sophie’s start with horses growing up on a horse & cattle property- including riding freshly started horses from the age of 5!!
👉🏼Balancing her adventure-packed life on the farm, training horses, teaching others, part-time photography, studying full time, starting young horses under saddle, and competing in campdrafting.
👉🏼Her love of studying animal behaviour & learning theory and how that has influenced the training of her own horses.
👉🏼The personalities of her different horses including Buggsy, Rabbit, & her baby horse Zink.
👉🏼Sophie’s balanced approach & philosophy to horse training 
👉🏼Defining positive and negative reinforcement and how & why Sophie uses both
👉🏼Bridleless riding with a neckrope
👉🏼Why Sophie and her horses love competing!
👉🏼ALL about campdrafting, the sport, and training a horse for competitive campdrafting.
👉🏼What makes a happy horse
👉🏼What started her interest in trick training and how she navigated the various trick training videos on the internet
👉🏼Why blaming the horse for mistakes can be detrimental to your horsemanship.
👉🏼The importance of patience
👉🏼Misconceptions around negative reinforcement
👉🏼The bits vs bitless debate! 
👉🏼Who inspires her and what she’s currently studying
👉🏼PLUS your requested questions answered including the process of training a horse for campdrafting and Sophie’s advice around teaching horses to rear.
👉🏼AND so much more!
 
 
Sophie is a beautiful down-to-earth human being, with wisdom and knowledge beyond her years. She is humble, intelligent, and passionate and I’m very excited to bring you this episode full of horsey goodness!
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Find out more & connect with Sophie on instagram @sophsta_buggsy
 
The following individuals/businesses were mentioned in this podcast:
 
@mustang_maddy
@ben_actionhorses
@alyssa_pellei_
@nativehorses
@matildebrandt
@matt_harnacke
 
❤️ Sophie’s parents were mentioned as a huge influence on Sophie  as a horsewoman so I thought I would give them a big shoutout also.
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Tara Davis on Teachings of the Herd & Sharing Timeless Wisdom of the Horse

🎙🐴 Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 15
An Interview with Tara Davis aka @unbridledgoddess
 
At her ranch in Humboldt County, California, Tara immerses herself in the teachings of the Herd, sharing the timeless wisdom of the Horse. Weaving together lessons from science and spirituality, hers is a unique horsemanship approach in which the main goal is to empower both the horse and the human. She believes that opening our awareness to the possibilities of a more conscious and consensual relationship with our horses will reflect on our interpersonal relationships, as well as our relationships with ourselves.
 
In this episode we discuss:
👉🏼Tara’s start in “traditional” ways of training horses and competitive dressage.
👉🏼What she learnt from riding amongst a herd of beautiful friesians in the desert.
👉🏼The story behind unbridled goddess: from a $250 beautiful but traumatised mare, Misa
👉🏼The beginning of her journey to working with horses in a way that gives the horse autonomy.
👉🏼Balancing the use of negative and positive reinforcement
👉🏼The importance of horse and human emotions in training (and life).
👉🏼What’s important for horses happiness
👉🏼Who inspires her
👉🏼What books and resources Tara recommends
👉🏼Plus SO much more!!
 
What I love about Tara is that she is so in tune with herself, is unapologetically authentic, and sees the world through a lens of love and kindness.
 
📲 Find out more & connect with Tara at @unbridledgoddess or https://unbridledgoddess.com/
 
 
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Nicky Van der Sluis (Nickyshorsemanship). Love, Patience, Understanding and Trust.

🎙🐴 Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 14
An Interview with Nicky van der Sluis aka. @nickyshorsemanship
Nicky is 33 years old and is a Dutchie that now lives in Spain. She didn't come from a horsey family, yet her interest in horses started when she was just a little girl. From riding lessons at traditional riding schools, to bareback and bridleless beach rides - her horsemanship has gone through a massive change over all those years. 
 
Nicky is currently the proud owner of two Spanish boys (a stallion and a gelding) and nowadays love, patience, understanding and trust are the foundation for everything she does with them! Liberty is her favourite thing in the world, together with hacking out.. so she can’t wait to start those adventures with her boys!
 
In this episode we discuss:
👉🏼Nicky’s journey into horses and horsemanship
👉🏼Her experience with Parelli Natural Horsemanship
👉🏼Surprising fun facts about Nicky you won’t find anywhere else (like her non-horsey job and what she does for fitness!)
👉🏼Who has influenced and mentored her
👉🏼The real personalities of her horses Makaio and Eluney 
👉🏼How she maintains and continues to work on her good energy
👉🏼Why she doesn’t compete her horses
👉🏼Her views on negative and positive reinforcement
👉🏼The bits vs bitless never-ending debate
👉🏼Advice on seeking a horsemanship trainer
👉🏼Embracing being yourself and not comparing yourself to others
👉🏼Why she doesn’t like learninh from horse books!
👉🏼And her ultimate dream with horses
👉🏼Plus SO much more!!
 
What I love about Nicky is that she very honest and humble, despite her wealth of knowledge and experience. She has a very balanced view on horses and training, and is happy to share her uncensored thoughts. Nicky has a beautiful energy, with a positive outlook on life. I loved talking with Nicky and I hope you enjoy the interview!
 
📲 Find out more about Nicky on Instagram @nickyshorsemanship
 
 
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Juliette Cimetiere (JC Horse Training) on her Horsemanship Journey with Cavalia, Liberty, & Classical Dressage

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 13
An Interview with Juliette Cimetiere @jchorsetraining on her Horsemanship Journey with Cavalia, Liberty, & Classical Dressage
In this episode, I talk with the incredible Juliette from @jchorsetrianing. 
Juliette is a trainer based out of Redmond Washington. Her training methods focus on building a balanced, relaxed, relationship between horse and rider. She teaches dressage as well as liberty work (focusing on building a connection on the ground, on and offline). 
Juliette has over 18 years of experience riding training and showing horses in dressage, eventing, hunter jumpers, English and western performance. She has been teaching in the Pacific Northwest for 9 years, and has recently started teaching clinics locally and internationally, in British Columbia. Her training methods combine Natural Horsemanship, and dressage,  to create balance and harmony with horse and rider. 
In this episode we discuss:
Juliette’s broad horsemanship journey including vaulting and clicker training, liberty, and classical dressage, to where she is today training a large variety of breeds.
Juliette’s experience working for CAVALIA (the incredible international “horse circus”)- including how the horses go travelling internationally.
Her journey into liberty training through experimentation.
What lead her to look into classical dressage
We discuss issues with “modern” / competition dressage
The key to enriching your horse’s life. 
Mistakes she see’s horse people making and mistakes she’s made in the past 
The bits vs bites debate
Positive vs Negative reinforcement debate
Juliette also tells us who inspires her and what she is reading & learning about today 
Plus how social media can be a good thing!
AND so much more!!!
 
What I love about Juliette is that she emphasises the importance of experimentation in training, trusting your intuition, and tailoring your training to the individual horse. 
I loved talking to Juliette and I hope you enjoy the interview!
 
Where to find out more about JC Horse Training:
Website: www.jchorsetraining.com
Instagram: @jchorsetraining
Facebook: @jchorsetraining
TikTok: @jchorsetraining
YouTube: Oreoliberty [JC Horse Training]
 
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Lucy Chester Horsemanship Interview: Journey To Positive Reinforcement, Separation Anxiety, Joint Problems, Stress Signals, and much more!

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 12
Interview with UK based groundwork, liberty, & riding instructor, Lucy Chester from @haflingeratliberty @lucychesterhorsemanship
 
In this interview we dive into Lucy's horsemanship journey, how she got into positive reinforcement with her horse Tao (who simply wouldn’t handle any pressure), her tips for separation anxiety, Tao’s joint problems, why she DOES use a bit despite feeling the pressure to not use one, the controversial questions, who inspires her, and so much more!
 
The following people were mentioned in this podcast:
@unbridledgoddess
@pantherflows
@kirosway
@anjaberanfoundation
@eva_roemaat
@horsebalance
@weston.hannah
@edenriverequestrian
 
You can find Lucy Chester at:
Instagram: @haflingeratliberty @lucychesterhorsemanship
Website: www.lucychesterhorsemanship.com
 
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Adventures with @nzmares : Free Riding in New Zealand!

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 11
Adventures with @nzmares  Free Riding in New Zealand!
 
In this episode, I talk with the amazing @nzmares on all things horses & horsemanship! We speak about how she got started with horses as an 11-year-old girl with a 6-month-old horse, her journey with her 2 current horses Juno & Trinny (with polar opposite backgrounds), what she loves outside of horses, her secret to being so happy and positive, but also her experience with anxiety. We touch on social media- the good and the bad, her take on positive/negative reinforcement and the bit/bitless debate, who she learnt from and who inspires her, and why she actually does compete for her horse’s benefit. PLUS, so much more!! 
 
My apologies in advance, we had some technical glitches recording this episode so it doesn’t flow perfectly but the content was too good not to publish!
 
I loved talking to @nzmares (find her on instagram) and I hope you enjoy the interview!
 
In this episode the following people were mentioned:
 
People:
@saddlefi.tness
@myhorsewillow
@truewesthorsemanship
@unbridledgoddess
@margrithealer
@emotional.horsemanship
 
NZ Mares also mentions these amazing horse people (who I couldn’t find on social media or have passed):
 
Buck Brannaman
Julia Ogalvie
Margrit
Ray Hunt
Tom Torrance
Tommy Woodcock
 
 
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An Interview with Romy de Lange from Equine Motions

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 10
 An Interview with Romy de Lange
 
“Aspire to Inspire Before You Expire”
“Never feel ashamed of having fun with your horses”
 
In this episode have a really honest & open conversation with Romy from Equine Motions about her getting over her fear of riding, all her different horses, positive vs negative reinforcement, the use of draw reins, bits vs bitless, why she doesn’t compete any more plus so much more! Romy also answered some listener questions around her tips on building a relationship with a new horse.
 
I loved talking to Romy and I hope you enjoy the interview!
 
You can find Romy at:
Instagram: @equinemotions
Website: http://equinemotions.nl/
 
 
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Wild Hearts Can‘t Be Broken with Asia d‘Aquarone on her Horsemanship Journey with Amadeus

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 9
 
An Interview with Asia d'Aquarone (aka. @wildheartamadeus) 
 
In this interview, we cover Asia's horsemanship journey to date, how she went from breaking her back to finding partnership with her dream horse, her Parelli journey (including being taught by Isabel & Giorgio Pagliaro), bits vs bitless, who inspires her and so much more!
 
I loved talking to Asia and I hope you enjoy the interview!
 
You can find Asia at:
Instagram: @wildheartamadeus
 
 
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Book Review: Gallop to Freedom by Frederic Pignon & Magali Delgado

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast Episode 8
Book Review: "Gallop to Freedom" by Frederic Pignon & Magali Delgado
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