Sooz Foster Animal Training and Behaviour

21/02/2023

DOES YOUR HORSE WAIT?

One of the most (perhaps THE most) important foundation behaviours to teach your horse is to wait. Calm, connected waiting makes for less stress for you AND your horse.

Did you know there is a free scholarship place on my next R+ based course with Sooz Foster at Understand Horses? It is a two week interactive course giving voice over feedback on your training, lectures to get you started and a friendly forum to ask questions. There is also the opportunity to audit if you don't think you're quite ready to jump in and train.

Priced at £59 for a full place and £29 to audit.

Starts 25th March and the scholarship application is open until the 4th March.

For more information drop me a message or checkout Understand Horses.

19/11/2022

Do you have a horse that can't stand still? Then this is the course for you. Last shout to join the others on this 2 week course with Sooz Foster and I. The course starts today, there are already 20 signed up, don't miss out! Check my bio on Insta for course links, drop me a message or check the Understand Horses website.

14/11/2022

29/10/2022

There is a free scholarship place offered on this new course at Understand Horses but you only have a few days to apply.

Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us why taking this course is important to you. Applications are open until November 5th 2022. The winner will be announced on the Understand Horses page on November 7th 2022. See our page for further details.

Join Sooz Foster and I at Understand Horses for a two week online interactive course that will help you develop the skills needed to train your horse to wait without frustration. No more turning your back to find your horse has crept up behind you or sneaked off to eat grass!

You will have access to 2 weeks of learning – including video lessons, group discussions in a dedicated forum, downloads, training plans and (for full students) coaching with individual voice over feedback on your training videos to help you train your horse to stand relaxed.

Starts November 19th, full training slots are £59 and auditor slots £29.

1 scholarship place available (closing date 5th November) give me a shout for more information!
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15/10/2022

TRAIN YOUR HORSE TO WAIT

Does your horse understand how to stand and wait while you groom, pick out their feet, open gates or chat to a friend? Is your horse calm and patient for the vet, farrier, physio or dentist? Will they comfortably wait when you walk away, or do they try and follow you?

We have a great new short course opening on 19 November. Equine behaviourists and trainers Trudi Dempsey and Sooz Foster host this friendly online workshop. You will have access to 2 weeks of learning – including video lessons, group discussions in a dedicated forum, downloads, training plans and (for full students) coaching with individual voice over feedback on your training videos to help you train your horse to stand relaxed.

There are two study options:

• 'Full student' for those who would like to train and have coaching and tailored voice over feedback on their training videos.

• 'Auditor' who has access to the video lessons and forum, but does not have feedback or coaching.

As always we have a scholarship place available. Applications are open until November 5th 2022.

You can find more information and book your place here: https://courses.understandhorses.com/courses/train-your-horse-to-wait

You can find out more about your coaches on their pages here:Trudi Dempsey: Equine Trainer and Behaviour Consultant and Sooz Equine Behaviour and Training

05/09/2022

Understand Horses LIVE...
What a weekend!
I had such a blast and it was all made possible by the incredible Justine Harrison - Equine Behaviourist with David Taylor.
My fellow presenters were awesome and supportive.
The equine handlers were professional.
The audience were amazing.
The venue (Writtle Uni) was perfect and Rosa Verwijs worked her socks off.
And my best training bud Sooz Foster was on form.

A huge thanks must go to the horses who helped us demonstrate techniques and protocols. Not everything went quite to plan in my demos but when you are real life training in a live situation, with horses you don't know, we owe it to the horses to listen to them.

It was fabulous to finally meet not only some of my colleagues but many supporters who had previously been faces in a Zoom gallery, FB posters or participants in online courses.

You were all awesome and I'm pretty blown away by the whole event and can't wait to do it all again. THANK YOU

(I dare not tag for fear of missing one of you out but you know who you are).