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06/01/2026

Movement is foundational!

05/01/2026

We had a great confidence building session🤣🤣

05/11/2025

Day 2 of teaching Dreamy to load after his horsebox accident

This really tested Dreamy’s confidence a little, but we took our time, worked through the moments of hesitation, and ended on a good, positive note!

The goal with this kind of training is never to force or punish — it’s about building trust and confidence, not fear. Every step he takes calmly is a win in rebuilding that emotional stability around the horsebox.

Just a quick note for anyone watching their own horses during training:
A horse that’s standing with a cocked hind leg, a tight or stretched upper lip, and wide, unblinking eyes might look relaxed if you’re going by old-school teachings — but these are actually subtle signs of stress and internal conflict. The cocked leg can be a displacement behavior, the tight lip shows tension, and those wide eyes mean the horse is processing pressure or uncertainty, not peace.

Learning to recognise these small signs is what helps us stop before they blow up and someone gets hurt — and that’s how we build true trust, not just obedience.

03/11/2025

Paradise😍

03/11/2025

Owning boxing sessions looks like this!

I knew we were on the right track at this very moment. You’d never say that he used to be terrified of the horsebox — now he’s running after it, eager for his session to begin!

💭 Why I hate the word “Natural Horsemanship”…The word "natural" means “existing in or caused by nature; not made or caus...
02/11/2025

💭 Why I hate the word “Natural Horsemanship”…

The word "natural" means “existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.”

And yet, the entire concept of “natural horsemanship” is built around the idea that we should train horses the way they would act with each other in the wild.

Sounds nice, right?
The problem is… very little of what we expect from horses is actually natural.

In the wild, horses don’t need to:
-Engage from behind while carrying a heavy rider.
-Lift their backs under a saddle that doesn’t fit.
- “Submit” to a bit that pinches.
-Jump 1.2 meters with aging joints.

Yet we’ve built a culture where every difficulty is seen as a behavioral problem— something to “fix.”

Not everything is a behavioral issue, a motivation problem or is about respect.

If we truly keep up with modern research, we’d know that most herd-dynamic theories and “respect-based” training methods have been debunked by science.

Yes — these techniques work. They often give fast results. But let’s be honest… horses will do almost anything to avoid conflict. They’re not “submitting” — they’re surviving(as any prey animal would).

90% of the time, when a horse “acts out,” there’s a reason: pain, discomfort, confusion, fear.
No amount of “technique” will fix that until comfort and wellbeing come first. It will work to a point(and continue to do damage) or escelate things so much that the amount of pressure needed before the release is abuse or the horse will give in to whatever we want from it untill the body just cant anymore- None of this is natural or even fair.

I still use some “natural” principles — but with common sense and education, not ego or the obsession with results.

Results do come, but do we really need to chase a horse until it’s dripping with sweat?
Do we really believe an animal with no prefrontal cortex can be disrespectful and "naughty"?

Science has been telling us for years. I use to be a "natural horsemanship" trainer and then life lessons happened and I learnt all this the hard way… But thank God I did. 🙏

I am tired of horse training content on social honestly

Quatro during a photoshoot for A horse with confirmed soundness issues and kissing spine being kept strong & entertained...
29/10/2025

Quatro during a photoshoot for

A horse with confirmed soundness issues and kissing spine being kept strong & entertained by us, but despite that, look at his condition and coat!

All thanks to the wonderfull from in Bloemfontein AND who takes care of his feet and very carefully planned herbal supplement regime!

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He is happy, feeling much better and enjoying life!

He is blessed with the best owner who does everything she can for him!

It's a blessing to take care of and love these horses.

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Bloemfontein

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