Hi everyone =),
My name is Jessii im from norfolk, england.
I have always had horses around me they are my love, passion and they also get me up in the mornings! lol
Ive been on the journey to finding the best approch to horse training for about a year and a half now, Shocks me now to say it but although i loved and cared about horses i didnt realy SEE exactly what was there, i was brought up to 'deal' with horses in a traditional approach, i always loved the idea of riding my horse bridleless ect. but i never put that thought into action!
Untill my loverly pony sparkey died from a brain tumour =(
A few months later this feeling came over me to buy a youngster, and train it myself (have no idea why lol) ...
also around that time i got extreamly interested in click training, natural horsemanship, no bits ect.
I met rosie whom at 3 years old she had been from home to home and sent back to the dealer as she was deemed too dangerous
lol , i fell in love with her and took her home, as you do =)
It has been a rocky road, I started off with little knowledge and alot if ideas, so i went through stages =/, rosie did not like my natural horsemanship parelli stage atall and we just were not having fun!, the clicker training has always suited us, and around 4 months ago i decided to remove all ropes, increse the positive reinforcement, play games, have fun, be totally passive apart from asking her to back up nicely if she got a little over the top, That has turned into a wonderful relationship, she always chooses to be with me and we can do more and more each day. We still have much more to learn and she still has lots to teach me
Through all the confusion about methods and the best way to train and pure depression to be honest ect. i feel i have grown alot myself and finally found 'how to be with her' =)
i found this forum and you seem like a realy nice comunity and i hope to learn some and maybe help others a little lol
Thankyou For reading, My pictures wont come up, but heres rosies facebook album link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 737&type=1 Thank you =)