Comments on: How to bond with a horse – Sarah’s story

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:38:57 +0000

In reply to sarah. Spending unstructured time with your horse, grooming them, and doing groundwork exercises are great ways to bond. Just hanging out without an agenda lets them see you as a friend, while grooming feels like social bonding to them, similar to how horses groom each other. Groundwork helps establish trust and respect, and of course, the occasional treat doesn’t hurt! Over time, these positive experiences create a strong connection that makes your relationship feel natural and rewarding.

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:37:37 +0000

What are some simple ways to bond with your horse and build trust?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:42:46 +0000

So many opinions, Sarah, what you did worked, that’s the main thing. Sure, it was, or could have been dangerous, but it worked! You are a good judge of the horse and you obviously conveyed a confident, gentle, no pressure stance. I love reading the stories and comments, I learn a lot.
To Dian, don’t d
Give up on your dream! There are so many paraolympians out there, could you contact riding for the disabled association, maybe they will be able to help you. Is there a hospital near you? Is there an occupational therapist that could work with you so that, you could realise your dreams. What about Equine assisted therapy?

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 12:53:14 +0000

In reply to Megan.

To megan
If you have nothing nice to say plz keep your mouth shut! And the girl your arguing against is thirteen for goodness sakes leave her alone. 🙁

And to sarah, goodluck

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:08:14 +0000

In reply to sally. I am on the same page here. I NEVER walk all the way up to my horse in the pasture. I get within 10 or 20 yards from her and turn my back to her. She sees me and walks right up to me. I don't want to have to "catch" her. I want her to WANT to come to me. Works every time. The other horses in the same pasture usually don't pay attention to me. But if they approach me, I will greet them and move them off when I take my horse out of the field.

By: ELFREDE

ELFREDE — Thu, 28 May 2015 17:53:08 +0000

😆 😆 To Sarah and Nancy et al. In total agreement. For the Love of a Horse…..that is why we are sharing on Al’s blog.

Likewise, I listen to my little horse voice…..there are sadly sometimes a horse where the human left to big a scar….always work with caution…share …resource….we cannot achieve miracles if we don not ask and work for them. !!God speed to all. Elfrede

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 28 May 2015 11:35:23 +0000

In reply to Nancy Newman. Thank you for putting what I was thinking into words!

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 28 May 2015 11:27:59 +0000

Awesome! Well done!
We have a horse at work that after almost drowning in flood waters, became too dangerous to handle. I volunteered to try and help him. He was kept in the round yard at the centre so I decided to sit on the other side of the fence with my back to him whilst I read a book. After a few minutes, he realised that I wasn’t there to hurt him or to force him to do anything he didn’t want to do. he slowly walked over to me, poked his head through the fence and sniffed at my book. I slowly turned around and remained on the ground so as not to frighten him and appear as non threatening as possible. He let me pat him before he walked off to eat some grass. I continued to read my book.
eventually I managed to get a halter on him and lead him around. Nearly a year later and I am now able to lie down with him and have a nap without having to worry about him hurting me.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 27 May 2015 21:10:23 +0000

I’m disappointed at people that are so quick to jump on people they don’t really know. I’m responsible for children & horses and a 13 year old is a child. If that child was injured from doing what she did, I could well imagine the law suit. I don’t let children get down on one knee to groom. They must always be on two feet and able to remove themselves from unexpected trouble. It was already stated the stallion had issues. Why was a 13 year old even allowed to go in there & deal with it? The adult in charge should have known better. We are all relieved Sarah was not hurt. It clearly could have gone badly for her.

By: Carol Robeck

Carol Robeck — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:11:00 +0000

I have never left a comment on this site, mainly because I feel that there are some great responses – what else can I add. But this time I was so appalled by Megan’s response that I just have to add to the positive responses to let Sarah know there is one more person who is quite sure that whether she realizes or not, Sarah has a super natural instinct about horses. Sarah, CONGRATULATIONS. I suspect you are going to have one terrific adventure with horses in your life.