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    VersatileEquines

    Get your horse

    RELAXED

    Is your horse

    happy?

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    Contents

    hank you to everyone who has contributed to the

    st ever issue of The Versatile Equines Horsemanship

    agazine!

    e welcome more submissions for our next one!

    Contact:

    Cheryl Gray

    021 027 07512

    [email protected]

    www.versatileequines.com

    Facebook: Versatile Equines

    About

    -Editors Note-About VE: Cheryls Profile

    Interesting

    -Quotes

    -Clinic summaries

    -My thoughts on Horsemanship

    -Book Review

    Education

    -Scary Objects: on the ground

    -Float Loading

    -Float Loading: Case Study

    -Successful Mounting

    Key Concepts

    -GROW

    -Relaxing

    Fun

    -Cute Horse Shot

    Inspiration

    -Reader Story

    In this Issue you will find...

    We want your stories!!

    Visit us on Facebook to see the list of items we

    would love for you to share, to be included in

    our next issue!

    http://www.versatileequines.com/http://www.versatileequines.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    Thank you to all people who have

    taken the time to browse this magazine.

    his is the first one and I hope there will be many more. The intention

    to begin with two per year, building up to four when time allows.

    am on a learning journey for life and I hope you all are too;

    ook forward to watching this magazine grow as we all do.

    his issue mainly includes past articles I have written for FaceBook, but look out for

    sue 2 which will contain some new material. It will also be jam packed full of articlesritten by likeminded people, on the path to being the best they can be for their horses!

    Feedback encouraged. Enjoy!Cheryl

    EditorsNote

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    Key points from the day

    *Establish your personal space. Dont send

    them away all the time, or punish them for

    wanting to come back, simply bring them in,

    give them a pat, then send them out again.

    *Backing up from halter, get the feet moving

    first, then focus on softness on the halter,

    then be more critical about the nose tip and

    diagonal pairs of feet, then put all together!

    *Disengaging the hindquarters using direct

    touch, remember to rub to a start and rub to

    a stop. If they do not want to move thinkwhy- is it confidence or snootiness?

    *Using obstacles to give the things we teach

    a reason, eg foot on mat, backing onto mat.

    Do on ground and while riding.

    *Lower head=lessen adrenaline = relaxation.

    *Slap the ground with stick and string- keep

    your feet still, look for a sign of relaxing, then

    release. This simulates SCARY situations, so

    helps the horse find relaxed himself.

    *Put the think back in the horse :)

    *Riding exercises: Back Up: tip nose, lift body,

    set reins, but do not pull, use legs to

    encourage back if necessary.

    *Disengage hind end, hand up (not like

    flexing for one rein stop), slide leg back, if

    they walk forward pull up on the inside rein.

    *One rein stop at walk and trot- simulate the

    emergency before it happens!

    *Backing up and stepping them out one step,

    the beginning of backing circles.

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    For example, a person may watch a clip about 'join up' or 'hooking on'. Then they

    go out with these ideas andsubject their horses to it. They may do this with no

    understanding of the horse psychology behind that concept, no concept of the

    teps that may be involved before that point and what to do at the end- e.g. was it

    uccessful, if not.what next or why? "Everything you do with a horse ought to be a

    dance" (Buck Brannaman,), there is often nothing elegant about the mosh pit that

    occurs when people take one idea in isolation, and 'do it' totheir horse.

    by no means exclude myself here, I make errors. You dont know what you dont

    know. I am a why person; I make it my business to learn as much as I can and try

    o work with my horses in a holistic* way- encompassing what the horse needs at

    he time, with my current practical experience and theoretical knowledge.

    Im feeling like a concern with theNatural Horsemanship movement isthat people see SOOO much stu!outof context. With the wide variety oftrainers, methods, and cliniciansaround, its easy to acquire knowledge

    and ideas in isolation without gettingthe full story.

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    Thoughts

    Try not to just reason

    what your horses need

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    ackground knowledge

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    e too limited, thus you

    may be unable to adapt

    ll things to your

    pecific horse. By all

    means experiment, thats often when the best

    earning happens, but

    o not become straight

    ne thinking in your

    deas. If something is

    ot working, do not get

    mad or upset; just

    imply ask why.You will find at themost random times

    nswers will pop into

    our head.

    So next time you are with your horses

    consider this idea and ask WHY?

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    VE Reader Review

    I found this book very enlightening. It made me realise

    that there are so many people out there, that haveprejudice against different breeds and colours of horsesand wont even take on a horse if it is a certain breed.They have maybe had a bad experience before or haveheard rumours from other people and this book reallyopens your eyes how, if you listen to the horse,understand the horse, you can do anything with thehorse. It takes patience and time but Mark has shown thisto people, but also learnt this through his trainer the oldman. I found this old man very enlightening and haveread all of the books by Mark and they all link up welland are based on really good experiences and bad ones. Ihighly recommend all his books and you can read themmore than once and still learn something.

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    Some signs include:

    Its important to note thereis a difference betweenrelaxing and relaxed.Relaxing: become less

    tense or anxious

    Relaxed: f ree f romtension and anxiety

    A horse in a relaxed stateis far more positive, thanone who is simplyrelaxing. On the sametoken though, relaxingcan turn into relaxed,so is a necessarystarting point.

    To l earn

    n e w t h i n g shorses must be

    r e l a x e d

    in mindandbodyandSpirit

    *Cocking a hind leg

    *Lowering head

    *Blinking

    *Yawning

    *Licking and chewing

    *Sighing

    *Blowing snot out nose

    *Being able to stand still

    *Shaking head and neck

    *Whole body shake

    *Loosening of lips

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    To successfully understand the concept of

    float loading, you first need to understand

    some horse psychology. They are by nature

    claustrophobic. There is nothing more

    unnatural and foreign to a horse than being

    shoved in a float and being driven around!

    Key concepts the handler ideally

    would be knowledgable in:

    -E"ective pressure and release-Active/passive body language

    -Rope handling skills

    -Predator/Prey Psychology

    -Managing emotions

    End goal for floating: You open the float and

    the horse runs in there un-haltered by

    themselves.

    Reality: This does not happen instantly,

    break the process of float loading down into

    manageable chunks for the horse.

    Here are a few tips to help you think about

    float loading in a di!erent light:

    Leave float in their paddock for further

    exposure after you have worked with it

    Use a long lead

    Use a stick and string if necessary

    Its NOT a rule that you must send your

    horse in from outside the float. Think about

    it from your horses point of view. "Hmmm,

    my human is too scared to go in there and

    they are my leader, so I am definitely not

    going in if they arent". Just because you

    teach them to go into the float by walking in

    first, doesn't mean it will be that way forever,

    but get their confidence before expecting

    them to walk straight in alone.

    Dont make the float a nasty place by

    suddenly enforcing a WHOLE new set of

    rules! Eg, to go in the horse needs to know

    how to lead by, much of the time people

    never do this with their horses away from

    the float. Then when they get to the float to

    do it, the horses are saying 'I don't even

    know how to do that without the float, now

    you expect me to do that NEW thing (lead by)

    and GO IN the new thing (float)!?!

    Teach your horse to be confident and

    comfortable going over, through, around

    and under di"erent things, BEFORE

    expecting him to load.

    Get them leading around in front of you and

    backing up softly on the ground AWAY from

    the float.

    Teach them to back up BEFORE you need toget them to back out!

    Have LOTS of time.

    Do not tie them until they are 100%

    mentally, physically and emotionally in the

    Float Loading

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    float AND tie confidently away from the float

    in scary situations.

    Don't try to HOLD them in, if they are pulling,

    you have already lost them! Yes you want

    them to understand they are supposed to go

    in and stay, but there is no way you can

    physically hold them in. Often all that

    happens is the horse gets worried and

    nervous and people get hurt. You need to

    find a balance between having enough

    tension on the lead to encourage them to

    stay in, but not so much it makes them want

    to fight and pull back.

    Practice float loading for DAYS at a time, not

    just every now and then for greatest success.

    Teach the horse small bits at a time- eg:Day 1- smell the float

    Day 2- front feet on the ramp and back o"

    Day 3- all feet on ramp and back o"

    Day 4- front feet in float, back feet on ramp

    Basically do as much as the horse can handle,

    but no more, keep him feeling confident and

    curious about the float.

    Do not be in a rush to SHUT him in as soonas all feet are in the float.

    If he will not stand in the float by himself

    without backing out- DO NOT shut the back

    up, take the time until he is sure he is safe.

    Dont expect to teach them to load on the

    day you need to transport them somewhere.

    Seek professional help if you are unsure or

    are having trouble.

    Allow your horse to explore the float

    without being forced.

    Do not growl them for pawing at the

    ramp- this is them testing it and

    reassuring themselves.

    There is much information here. All of

    which is only a guide. Each horse and

    owner/handler is di"erent, as well as each

    situation. These are also not the only ways

    to consider float loading.

    I hope in reading this you have found a few

    gems, which you can now apply to your

    current understandings of float loading.

    Jewels 2nd truck loading session in 2010

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    Beany has had some very

    negative float training in thepast (before Allie got her),

    such as being separated from

    mother before weaning and

    forced on a float, and having

    a rope tied around her neck

    while she was pretty much

    winched in. She has learnt to

    pull back, thrash around, rearand run circles around the

    float.

    Apart from a short video, I

    had not seen any of the

    above mentioned torture and

    I am pleased to say that we

    didn't see any of that during

    the session either. There

    were times when I could tell

    she was expecting to be hit,

    growled, pulled on or forced

    from behind; it is amazing

    what they remember. What I

    did, was give her no reason

    to need to go there. If she felt

    too much pressure being in

    the float I allowed her to back

    out, she doesn't know it is

    'wrong' and the worst thing I

    could do was try to force her!

    For example she went to back

    out of the float for the first

    time and I allowed her. Icould see that she was

    already thinking, "if you pull

    on me I am going to rear and

    fly out backwards". It was

    great to see that by about the

    3rd time she would back out,

    but keep all feet on the ramp.

    We started o"really slow, just

    asking her to walk up on the

    ramp with her front feet,

    rubbing her with the stick as

    release and then backing her

    o" and going for a walk. It

    didn't take long for her to

    realise that she was not going

    to be forced or punished and

    that we would stay with her

    level of confidence. It all paid

    o", by the end she was

    rushing IN to the float, thenshe would back out and put

    herself back in.

    To change up the pattern, at

    the end of the session when

    she was fully in the float

    (physically and mentally) I

    gave her some pony nuts-boy did that blow her brain-

    not only did she feel

    confident, she felt motivated!

    It was really awesome to

    watch Beany pretty much

    teach herself to load.

    In this situation I stood inside

    the float. With an unconfident

    horse you can often create

    many issues by making them

    go in alone. There will come

    a time when Beany is

    confident enough to walk in

    while the human stays out,

    but today wasn't that day.

    The way I look at it is that

    there is no 'right' or 'wrong'

    about this, you just adapt

    what you do, to meet theneeds of the horse.

    Thanks to Beanys owner for

    allowing me to be part of this

    magical experience.

    Please see a timeline of photos

    below, showing our sequence.Videos can also be viewed on

    our Versatile Equines FaceBook

    page.

    Case Study:Beany

    Beany

    15 year old

    16.1hh

    TB X QH

    Mare

    FloatLoading

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    Cutest

    Horse

    Shot

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    &Ruby

    ventually led her to flipping over on me while on a

    alk down the road. Things weren't looking good forur partnership, with everyone telling me she was

    unridable" "unsafe" and "a no hoper". They all told

    e to sell her.

    have known Cheryl for a few years, and called on

    er as my last attempt to 'fix' Ruby. I know of her work

    Natural Horsemanship, and thought it was our last

    hance. After a few months of ground work thanks to

    heryl and Pat Parelli, Ruby and I now have the mostcredible bond. It turns out all she needed was a date

    ith the chiropractor, along with an open mind to her

    agile mind. I began riding her bareback, even

    eginning to pop over some jumps. We did a few tiny

    months ago, I bought Ruby as

    project to help get myself out

    a rut I had gotten myself into.

    he was what many would call a

    oubled' or 'problem' horse, and

    thought getting her would give

    e a sense of pride knowing

    at she needed my help. It did

    ot occur to me that I was the

    ne who desperately needed

    er. We started very rocky, only

    eing able to walk and trot.

    here were constant issues with

    ucking and rearing, which

    canters, but as her habits were so ingrained, we had

    a long road in gaining balance and looseness.

    Our true moment of success was yesterday, when I

    took her to the beach, the second time being under

    saddle, and we were almost at full gallop down the

    shore line. If any of you have experienced that, you

    will know that there are no words. The wind in your

    face and the beat of the hooves, along with the

    sound of the sea - there is no better place. I cannot

    express how liberating it was for Ruby and I toachieve this. I will never sell her now. I couldn't.

    She is my girl, and couldn't imagine my life

    without her! I owe her my sanity.

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    something done, just for the sake of it and not

    understanding it, or even if it did any good to a

    relationship.

    She very much came across as a, she does what she

    wants, when she wants, because she wont be told

    otherwise horse.

    So when the day came that she arrived, I watched her in

    the paddock exploring her new home. I was pretty

    certain what was going to be happening for her in the

    years to come and I and was fairly happy with the

    decision. Until I started hearing of Natural

    Horsemanship and how to form a better relationship

    between owner and horse, regardless of the horse being

    ridden or not.

    What I had already picked up was that she was hard to

    catch and pushy as anything. She seemed to really hate

    being around people. At most she would see anyonecoming and disappear as fast as she could and that

    really got to me. I thought, how can I have this horse

    want to come see me in the paddock and be comfortable

    with me.

    Reader

    StoryA New Road ToTravel

    By Allie McCrae

    When I was a lot younger, I thought horses and ponieswere just four legged animals that you got on and got

    walked around with at fun days and carnivals. Little

    did I know there was such a thing called Natural

    Horsemanship.

    When I hit my teens, I started going around Trekking

    laces and Riding Schools and I soon got to see how

    different the horse world really was. After a few years I

    ot put into a way of being with horses and riding.

    Never the leader, just the rider.

    Fortunately for me, I did get the chance to ride in a

    hackamore bridle, on an older mare bareback, which

    was really cool, but I didnt look into that much at that

    oint.

    Dont get me wrong, I learnt a great deal about

    onfidence from being on a horse regularly and just

    iding with the purpose of getting something done at

    he end of the day, whether I understood it or not. But

    used to see horses used as machines. There waslways another little part of me that thought different,

    nd thats where my true journey began, starting with

    Versatile Equines.

    got my first proper horse, Beany, a while ago now, in

    oal, whom had not had the best start. Being 15 years

    ld, I thought well, shes had a fairly interesting life

    nd that I would let her live out her days in comfort

    nd be with me until the rainbow bridge.

    Beany is a black, QH X TB, mare with white points

    nd at the start had the typical misunderstood exterior.

    he appeared naughty and disrespectful and didnt like

    eople. At the start, Im not afraid to admit, my mind

    et of years ago came through of just getting

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    wrote the big blurb of a message about

    Beany and I, but once I thought it

    was explained clearly enough, I sent it

    away.

    I didnt know what to expect, but what

    I got back was very positive. We

    arranged a time to meet and have a

    chat with Beany. (Literally).

    What I got from that first meeting was

    absolutely the biggest learning curve of

    my life so far with horses. In the short

    time we had spoken and worked Beany,

    I learnt they actually have true

    personalities or horsenalities, and are

    completely individual.

    I learnt that I had a reactive instinctual mare, that had

    trust and respect issues. She loved to push, pressurewas her time to escape and people you may as well

    forget it, she didnt really care. She was out to look

    after number one only.

    I am happy to say I have never looked back. I have

    more knowledge on how to read her body language

    and how to be with her no matter what day it is, good

    or bad. She has got so much to give me and me to give

    her. Her issues have now become a thing of the past

    (most days anyway) ha-ha.

    When I look back to when I first got her and how I

    planned to put her into rest mode for the rest of her

    days, I think its crazy. I look at Beany in a different

    light and thrive to do much more for our relationship

    and make her life as fun and carefree as possible.

    Thanks for reading!

    ALLIE

    After a while of this I got thinking, there really must be

    more to this horse. She does not seem to be enjoyingife and what does she think about me, the person who

    oes and looks after her. Because to be fair shes got to

    e around me a lot!

    After a few months with her and after feeling I was not

    etting through to her on a more personal level by just

    asic cares. I desperately wanted to change it.

    jumped on the trusty internet, and started searching

    nd came across Versatile Equines. Then found out

    hey had a Facebook page, even better! After reading

    hrough what they had to offer, I decided to take the

    lunge and see where it took me. As far as I was

    oncerned I had nothing left to lose except this idea of

    better, more rewarding relationship with my horse.

    did not know where to start in asking for help and

    nce I had clicked the message icon, to be honest I felt

    bit silly. I cannot say how many times I wrote and re

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    Allie, I really enjoyed reading about your journey It is

    great to read your recount of, and feelings about things.Even though I have known you for a while now and we

    talk alot about horses, this article gave me further

    insight into your thoughts about Horsemanship.

    I have not met anyone to date that thinks about things

    as deeply as you do! I have loved our conversations

    about Horsemanship and the challenging andsometimes hard to understand, questions you pose.

    You are making such fast progress on your journey todate and this is inspiring. I am so pleased that you

    have taken the time to share this, as hopefully it will

    inspire others to analyse the approach they currentlyhave with horses.

    Beany is in such great hands, she is very lucky to have

    some one who cares so much about not only herphysical welfare, but her mental and emotional welfare

    too!

    I cannot wait for progress updates along the same linesas what you have written above. People have alot to

    learn from you!!

    Thanks for your share!

    Cheryl

    Natural Horsemansihp

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    Coming

    Soon....

    In the

    next

    Issue

    you

    will

    find

    Getting horses used to spooky objects under saddle

    Homeopathy and Horses

    Ask a budding Vet student

    Lateral and vertical flexion demystified

    Strategies for jigging horses

    How to safely ride on the buckle

    Pressure/Release- what this means

    What is the Predator/Prey theory

    Clinic review from past participantSold VE Pony- Where are they now?

    AndMUCH, MUCHMORE

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    *clinic summaries from VE clinics

    *Photos welcomed for a brag page

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