Post by lynda on Jan 31, 2007 15:30:46 GMT
Hi Everyone
The next round of courses with Vanessa Bee of www.positivehorsemanship.com is coming up at the beginning of March.
They are filling up fast but there are still some spaces left.
Thursday, 8th & Friday, 9th March - Fit to Travel
Being a happy traveller is just one of the many tasks we expect of our modern day horses this two day course looks at:
• Preparing the trailer or lorry for safe travel.
• Preparing the horse to travel.
• Teaching the horse to load.
• Helping difficult loaders.
• Driving with the horse in mind!
• Current research on how horses like to travel.
We hope to have a ‘reluctant’ loader available for demonstration purposes. If you have a horse you would like to bring, please let us know. An optional extra is learning to reverse a trailer without making a fool of yourself!
Saturday, 10th & Sunday 11th March
Basic Skills to Positive Horsemanship 1
This course covers horsemanship from the very start but is suitable for both beginner and experienced horsemen/women. We focus on interacting with the horse on the ground (no ridden work). You will learn the messages that you give to your horse using your body language and how to interact with your horse in a positive way. The course looks at:
• The Positive attitude of the handler.
• Approaching, catching the horse in field or stable.
• Leading
• Being in control of the horse’s feet.
• Preparation for the farrier.
• Identifying and releasing ‘braces and blocks’ in horse and handler.
Monday, 12th & Tuesday, 13th March
Five Foundations Skills for Young Horses
In this course we look at young, unhandled horses from weaning to starting and prepare them to be proficient in, what the Positive Horsemanship team consider to be, essential to the smooth progression of their future training. In their day to day work the Positive Horsemanship Team have identified the five main reasons they get called out the help with people's horses:
• Can't catch
• Won't lead
• Won't tie up without pulling back
• Will not allow his feet to be trimmed
• Will not load into a lorry or trailer
If we could teach young horses to be caught, lead, tie up, stand for the farrier and travel then, we believe, many ‘problems' would simply disappear.
About the trainer: Vanessa Bee, Devon, UK
Vanessa approaches horsemanship from the heart. She specializes in building relationships between the horse and the handler from the ground up.
A qualified teacher she understands the frustrations of the pupils, both human and equine, and builds a Positive Partnership that enhances all aspects of the lives of the individual.
Vanessa Bee has been around horses for most of her life working in racing stables throughout her teens then driving competitively into her early twenties when she was given an ‘unrideable' racehorse as a wedding present. Very soon Vanessa realised that there had to be a better way than the ‘bigger stick, bigger bit method' of riding teaching being offered. It was in 1997 that the journey truly began to develop a style of teaching and riding that Vanessa has called Positive Horsemanship. Vanessa began to read, study and work with some of the greatest horseman of the age: Monty Roberts, Kelly Marks, Jayne Lavender, Ken Faulkner, Pat Parelli, and has used as her guides and mentors Henry Blake, Maurice Wright, Buck Brannaman, the Dorrances, Ray Hunt and Mark Rashid. She soon discovered that there as many ways of teaching horsemanship as there are horse/handlers in the world. A programme simply couldn't work all the time for everyone. With a degree in Education, and a qualified teacher, Vanessa has used her skills to develop a series of courses that teach people of all abilities and experience to achieve a positive relationship with their horses. Vanessa also holds a Monty Roberts Preliminary Certificate and is a developing Progressive Counsellor and constantly trains and studies to improve her method of guidance and teaching.
These courses are designed to help the everyday horse owner to deal with everyday handling of horses. All course participants are provided with bound notes to record and store information. The aim of the courses is to bring fun back into being around horses and people. To feel safe and able to deal with any challenges that face us.
To be held at Barrettstown Hill Stud Farm, Sallins, Co Kildare
Contact: Lynda Croft lyndacroft@eircom.net
The next round of courses with Vanessa Bee of www.positivehorsemanship.com is coming up at the beginning of March.
They are filling up fast but there are still some spaces left.Thursday, 8th & Friday, 9th March - Fit to Travel
Being a happy traveller is just one of the many tasks we expect of our modern day horses this two day course looks at:
• Preparing the trailer or lorry for safe travel.
• Preparing the horse to travel.
• Teaching the horse to load.
• Helping difficult loaders.
• Driving with the horse in mind!
• Current research on how horses like to travel.
We hope to have a ‘reluctant’ loader available for demonstration purposes. If you have a horse you would like to bring, please let us know. An optional extra is learning to reverse a trailer without making a fool of yourself!
Saturday, 10th & Sunday 11th March
Basic Skills to Positive Horsemanship 1
This course covers horsemanship from the very start but is suitable for both beginner and experienced horsemen/women. We focus on interacting with the horse on the ground (no ridden work). You will learn the messages that you give to your horse using your body language and how to interact with your horse in a positive way. The course looks at:
• The Positive attitude of the handler.
• Approaching, catching the horse in field or stable.
• Leading
• Being in control of the horse’s feet.
• Preparation for the farrier.
• Identifying and releasing ‘braces and blocks’ in horse and handler.
Monday, 12th & Tuesday, 13th March
Five Foundations Skills for Young Horses
In this course we look at young, unhandled horses from weaning to starting and prepare them to be proficient in, what the Positive Horsemanship team consider to be, essential to the smooth progression of their future training. In their day to day work the Positive Horsemanship Team have identified the five main reasons they get called out the help with people's horses:
• Can't catch
• Won't lead
• Won't tie up without pulling back
• Will not allow his feet to be trimmed
• Will not load into a lorry or trailer
If we could teach young horses to be caught, lead, tie up, stand for the farrier and travel then, we believe, many ‘problems' would simply disappear.
About the trainer: Vanessa Bee, Devon, UK
Vanessa approaches horsemanship from the heart. She specializes in building relationships between the horse and the handler from the ground up.
A qualified teacher she understands the frustrations of the pupils, both human and equine, and builds a Positive Partnership that enhances all aspects of the lives of the individual.
Vanessa Bee has been around horses for most of her life working in racing stables throughout her teens then driving competitively into her early twenties when she was given an ‘unrideable' racehorse as a wedding present. Very soon Vanessa realised that there had to be a better way than the ‘bigger stick, bigger bit method' of riding teaching being offered. It was in 1997 that the journey truly began to develop a style of teaching and riding that Vanessa has called Positive Horsemanship. Vanessa began to read, study and work with some of the greatest horseman of the age: Monty Roberts, Kelly Marks, Jayne Lavender, Ken Faulkner, Pat Parelli, and has used as her guides and mentors Henry Blake, Maurice Wright, Buck Brannaman, the Dorrances, Ray Hunt and Mark Rashid. She soon discovered that there as many ways of teaching horsemanship as there are horse/handlers in the world. A programme simply couldn't work all the time for everyone. With a degree in Education, and a qualified teacher, Vanessa has used her skills to develop a series of courses that teach people of all abilities and experience to achieve a positive relationship with their horses. Vanessa also holds a Monty Roberts Preliminary Certificate and is a developing Progressive Counsellor and constantly trains and studies to improve her method of guidance and teaching.
These courses are designed to help the everyday horse owner to deal with everyday handling of horses. All course participants are provided with bound notes to record and store information. The aim of the courses is to bring fun back into being around horses and people. To feel safe and able to deal with any challenges that face us.
To be held at Barrettstown Hill Stud Farm, Sallins, Co Kildare
Contact: Lynda Croft lyndacroft@eircom.net