What is Happy Horse Training About?
Mankind has shared his history with the horse for millennia, making use of his strength, speed and endurance, and borrowing his beauty and elegance.
We owe it to the horse to give him back the care and lifestyle which respect his wild origins, as well as a way of riding and training that enhances his beauty instead of tarnishing it.
Happy Horse Training provides quality information to help horse-owners combine natural care with good riding and training. We are quickly becoming one of the most extensive internet resources for intelligent holistic equitation.
Outlined below are the main sections of the site, but have a look at the site plan to see a full list of our pages on many diverse subjects.
What is real dressage riding?
Real dressage is simply being passionate about improving your horse's way of going, and discovering the wonderful unity that is possible between horse and rider.
You don't have to be a dressage enthusiast for our information to be relevant to your riding. No matter what you do with your horse, getting the basics of your riding right will make a huge difference to your enjoyment of your horse… and to your horse's enjoyment of being ridden!In our dressage section you will discover insights about the rider's fundamental interaction with the horse that even top dressage trainers misunderstand.
Good horse training doesn't have to be a mystery…
Horse training can be a daunting prospect. Whether starting with a youngster or simply making progress with an older horse, there are so many different techniques and training philosophies to consider.
In fact there are universal principles to all good training that need to be established with any horse. What if you could feel confident in knowing what you are trying to achieve with your horse and how with a step-by-step process? To not only get your horse to use himself in the right way but at the same time to make him more relaxed and confident in you?
There's nothing like the satisfaction of making a real transformation to your horse through good training
A natural approach to horse health
If you're interested in finding natural or holistic solutions to the problems that often come up with horses,
solutions that get to the source of the problem instead of just treating the symptoms, then you will find a lot of help here. From good feeding to resolving physical problems to giving the horse a healthy lifestyle, it all comes together to make a happy horse that's ready for work.
Natural hoof care: no hoof, no horse!
More and more horse owners are coming to realize that shoeing is a harmful practice, in fact its damaging effects extend well beyond the hoof itself.
Barefoot hoof care allows a horse's hooves to function in the way nature intended as part of his all-round health.Being passionate about the way horses move through dressage, we've come to realize what a fundamental role naturally healthy hooves have in supple movement.
Energy therapy - healing for horse and rider
There is a fundamental energetic intelligence in all living beings which regulates the healthy functioning of the body. Problems that come up with horses both physically and behaviourally always have a source in an energetic malfunction.
Equally riders are often held back by blocks that prevent their body from doing what it needs to in order to connect properly with the horse.Developing an awareness of this is a skill accessible to anyone - an extra sense that we all possess but rarely know how to use. Discover a unique course available to download that will open up this amazing realm, the basis of all holistic therapies.
Happy Horse Training: A Holistic Approach