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Happy Horse Training
Bringing Together Good Riding and Natural Horse Care


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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. ring of engagement 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 hand work

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, paddock paradise plan 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. healthy hoof 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. horse therapy 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

With so many specialist fields within equestrianism, and specialist fields within those, it can be easy to forget the whole picture. The amazing feeling of being as one with your horse depends not only on good riding, but on many factors that all contribute to making the horse happy and comfortable in himself.

That's why on this site you'll find both sophisticated in-depth information on certain subjects, and a wide range of diverse topics that relate to the horse's well-being. It is all knowledge that we have come to through our own experience of seeking the highest quality of life and performance with our own horses.

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The Happy Horse Training Blog
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The Happy Horse newsletter
Our free monthly newsletter offering useful insights into riding, training, and holistic horse management

What is real dressage riding?
Even if your interest is not confined to dressage riding in true unity with the horse is something accessible to anyone who wants to find a better way with their horse than force and constraint

Horse health: a holistic approach
Horse health is essential for wellbeing and performance, but it takes a combination of many different care and management solutions to make a horse naturally healthy, inside and out

Training horses: the whole way!
Training horses well is not about conditioned responses, it's about creating a beautiful physical connection that naturally wins their trust

Horse Healing Philosophy
Our horse healing philosophy combines providing the best individual care therapeutically and nutritionally, with as natural a lifestyle as possible and a careful, consistent gymnastic training.

Natural horse hoof care
Any horse owner can learn natural horse hoof care and allow their horse's feet to function as they should without the damaging effects of shoeing

Horse equipment: what to use and how to fit it
It is easy to underestimate the importance of using the right horse equipment, and making sure that it is well-fitting and comfortable - your horse's trust in you depends on it.

Rider Health: Fitness and Healing
Rider Health is just as important as Horse Health. The more we can develop our postural musculature and the suppleness of our joints to improve our own straightness, the more we are in a position to d

Horse Stories
Horse Stories introduces you to the detailed biographies of many of the different horses we have worked with and learned from over the years.

Share Your Own Horse Story!
Do you have your own horse story to share? Any interesting experience relating to holistic horse care/training is welcome.

About us
In our passion for the art of dressage as a pure gymnastic discipline, we have taken the unusual approach of studying riding solely for its own sake with no other agenda, either competitive or commerc

contact us
you are welcome to contact us at happy-horse-training.com

Gallery
Photographs of us and students working our horses

Site Plan
A plan of the Happy Horse Training site

Happy Horse Training Privacy Policy
The Happy Horse Training Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use this site, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information.

The Seven Step Natural Trim eBook
The Seven Step Natural Trim is a comprehensive eBook how-to guide that explains clearly everything you need to know to perform the ideal barefoot trim.

The Happy Horse Cartoon
The Happy Horse Cartoon is a humorous look at the lives of horses, seen from their point of view. It is also firmly founded in the philosophy of Happy Horse Training.

Life On The Lanes
The Happy Horse Herd enjoying life on the lanes of their Paddock Paradise

Real Dressage Training Tips
Real dressage training tips will help you to achieve what is so exquisite about real dressage: true engagement without force or trickery, that unifies you and your horse in freedom and balance.


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