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We are so proud that you have gotten this far with your horse! By now, you are well on your way to having the horse of your dreams.
When we first started creating this course, we wanted to call it a 30 day kickstart to give subscribers like you a clear and defined path that outlined which videos to watch each day and the order in which to do so.
That worked fine until it didn’t. But that is why this course is 30 Steps long.
As we were building it, we got to the first exercise and then it became apparent. We couldn’t continue to plan it out in a logical day after day rhythm. This would set you up to fail. So we switched to Steps when it became appropriate and we tried to explain when you might feel ready to move on to the next step, whether it took a day, a week or a month (or more).
Until we have the continuation of this course to walk you through like this one, please use the checklist! You can pick up right where we left off under the Relaxed and Connected Horse Checklist. You would go to Groundwork and the next steps would be Mounting Block exercises.
This is where we will pick up for the continuation of this course on this video library website, but it may take some time to get that put together, so in the meantime, you still have all of the support of the checklist.
You also have the entire video library, a comment section on each video where you can ask questions of Warwick, a community section where you can ask questions of Warwick (Questions fo Warwick) shop for a new horse (Horses For Sale Group) or connect with others in your area (there are many regional groups). There is also an app – and for the order of things on the app, just click on the TRAIN button in the lower right hand corner.
You can always email us as well. Perhaps by putting Subscriber Question in the subject line will help call our attention to it, info@warwickschiller.com
We are confident that you are the best person to train your horse. With patience, consistency, intention and empathy, your horse will be happy that you decided to take them on the journey with you.
I wish the CAT-H video had been earlier in this course – OR that a video helping people like myself – I didn’t realize just how shut down my Ruby Jewel (the mu-elle) was until near the end. This explains why it would take FOREVER for her to llick and chew… this explains why, as I finally started to wait for her release more consistently and pay more attention to her mindset, relaxation, OK-ness, etc, she became more difficult to catch… She did indeed stop fleeing to the point of having to end a sesson on a not-good note…she would get overexposed and then come right back to me, physically. Then, I’d push her to Do Something Else before she’d fully released. Fortunately they are forviving.
The five part series with the shut down horse has been invaluable. Once I finish the first set (and I’ve put some of the principles of working with that shut down horse into practice over just the past few days with very encouraging results) I will revisit the skills in the 30 day jumpstart as I soak up to Good Stuff in the series of getting a shut down horse back under saddle.
My shut down mule was, allegedly, under saddle at some point… but it was NOT a good experience for her, if her shut down state is related to her early training.
THANK YOU…
And might I suggest a questionnaire of some sort, that might guide people to series that address their specific issues, or would help people identify specific issues earlier on. It may seem strange – but I was completely blind to how shut down my Ruby actually was..
Great idea!