Archives: Course Modules
Understanding Your Dull, “Lazy”, Disinterested, or Shutdown Horse
If your horse is lazy, first you need to figure out is it a choice or is it the emotional state that they are in.…
Understanding Your Pushy Horse
Trying not to cause more problems when we are solving a problem is always a goal with horses. With pushy horses, it is incredibly important…
Next Steps With A Dull, Lazy, Disinterested or Shutdown Horse
Firstly, THANK YOU for taking the time to address the issues you’ve seen with your horse. This is a great first step. Some people never…
Next Steps With A Pushy Horse
Firstly, THANK YOU for taking the time to address the pushiness issues you’ve seen with your horse. This is a great first step. Some people…
Horses that Push All Over You in Stall
A horse often shows pushy behavior when eager to leave its stall. To address this, create a calm environment by waiting for the horse to…
Creating Space with a “Pissy” Horse
This video shows Warwick in real time at a clinic demonstrating the two clean ways to create space when a horse gets pushy—both aimed at…
Scratching For Connection
Scratching for Connection will come up again when you get to the flowchart part of the process. However, with shutdown horses, it is so important…
Working Through The Fence
If your horse crowds, pushes on gates, invades personal space, or demands attention, the following is a way to start to re-establish awareness for personal…
Walking Past Your Horse To Create Space
In this video, Warwick breaks down a different approach: creating space through clear boundaries, not punishment. Creating boundaries isn’t about correcting or blaming the horse—it’s…
Week 5 – PLAY!
WELCOME to the last week of our 5-week Somatic/Nervous System Regulating Series.The first 2 weeks focused on practicing STILLNESS, which is a great habit to…
Week 4 – Sympathetic Energy Clean Out
Here we are at week 4 of 5 and so far we have learned a bit about our nervous systems, practiced some exercises and talked…
Week 3 – From a Place of Overwhelm to Ventral Vagal
So far we have been focusing on the exercises to change your state. However, there are also 3 types of Habits that are good to…
Week 2 – Stillness
This week I wanted to introduce you to a few key concepts and assure you why this 5 week series will help you!Chronic StressWhen we…
Week 1 – Sympathetic to Stillness
As a recap – today we started out gently – focusing on balance exercises you can do if you are in a Sympathetic activation (fight…
