Category: Horsemanship
The Science Behind The Connection With Horses. An Interview With Dr. Maria Katsamanis – Podcast # 143 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Science Behind Connecting With Horses" - Dr. Maria Katsamanis (Dr. Maria) joins me on this podcast to discuss how science can help us create bett…
Unlocking Your Full Potential With Horses – A Transformative Interview with Master Mentor And Horsemanship Coach Merja Sumiloff – Podcast # 134 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Unlocking Your Full Potential With Horses Special Guest Merja Sumiloff" - During my insightful conversation with Merja Sumiloff, we delved into the c…
Horses Teaching Leadership With Leadership Coach, Kerry Hayes – Podcast # 133 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horses Teaching People Special Guest Kerry Hayes" - Kerry Hayes joins me today. She is a life coach and a business coach who uses horses to accelerat…
An Interview With Linda Parelli Of Happy Horse, Happy Life – Podcast # 130 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Happy Horse Happy Life Special Guest Linda Parelli" - On this podcast, Linda and I discussed the basis of all dealings between horses and humans, emp…
An Interview With Horse Trainer Geoff Teall – Podcast # 129 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"An Advocate For Horses Special Guest Geoff Teall" - Geoff Teall, a seasoned horse trainer with an impressive 60 years of experience, has been a clien…
Work In The Moment With Horses – Podcast #117 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"A Horse Can Kill You!" - This podcast is about how I use the knowledge of the brain, and how both horses and humans think to connect and prevent a di…
Horsemanship – Here Comes The Sun – Podcast #094 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"HORSEMANSHIP - Perfecting The Process" - The Beatles played music from the 1950s through today, though two of the "Fab Four" are now dead. Their "inv…
Leadership For Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )Leadership For Horses – Rounds With Doc T
This seminar will bring a different perspective on how we interact with horses. It will focus on the leader (humans) becoming better leaders to connec…
Horsemanship And Confidence Versus Arrogance – Podcast #062 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horsemanship - Confidence vs Arrogance" - I discuss how we can change ourselves in a way that doesn't complicate our life but enhances our ability to…
Horse Psychology With Dr Jenny Susser – Podcast #046 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horse Psychology With Dr. Jenny Susser" - Today’s guest is Dr Jenny Susser, a sport and performance psychologist from Ocala, FL. In her words, she …
Three Dimension Communication With Horses (Part 2) – Podcast #035 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"3-Dimensional Communication With Horses - Part 2" - This is the second part of a discussion I started in episode #030. I continue that discussion of …
Three Dimension Communication With Horses (part 1) – Podcast #030 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"3-Dimensional Communication With Horses" - This podcast discusses how our brain works based on the experiences of Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. in her boo…
Horsemanship With Daniel Dauphin – Podcast #026 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Becoming A Better Horseman" - Daniel Dauphin is a horseman from Lafayette, Louisiana with a passion for training horses using horsemanship skills he …
The Threshold Of Pain In Horses – Podcast #015 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Threshold Of Pain In Horses" - There is a point where the pain we are experiencing is beyond our ability to control our reaction to it. This poin…
The Personalities Of Horses – Podcast #014 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Building A Good Relationship With Your Horse" - Horses are like humans in the way they express themselves as blends of four basic personalities. When…
Fight Or Flight In Horses – Podcast #012 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Fight Or Flight - How Horses React To You" - Doc T discusses the portions of the brain responsible for the horses identifying danger, analyzing the t…
Get Your Brain Right, Get Your Horse Right ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Cognitive Laziness" is how we interact with horses today. Through agenda driven medicine and marketing, I look at the collision of new and old.
Cheerleading and Coaching Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Here is a simple concept you can use that will immediately change your relationship with your horses. It will also help with your spouse, children or …
Decomplexicating Horsemanship – Eliminate Fear ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Fear alone stops most people from becoming connected with their horses. This describes how one person's fear affected a horse and how that changed wit…
Beyond The 10 Irrefutable Laws Of Horsemanship – HorseTalk Webinar ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is an hour long video that goes beyond my "Ten Irrefutable Laws Of Horsemanship" book. I discuss more nuanced things I use every day.
Horsemanship Is Leadership – HorseTalk Webinar ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a replay of my HorseTalk™ webcast where I go over each of the "Ten Irrefutable Laws Of Horsemanship" from my book. This brings the book aliv…
Deeper Contact (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "No longer reactive ground work is really getting so much better. I fee…
What a difference grain makes! (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "The change in Houston’s attitude was miraculous. Within 2 days of re…
Who Is Responsible? (part 2) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Part 2 - The skills of leadership. We relate with horses only when we understand who they are adjusting ourselves to meet their expectations. Listen f…
Persephone’s Diary (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Day Fourteen 8/4: The 1st two weeks have gone by quickly & I’ve seen…
Who Is Responsible? (part 1) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Part 1 - Who is responsible for your horses' behavior? After removing physical reasons (teeth, ulcers, etc) the responsibility rests on the person cha…
*Horsemanship ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horsemanship is leadership. This simple phrase sums up all of my experience with connecting with tens of thousands of horses I have never been wit…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 01 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 1 - A horse can kill or hurt you.
There were 201 deaths caused by farm animals in a year. This included horses. But there were over 1 million…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 02 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 2 - The horse that will hurt or kill you is your own.
This law is about complacency. As we become comfortable around our horses we start taking…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 03 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 3 - Whenever working with a horse, always use a halter and lead. Stay connected.
The idea behind a physical connection with a horse is that i…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 04 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 4 - Place yourself between the horse and the exit.
This law is an interesting concept that needs to start with a story. I finished working on …
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 05 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 5 - Become the leader.
This law focuses on a simple principle of horses. They exist in groups with a hierarchical structure. In other words, …
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 06 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 6 - To be a leader, you need to know the personalities of who you are leading.
Take four people and ask them to take out the garbage from the kit…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 07 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 7 - Seek first to understand…
This law is the first of two intrinsically connected laws, yet they need discussion separately. Originally it cam…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 08 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 8 - ... then to be understood.
All leaders have a plan. A leader's purpose is to have a vision of where the group will end up. Again from Stephen…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 09 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 9 - Energy is everything.
Whether looking through a microscope or a telescope, everything you see uses energy. Some of you may believe in a deity…
10 Irrefutable Laws – Law 10 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Law 10 - A horse is a horse.
Horses are living, breathing beings with thoughts, needs, wants and desires. They have a unique digestive system. They …
Never Stand With Food In A Field Of Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a very dangerous situation to be in. Walking into a field of horses with a bucket of grain can lead to your death. It has happened. Horses are…
Do Not Reward Bad Behavior ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Rewarding bad behavior is the most common mistake people make every day with their horses as well as the other people in their lives. Horsemanship IS…
Never Turn Horses Out Together Wearing Hind Shoes ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Never turn out horses together in a field when any horse has hind shoes on.
If I punched you in the jaw with my fist you will remember how much it hur…
Horse Communication – Talk To The Hand ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Treating the horse as a patient requires those treating the horse to respect it and treat it as a living being and not as as inanimate object.
Two Days To A New Horse (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO "6 months before this video, this owner said h…
WARNING – This horse may kill you! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Remember Law 1, "A horse can kill you." Never be afraid as this is reflected in the horse. Follow a few guidelines and know that this can be achieved …
The George Washington Bridge ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
1 - the illegal closing of the GW bridge trapped us for hours as we crossed about midnight. 2 - the threshold of pain as it relates with dentistry. Se…