People have asked me what I feel is abusive to horses or how I look at different trainings as being ethical or not… Those questions are personal judgments and they will differ depending on the person, the horse, and the intentions. The whole idea of being ethical or training ethically is so personal as it encompasses a person’s worldview, religious background, ...
If you’ve been following my blog posts, most of you know that I like to mix the scientific approach to horses and horse training along with the emotional and spiritual side. And as a lifelong learner I’m always very curious to see what my horses have to teach me. For example… I have been working with two Egyptian Arabians for the ...
We never really know what’s going on in our horse’s heads but we can make an educated guess. As you read in last week’s blog, 7% of human communication involves language and therefore 93% does not. 55% of human communication is body language, which means humans do have some experience with using and reading body language, just not as much as ...
Last week I told you how my business partner and friend for years, Mark, came out from Germany to visit and even though we had never met before, we hit it off right away. And after spending quality time together and doing a lot of talking, it pretty soon felt like we were family… In horse parlance, we became a herd! ...
This past week, my business partner and friend Mark came out from Germany with some of his family for a visit. We have been working together for over 5 years and talk weekly on the phone and on Skype but there was still a kind of “disconnect” as we had never actually met each other in person. But when he arrived ...
I love hearing from all of my readers and especially love hearing your thoughts and questions about upcoming blog ideas. That is the reason for today’s blog. In response to my blog about the benefits of grooming your horse, https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/benefits-of-bath-time-with-your-horse/ I had a few questions sent in… Is there a standard way to groom a horse? Is there a universal grooming ...