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Natural Horsemanship, sometimes referred to as “gentle” horsemanship, is a psychology-based training philosophy that considers the animal’s natural instincts in order to gain the horse’s trust, submission, and cooperation. Horses are prey animals, whereas humans are technically predators. It’s easy to see, then, that the way they respond to external stimuli would differ from the…
Whether you call it “backing”, “backing up”, “going backwards”, “rear back” or “rein back”, training your horse to back is one of those fundamental stepping stones (or Cornerstones, if you will), to having a well trained horse. While “backing” your horse, or getting him to go backwards seems like a no-brainer, it’s actually a very…