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Ross Jacobs
October 24, 2023
Behaviour

BEHAVIOURS - WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

Ross Jacobs
October 24, 2023
Behaviour

Nowadays every man and his dog talks about when a horse licks and chews or doesn’t. People point out when a horse yawns or blinks or changes the position of their ears or swings their tail. There are so many tiny observations to make that tell a tale about the emotional and mental state of a horse.

Tagged: licking and chewing, blinking, yawning

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Ross Jacobs
October 18, 2023
Training

PRESSURE VERSUS FEEL

Ross Jacobs
October 18, 2023
Training

Feel needs to be learned. Students don’t learn feel from a trainer. They learn feel from a horse. A trainer can help you learn what to look for in a horse that is responding to good or poor feel. But it is the horse that is the teacher.

Tagged: pressure, feel

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Ross Jacobs
October 13, 2023
Behaviour, Training

THE PERFECT HORSE

Ross Jacobs
October 13, 2023
Behaviour, Training

I know a fellow who was looking for a new horse. Not just any horse, but the perfect horse. He knew what he wanted.

Tagged: perfect horse

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Ross Jacobs
October 4, 2023
Training

HOW ARE CARS AND HORSES SIMILAR?

Ross Jacobs
October 4, 2023
Training

A lack of clarity is the most common form of abuse we impose on horses. And to avoid being unclear, we must be crystal clear in ourselves if we are to have any chance of bringing clarity to a horse

Tagged: clarity, training

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Ross Jacobs
September 30, 2023
Relationship, Training

DEFINING THE LIMITS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP

Ross Jacobs
September 30, 2023
Relationship, Training

Anytime we feel a brace or resistance in our horse we are learning the limit of our relationship. A big part of training is to eliminate any and all ‘no-go’ areas of working together. A lack of softness to an idea is a horse telling you the limits of your relationship have been reached.

Tagged: resistance, training, relationship

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Ross Jacobs
September 26, 2023
Dressage, Training

WHAT IS CORRECT CONTACT?

Ross Jacobs
September 26, 2023
Dressage, Training

The question of what is contact gets argued on dressage forums all over the world. Amateur and professionals have different opinions. Even many of the gurus of dressage can’t agree.

Tagged: contact, training

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