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Ross Jacobs
August 11, 2025
Training, Riding

THE RULES OF RIDING AND TRAINING - THERE ARE NONE

Ross Jacobs
August 11, 2025
Training, Riding

My point is that the rules of riding and the rules of training are not rules. They are recommended guidelines for the education and riding of a horse.

Tagged: classical training, Rules

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Ross Jacobs
August 8, 2025
Training

I LEARNED IT FROM THE HORSE

Ross Jacobs
August 8, 2025
Training

One of the things I have heard coming from the mouths of other trainers, instructors, and clinicians is, “I learned it from the horse,” or “Everything I know was taught to me by the horse.”

Tagged: horsemanship, education, training

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Ross Jacobs
August 5, 2025
Horsemanship

WHICH IS BETTER....?

Ross Jacobs
August 5, 2025
Horsemanship

There are as many ways to train a horse as there are human languages. Put a horse in an arena and ask two hundred trainers how to work it, and you’ll get two hundred varied responses.

Tagged: boundaries, training

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Ross Jacobs
August 3, 2025
Equipment

GADGETS

Ross Jacobs
August 3, 2025
Equipment

I want to talk about gadgets. It is a highly controversial subject and tends to evoke extreme views from both proponents and opponents.

Tagged: gadgets, tongue plate

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Ross Jacobs
July 31, 2025
Veterinary

HORSES MAKE THE WORST PATIENTS

Ross Jacobs
July 31, 2025
Veterinary

We all know that there are two sides to any animal with a complex brain. This is no less true of horses. There is an outside or physical side to a horse. And there is an inside or mental/emotional side of a horse. Both sides are constantly working to influence how a horse behaves and responds to the world

Tagged: diagnosing, physical, emotional, facial expression

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Ross Jacobs
July 28, 2025
Horsemanship

HEAD POSITION AND HORMONES

Ross Jacobs
July 28, 2025
Horsemanship

"If you lower their head, you will switch off the flow of adrenalin that causes all this fight or flight behaviour and you'll turn on the flow of endorphins that creates a calmness in the horse."

Tagged: adrenalin, endorphin, relaxation, hormones, head position, posture

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