Managing Speed and Reactive Responses

Speed is a reactive response. When horses are faced with dangerous situations, their first line of defense is to run away. Every time we ask for our horses to display more speed, we are engaging their instinctive “flight” mechanism. This means that we have even more reactive tendencies to manage. With this in mind, the importance of maintaining control of speed and direction is even more imperative. On this episode, I'm walking through a few of our core fundamental exercises and how these simple exercises stimulate the "thinking" response in your horse's mind. Read the full show notes at philhaugenhorsemanship.com/podcast.