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💙 When Young Horses Start Getting Wise...

✨ There’s this moment with young horses that catches a lot of people off guard where in the beginning they feel soft, willing, almost like…“wow this is easy.”

They try, they follow, they don’t question much, and then one day…they do.

Not in a bad way and not because they’ve suddenly turned into a “problem horse.”

But because they’re starting to understand their world a little more.

They realize they have options. They realize pressure can be avoided, or delayed, or questioned. They realize…you’re not actually in their head.

And this is the point where people often say “He’s getting cheeky” “She’s being difficult” “He’s changed”

But really…this is just a young horse starting to get getting wise.

And honestly it's not a bad thing.

Because a horse that starts to think is a horse that can learn properly, but only if we meet them there with understanding, not frustration because it can go south pretty quickly and the horses dignity is very questionable.

👉 In my world of horse training, we start horses, we don’t break them in and that matters more than people realize. Because in many cases (not all), to “break” a horse does exactly what it says - it shuts them down, it takes away the try, the curiosity, the personality. Not all, but most.

Starting a horse is something completely different.

It’s a process and one that takes time…so what you build becomes something permanent, something you can come back to, something that actually gets better over time instead of falling apart under pressure.

And this “wise phase”…is part of that process coz it's where the holes show up and it's where your consistency gets tested. It's also where your young horse asks, in their own unique way.

“Do you really mean this?” “Is this always the answer?” “Can I trust this?”

If you rush it here, you will lose something.

If you get frustrated, you dull them.

If you overpower them, you might get control…but you lose the conversation.

But if you stay clear, consistent, and fair, this is where everything locks in.

I talk a lot more about this in🎙️Podcast episode 49 – When Young Horses Start to Get Wise

In that episode I share more about my starting process, and what you can expect as your young horse begins to figure out their new life under saddle. Also how it is the beginning of something really, really good and beautiful, if you handle it right.

➡️ Listen on your favorite podcast app or directly on my website here:

https://www.getgoodwithhorsescourses.com/podcast/

Lastly, we have many resources supporting young horses here in the Freemium and a whole module dedicated to this subject in the Premium.

🔓 Level 2 - Get Good ➜ Discovery Unlock - Young Horse Blueprint & Checklist

⭐ Premium Skool ➜ Classroom 3 - Young Horse Taming & Starting Series and Young Horse Extras and you can also find the Bravery Training for both young and adult horses in there too.

❓So tell me - what questions do you have about your young horse right now?

Or maybe you’ve got an older horse you’d love to restart or go back through the basics with?

Let me know, love to help.

Zoë🐴✨🫶

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