Private Tuition

Anna’s teaching is about developing a relationship that doesn’t cause a horse confusion and frustration in the first place, so that you and your equine can go through life problem solving in partnership.

If you think of difficult times you’ve experienced with a horse, mule or donkey, consider where was their attention? It’s likely their brain was somewhere else rather than with you. Lessons are about cultivating a habit of keeping your equine’s thoughts with you and teaching your equine to seek you out for guidance, thus creating a relaxed emotional state and subsequently relaxed muscles. We’ve all ridden a horse that takes the wrong canter lead because they are mentally somewhere else, emotionally stressed and physically tense so they literally can’t find the correct lead. We can’t separate a horse’s mental state from the all important physical posture, relaxation and balance that they need as a baseline for all ridden disciplines. Anna will help you to cultivate and to preserve this healthy posture in your equine.

You don’t need to be experiencing difficulties to enjoy tuition and training with Anna and it’s not just about addressing behavioural problems, but do get in contact if you are looking for help with problems such as:

In Hand

Lunging
Applying fly spray
Hosing off feet
Putting on rugs
First haltering of foals
Handling stallions

Loading
Handling feet
Catching and leading
Biting and kicking
Tacking up
Clipping

Ridden

Standing to mount
Hacking out alone or in company
Schooling work
Spooking
Napping
Difficulties at events

Let’s Consider

In situations like the above it’s important to consider the equine’s natural instinct and to remember that a horse cannot be naughty, difficult or stubborn because they don’t have the part of the brain which is manipulative like humans have. Everything they do is created out of instinct and habitual behaviours which they develop to protect themselves. Learning how to re-pattern these habitual unwanted behaviours becomes an opportunity for both the horse and human to regain trust and confidence in each other. My goal isn’t just to create an external change, ie your horse loads into the lorry no matter how stressed they are, it is to create internal changes. Through clarity comes confidence and when we help a horse to change the way they feel about a situation, they naturally change the way that they behave. How a horse feels makes all the difference.