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ABOUT HH SENSING
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taste, which make the interaction even more intimate.
In the saddle, regardless of the riding discipline
and style, the most used communication
channel is actually the sense of touch, located all
over the horse’s body, while the other senses are
all on the equine head, so we need to think to reach the
horse in terms of touch.
When I am giving a horsemanship clinic the audience has
different needs, because they can come from different
disciplines and cultures, and in order to be efficient, my
teaching has to fulfill their various needs. Human Horse
Sensing meets all of the communication goals because it
focuses on modulating the relationship in terms of movement
between the human and the horse, modality that
can be used in all the different equestrian
disciplines.
It is always clearly evident that a truly
harmonious interaction does not require
any effort on the part of man, or horse.
Unfortunately, while people appreciate
harmony in horsemanship, they still limit
the horse’s movement or rely mainly on
training to achieve the desired interaction.
Reaching a spontaneous cooperation,
and communication are not the
first thoughts in the human mind, when it comes to working
with horses even in the normal routine, and this concerns all
horsemen, beginners and professionals.
Many methods of horsemanship are intended to act as
a bridge between species, human and equine, but they
build the relationship based on actions that often do not
mean anything for the horse, that has to learn to comply
with our requests through conditioning. This requires the
horse to change his natural behavioral responses.
Human Horse Sensing has a way to make the relationship
work without imposing this profound, and not voluntary
behavioral change because we set up the interaction
keeping in mind the horse’s cognitive learning, about
something that would interest them. This procedure works in
all circumstances and lets horses have freedom of choice
and movement. It is not “giving in” to the horse and letting
them do anything they want; we want the horse to feel
he is learning something that makes sense, that is pleasant,
and that will make them look forward to our next time
together and look at us as leaders. In light of the alwaysexisting
connection between the horse and reality Human
Horse Sensing method allows for relating with horses from
the beginning, during the development and the evolution
of our relationship that will support our activities together.
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