Is my horse sound?
Evaluating how sound your horse is is very important when it comes to planning training sessions an determining how we want to use the...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Jun 22
- 4 min
Assessing happiness in horses
How can you tell your horse is happy and what are alarming signs that hes not? There’s a huge misunderstanding or let’s say...
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Carolina Baurmann
- May 10
- 6 min
How can we guarantee welfare for our horses?
I am (and I am sure you are, too) all for physiological and psychological health and happiness in horses - or welfare. Sounds simple but...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
Trauma in Horses
What does that even mean? People are so used to seeing traumatised horses, they can’t see the trauma anymore. Trauma - sounds almost like...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 7, 2022
- 11 min
Does my horse have healthy hooves?
The hooves are literally the foundation of your horse - but how good are they really? We do know a little bit, right? The hooves must be...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Aug 15, 2022
- 13 min
Myths of the horse world Part 2
All those pretty things - or, yes you can have too much tack Following part 1, where we talked about training methods, horse behavior and...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Jun 12, 2022
- 13 min
Myths of the horse world
Part 1 Humans tend to avoid change. That’s just in our DNA. Its useful and safe to take over what people did and believed before us -...
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Carolina Baurmann
- May 30, 2022
- 6 min
Reconnect with your horse
How do I reconnect with my horse? For horses that have closed themselves off, who prefer to avoid humans, "energy savers" and runaways...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Apr 24, 2022
- 7 min
When its not a training issue - Part 2
“Behavior is communication” When I say, behavior is communication I mean, that everything our horses is do, carries a message for us,...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min
Children and horses
How do we teach our children how to handle horses? If you love horses yourself and have children, there is a good chance that they will...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Mar 20, 2022
- 8 min
Alternatives for 'riding'
Everything we want to do with our horses starts on the ground. Everything our horses need to know to live a balanced horse life along...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Feb 11, 2022
- 8 min
Pain in horses
Of course we don't want our horses to experience pain. We would also never do anything that intentionally hurts them or ignore the pain...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Jan 19, 2022
- 9 min
When it’s not a training issue
While working with horses we continuously talk about training, behavior, issues and emotions of the horse. We evaluate our methods and...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Jan 10, 2022
- 10 min
Starting a young horse
It is one of the most important topics in the horse world: How to start a young horse (under saddle)? And it is one with a lot of...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Dec 4, 2021
- 5 min
Choosing peaceful horse handling
What if the whole equestrian world would choose for peace between horses and human? Would you choose to be peaceful with your horse? And...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 30, 2021
- 8 min
How do I start freedom based groundwork with horses?
Content What does 'freedom based' mean? Why should I work freedom based with my horse? How does it work? - The basis: body language -...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 28, 2021
- 13 min
How to speak 'horse'
In this article I will go into detail about the different ways of how horses are communicating. You can check the sounds and body parts...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
What can you expect from your horse?
Your expectations towards your horse determines the quality of your relationship. Are these expectations mutual? Are they welcome?...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
Why should you do groundwork?
Groundwork is the basis of good horsemanship and communication with your horse. It is learning to understand each other. If you don't...
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Carolina Baurmann
- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
Defense mechanisms and trauma
How horses can heal us In daily life, in relationships, with emotions, experiences and thoughts, defense mechanisms are constantly...
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