“Embrace the enthusiasm of your horse!”
I take a holistic view of horse training, encompassing management and husbandry, while at the same time understanding the ways all species learn and change their behaviour. The aim wherever possible, is to keep horses as close to a species appropriate lifestyle, before thinking about formal training. This means herd living, constant access to fibre (metabolic health issues must be taken into consideration), room to move, environmental enrichment, high fibre and low sugar/starch diet, etc. Then removing wherever possible, any aversive (unpleasant) handling and management, which can often be achieved with some creative re-arranging of the environment.