HorseSense Training

The Qavah Method of Training Horses is not a “quick-fix” or magical method. It requires patience and understanding along with a desire to form a relationship with the horse that provides both horse and rider pleasure and comfort.

The basis of this method is COMMUNICATION. We believe it is possible to communicate effectively with the horse. This is done primarily through observation-trainer observing horse and horse observing trainer. Knowing what to do is not enough to be a success. Those who work with horses most successfully haveHORSESENSE. They are able to read a horse’s mood and temperament by noticing eye and muscle movement. This is essential to this method for in the words of Kenny Rodgers, you must “KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY!”

You will notice throughout the clinic that the trainer walks away from the horse many times. This is deliberate.  It is communicating to the horse that he is doing what the trainer wants him to do.  If the horse makes the first move and walks before the trainer has successfully completed a step, he is communicating a lack of understanding.

Horses are capable of reasoning, so they are trainable.  When the horse learns what the trainer wants him to do and when he can relax while doing it, horse and trainer are in “sync.” Each is communicating with the other and they have formed a working partnership.

This, in a nutshell, is what we are trying to do.

• Build a sturdy foundation. Do not rush the basics. Building on a secure foundation makes advanced training easier.
• A horse is a reflection of its owner. Nervous people will make nervous horses. The horse can sense your fears and concerns. Make your approaches and handling confident and secure.
• Horses are condition-response animals. We set up a condition, we get a response. If we set up the condition often enough, we will get the same response consistently. This, then, becomes a cue.

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