basic skills 1.pdf

SILVERSAND

NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAMME

This programme has been developed by and is the property of Steve &

Irena Halfpenny.

The model used in the development of this programme was developed by

and remains the property of Philip Nye.

Table of contents

What is Natural Horsemanship .............................................1

Introduction ...........................................................................2

Aims of the Programme .........................................................3

The Model ..............................................................................5

Using the Model to Analyse a Problem .................................6

Putting The Model Into Practice ...........................................8

Basic Skills One ................................................................... 11

Skills Sheet – Basic Skills One ............................................ 30

S I I L V E R S A N D N A T U R A L H O R S E M A N S H I I P P R O G R A M M E

What is Natural

Horsemanship

Thank you for purchasing our home-based learning programme of Natural

Horsemanship skills.

Natural Horsemanship is a term that describes a particular way of working with

horses. It is not new and has been around as long as people have worked with

horses, although not under this title.

Horsemen such as Pat Parelli, John Lyons, and Monty Roberts are probably

responsible for naming this style of horsemanship and raising the awareness of

this style of training.

One man who is widely regarded as one of the best natural horsemen in the

world is an American named Tom Dorrance, he is closely followed by Ray

Hunt and Buck Brannaman. Both of these men have written excellent books, but

these require a prior knowledge of the subject to understand the terminology.

I think the best way to describe Natural Horsemanship is to say that it is based

totally on working with the horse’s mind and takes into consideration his innate

need for self-preservation. It works on the premise that the horse is always

doing his best to work things out and puts the responsibility on the human to

present things to the horse in a way that he has the best chance of understanding

what it is he wishes to achieve. It has no place for blaming the horse for

anything and focuses on finding solutions rather than finding faults. It does not

rely on mechanical force to achieve results.

There are many skills to be learned on the journey to becoming a natural

horseman but you will probably discover as I have along the way that it has

much more to do with who you need to become than it has to do with training

techniques. It seems to me that you become a natural horseman by becoming the

type of person that a horse can depend on to help him when he becomes

confused or frightened, and is always there for him before yourself and your

own goals. These are the qualities that can be found in a person who truly is a

natural horseman.

Steve Halfpenny

S I I L V E R S A N D N A T U R A L H O R S E M A N S H I I P P R O G R A M M E

Introduction

The model we will be using to help us understand and know more about how

our horse thinks and learns is one designed and used by Tasmanian Natural

Horseman Philip Nye. Whilst the model remains the intellectual property of

Philip, he has kindly given us permission to use it in our courses and in our

teaching in general.

The reasons that you are undertaking this programme will be varied. Some of

you will have the desire to understand your horse better, some may have some

problems or fears that you would like to resolve, others may wish for a safe

riding horse or have higher competition goals.

As we are assuming that most of you aim to prepare and develop a safe riding

horse this is where our main focus lies. However, there will be some of you that

may wish to develop advanced ground skills rather than ride. For this reason we

will develop a separate program for that set of skills. This programme is

designed to teach you how to stay safe around horses and to set you up with a

system that you can apply to any discipline.

We will endeavour to cater for your needs in this programme in the best way

possible by dividing it into three main areas. These areas are Basic Skills,

Intermediate Skills and Advanced Skills. Each of these is further divided into

three parts to avoid overwhelming you with too much information at any one

time. This folder covers Basic Skills – helping you start to develop a soft,

responsive and confident horse.

Intermediate Skills will move on to more accurate placement of feet and very

accurate patterns that will prepare your horse for the more advanced manœuvres

like flying lead changes, spins and other more demanding exercises. At the end

of this section you should have a horse that is very soft and responsive and you

should have the skills to achieve the same results with other horses.

Advanced Skills will move into more collected work and lead on to advanced

dressage manoeuvres including more gymnastic type exercises. This section is

still under development and will be designed in consultation with people who

are experts in this area.

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