Reviews for Spook Busting Secrets, the latest DVD resource from Reach Out to Horses
This is the fifth in the Reach Out to Horses well-produced series of gentle horse-handling techniques using the language of the horse. Anna and various horses and their humans demonstrate simple, safe, and effective ways to help horses calmly become comfortable with a wide variety of spooky objects. Anna explains and narrates as the horse and human pairs work through these challenging situations with creativity and relaxed confidence using easy to understand techniques that apply to just about any situation. As with the previous DVD's Anna's methods help build a trust-based relationship between horse and human, deepening the connection between them.
Anna is a born teacher!!! I love her approach of not scaring the horses but keeping them in a safe thought pattern to work through each step.
Spook Busting Secrets DVD Let me start this review with a scenario - New York State Fair, Syracuse, New York in 1989. Your farm secretary doesn't get your entries in on time so you are stuck out in the temporary stalls at the back of the fairgrounds. This means you've got to walk your horse through the state fair midway including rides, games, bells, whistles, gun shots, balloons, and crowds at night to get to the show arena. Showing is stressful enough without having to get your horse through the middle of a circus before entering the ring. Are you and your horse prepared? Now obviously this is not a scenario that is likely to happen to every horse owner, but it did happen to me. The point is, there is just no way to know what your horse might encounter when you take him away from the safe and familiar environment of your farm and out into the world. Anna Twinney's new "Spook Busting Secrets" DVD can help you and your horse prepare for the unknown.In the most recent release in her Reach Out to Horses Natural Horsemanship DVD series, Anna Twinney takes a diversified group of horses and their owners and shows us how to creatively desensitize our horses to objects and noises they may encounter off the farm at a show, in a parade, or on the trail. The horses consist of several different breeds including a friesian, quarter horse, thoroughbred, appaloosa and mustang with varied personalities and levels of stress tolerance. She shows us how to safely approach each horse with both auditory and visual stimuli and how to read the horse's response to each new situation. I really liked Anna's slow and methodical approach to each horse. She talks while she works with each horse telling you what to look for in the horse's body language, when to increase the pressure based on how well the horse was responding to the stimulus, and when to give release to the pressure. Her pleasing voice and clear instruction make it easy for any horse owner to follow her advice at home with their own horse. I felt confident that I knew exactly what to do when I had finished watching this DVD. I also got a lot of creative ideas to use while desensitizing my horse. She shows how to choose every day items for use in your training and items that you might encounter when your horse leaves the farm. Many of these ideas would also be great for keeping your horse's training sessions interesting. I know I'm always looking for new ideas to keep my show horse's training sessions fresh. I plan on incorporating several of Anna's ideas into my own training sessions at home to keep my horse thinking and to fight off the boredom that sometimes comes with repetitive training as well as to prepare him for unknown situations that may arise when we show or trail ride. This is an excellent DVD for any horse owner wanting to increase the confidence of their horse. A horse that has confidence in their rider as a leader, and has been exposed to potentially frightening situations in a controlled environment, is ultimately a safer and happier horse. And you will be a safer and happier horse owner! Review by Dana Thompson
The third in a series, this DVD helps the viewer understand and recognize horse and human body language, and solve communication problems with the horse. Anna demonstrates how communication must be two-way, how intent is important, how horses perceive our actions and much more – so that we can gain our horse’s respect and be a worthy leader in his eyes. How and when to use – or NOT use – the round pen is presented, as well as how to resolve round pen issues; Anna helps the viewer attain quality, effective communication that goes beyond the traditional. Another horse-friendly video in this informative series.
These are the beginning of a series of videos, Reaching Out to Natural Horsemanship. Anna sheds light on the nature of the horse and his way of communicating, with body language. Students interact using gestures and actions that the horse understands. They direct their at-liberty horses over and through obstacles, something that is more safely done on the ground before trying it mounted. Anna guides the students while the horses do the real communicating. Anna shares her wealth of knowledge of horse language and communication. She demonstrates handling a horse to get lighter responses in hand, how to develop timing and position, how to use communication not force, and much more. Motivating, informative and fun to watch! From Trail Blazer Magazine |
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You are "...kind and compassionate yet with a quiet understanding that puts your equine friends at ease in the knowledge that you "know what you are talking about" It made me want to immediately go out (on my crutches haha) and be with my horses - that motivation in itself is worth so much. I began Nagtrader as a platform encouraging like minded people
to meet and share experiences. A lot of these people are
experts in their own field, and all believe in the natural approach
to horsemanship. In Anna I have found the perfect "expert" as
she is both compassionate yet hugely talented - an enviable combination.
Her DVD clearly shows her depth of knowledge which is both easily
understandable yet crucial to all those who are around horses.
This DVD is a must for people everywhere - whether they train,
ride or simply enjoy being friends with their horses.
Review by Animal Wellness Magazine – December 2005 Issue The bond between human and horse can be deep and profound. Now you can enhance that connection with Reach Out to Natural Horsemanship – Insights into Holistic Horsemanship, the first in a series of training DVDs produced by equine specialist, animal communicator and intuitive healer, Anna Twinney. As Twinney says in the introduction, “Natural horsemanship
means creating an environment in which the horse wants to learn.
Its means using non-violent methods and also communicating with
them in a manner that they can understand.” This
DVD will provide you with the keys to achieving all this and
more.
Kind regards, Susan.
Both of these DVD's are well presented and informative, with Anna's methods clearly described and easy to try at home. All of our reviewers took valuable ideas away to try on their own horses from both volumes. These DVD's make interesting viewing for anyone keen to know more about natural horsemanship. www.eventriders.com
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