Sidepass

Zaka and me work at liberty most of the time, she reads my body and hand signals. She offers a nice shape herself, I don’t have to correct her by any devices like halter or rope. We established a really… Continue Reading

I love it up here

Why do we enjoy this so much? Have humans tamed horses thousands of years ago just for the use of them or were they as fascinated as we are today of being carried by another creature? Is this even a… Continue Reading

Up here

Zaka loves this new weired trick where a human climbes on top… She says: „Well as long as you keep this little carrots going I like it!“ // Zaka liebt diese neue verrückte Kunststück, bei dem sich ein Mensch auf… Continue Reading

Chainsaw massacre

  The Boys were cutting trees 3 meters away from us and Zaka was yawning like she was about to go to sleep. We’ve had that the whole week and I used it in our Liberty Training. So when I… Continue Reading

Yeah! I did it!

Got on top of my brave horse for the first time. I still have that goofy smile on my face… It was a very beautiful day, sunny, warm and my feeling was just right. She was relaxed as well, so… Continue Reading

How much, how little

How much is much and how little is little? I was a bit frustrated today, Zaka and me just went out for a microwalk. She spooked after 2 meters and did not pay attention to me as I know she… Continue Reading

About learning

I was on vacation with my family the last three weeks, on the beautiful island of Elba, Italy. Luckily, I am a mother. My 3-year-old child once again taught me a basic lesson about life. About learning. About how children… Continue Reading

Ready to go

…not quite yet. But that is the 2nd time I have put a saddle on her back even closed the gurth, let her walk a few steps and then remove it again. It was no problem at all. She seems… Continue Reading

Stormy weather but peaceful minds

We went for a walk yesterday, right before the weather changed and it was so peaceful and it felt like nothing could affect our connection. After one year of training, where we had good times and times when progress happened… Continue Reading