Just wondering, once you have achieved join up with your horse do you need to keep doing it every time you work with them or is it a one off thing, just a little confused.
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Hi anitajbrooks,
Monty suggests you do Join-Up with your horse 4 or 5 times, then work with the principles of the language Equus for the rest of your life together. Some horses would need more sessions, some less, depending on how big the trust is between the two of you. Remember it's a communication, never a training! So if things don't work out like you expect them to, search within what you might be communicating to your horse. This doesn't mean, that all horses are easy to Join-Up with, some have a higher level of distrust and it's up to us to show the horse we read his bodylanguage. Horses are re-active animals, they very seldom act without it being a reaction to some signal from another living being.
Now if you have accomplished Join-Up and Follow-Up a couple of times, make sure that you use the same principles everytime you for example enter his stall, or come into his paddock. So should your horse walk or turn away from you, when he sees you come in, send him away, eyes on eyes, shoulders sqaure etc, until you find him looking over at you. Immediately go passive and take your eyes away from his, turn your shoulders on a 45 degrees to his body. This way you invite him to come to you, as in Join-Up.
The only difference is, that you don't want to tell the same story over and over, that would be boring, but the intention is the same. It's very important to mind your breathing, so breathe out, when you invite your horse to come to you.
Hope this answers your question, good luck,
Miriam
Well put Miriam.
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Thankyou its crystal clear now and join up is working really well for me and my horses
Hi anitajbrooks,
So happy to read that you're on the desired path with your horses!
Did you see the trustlevel rise with them and isn't it fun!?
Keep the good work going,
Miriam
Hi folks
I am about to bring home two Paso Fino mares. These ladies will be my first experience in horse ownership. One is fifteen yrs trained for pleasure rides, the other five yrs, green broke, under saddle two yrs. I have very little experience in handling horses. I have been watching Monty's tutorials on line and hope to be successful using his Join-Up technique. I will post my outcome. Any suggestions?
Rosalind (Belmore On. Ca)
Exciting for you, Rosalind. The older horse will help you with the younger one. What a learning curve you are embarking on. Watch as many of Monyy's videos as you can. It should be possible for you to practice on your older trained horse before you introduce new things to your younger horse. Let us know how it goes and if you have any specific problems which you would like help with. Relax and have fun .
Wow, interesting journey ahead, agree with Maggie, immerse yourself in the learning stuff on here! You may want to seriously consider getting a 3rd companion horse if they are not with any other horses - 2 is not good; it is a recipe for overbonding and seperation anxiety issues; just something to consider.
Hi. Yes, you will need more companionship. Perhaps you have space to offer a friend grazing for their horses. That way you both can help each other & your respective horses too. Remember to have fun with them, humans & horses & also to make it fun for the horses. Stay calm & relaxed. Whatever happens its a matter of taking a step back, have a think & then restart from a point where the horse is at ease. This way every mistake becomes a learning curve not a disaster. Cheers, Jo