Welcome to one of the kindest, most effective methods of horse training! My name is Melissa Deal, founder of The Compassionate Horse Click (CHC), Certified Riding Instructor and Positive Reinforcement Horse Training Coach and I appreciate that you are interested in exploring how to get your horse to say YES to your requests and LOVE it. 

How many times have you thought, 

“If only this horse understood what I was asking???” or 

“Why can’t my horse understand what I want?”

We often end up confused, frustrated and disappointed when we can’t effectively communicate with our horses. Sometimes we even get mad or want to give up on a particular horse or even give up on horses altogether. Worse, we’ve ended up feeling like we and our horse are not enough: not smart enough, not skilled enough, not fancy or talented enough or we are told we must instill fear or pain to get our point across. In the process, we often find...

FOCUS ON WHAT YOU LIKE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF IN YOUR HORSE AND YOURSELF. Remember to be gentle on yourself! Compassion and understanding include self-talk and self-analysis. Be as kind, forgiving and gentle with the person in the videos as you are with your horse. 

The process of videoing and reviewing videos may sound daunting at first, but it is SOOOOOO WORTH IT and like any new skill becomes super easy with repetition. The best way to do it easily is to just do it often. Here are a few tips.

1. All you need is a smartphone and a minute or less.
• Prop up the phone against the stall wall 
• Or sit it on a bucket against a fence post
• Or get a friend to video a few short clips, or just one (short clips load easiest)
• Avg. total length of video submitted per lesson is 5-10 min. Send as much as you want though. We’ll get through as much as we can during your lesson time.
• Or get an inexpensive phone tripod from Amazon or at Best Buy. You can go as simple or fancy...