Mark Langley Horsemanship in Piambong, New South Wales, Australia | Horse trainer

Mark Langley Horsemanship

Locality: Piambong, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 417 200 411

Address: "Valley View", 1671 Lower Piambong Road 2850 Piambong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.equineability.com.au

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19.01.2022 75% of next years clinics are now full!! What are you waiting for?! Grab your spot - learn from Mark 1:1 100% refunds if clinics cancel due to COVID-19. if you can't get to a clinic - learn from Mark online & get his support through his Q & A sessions + training videos.... www.EquineAbility.com.au/clinics

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14.01.2022 I recently got asked this question: I am a classic pressure-drive-the-horse-away-horsemanship person and as that does not work for my horse I am looking for other ways. I find that the feel of the rope is a very good tool to guide the thoughts - but why is that so? The argument against using the rope to guide I hear all the time is that it is not natural for the horse to understand it as it doesn't know instinctively how to yield from pressure. Any clarification highly welco...me. I am always talking about not pushing horses away. A horse will always instinctively move away from pressure (ie something that worries it). So this is quite an easy thing to do. The problem is that with getting them to yield away from pressure all the time is that it creates bad feelings - just like the bad feelings when a horse is pushed away by another horse. Riding horses is not natural. Horses are so often left in human environments - floats, vets, yards, stables etc. So our job is to help them get comfortable with the environment we place on them and we do that through understanding. Direct pressure - ie halter pressure - that they can FEEL - is something that they can understand quite easily; especially when the pressure is a fixed boundary. When a horse pushes into a boundary it knows is there it respects it; as oppose to a pressure that just keeps moving onto the horse. I believe horses understand direct pressure naturally look at their interaction with other horses - they groom each other and scratch on a tree. Horses understand that if they push harder on pressure that pressure can increase. They know they can't push the tree over. Their boundaries are set. What is most positive about guiding, is that they don't get a bad taste about us. We are not pushing with our energy into them. So our relationship is not damaged. I like to set up a feel and yield their thoughts - if they search into the wrong direction, they search into a boundary. It doesn't take a horse long to figure out which way to think once they test their boundary and once they understand the direction of feel. Driving has always ruined horses because you are pushing them away from you, not just getting them to move about. If people are interested in this and want to learn more, there are videos online in our Membership that go into more detail - you can watch Merlin who has been driven, where I start to guide his thoughts with indirect pressure. Also have a look at the training videos in my Philosophy section. (Online training videos are just $15/mth. Find out more + get 7 day free trial www.equineability.com.au/join)

14.01.2022 We've just released a new video - 5 ways to get your horse softer. It's for free. You can sign up to get it here: https://mailchi.mp/5a40a73e040d/softness This is in depth - explaining the psychology and training tips needed for a softer, calmer, more connected horse. (Watch it till the end)

12.01.2022 "I just wanted to thank Mark for the great videos and Q&As as well as share some progress with my gelding. When he arrived at the end of May he was hard to catch, shut down, and spooky. He was also described as cold backed and would buck although not with a rider. Through working on the ground with him using Marks principles, as well as a lot of soak time and chilling together he's totally changed... making such great progress!" Amy

11.01.2022 Take a look! This months new training videos are now up! There are now over 300 specially selected videos to help you gain a calmer connection. "I am currently starting a horse and finding the videos really helpful" Belinda "You learn to interact with your horse and their mind rather than moving their body around" Deanna... This month, learn how to use a flag to distract & centre an anxious warm blood. This is a really good video for explaining distraction and awareness. It also shows me teaching some forequarter yields. Have you heard me say float the reins? Or use a boundary? There is a video on using float and boundary in the reins to direct a horses thought sideways under saddle. There is also a really good lesson on fixing the pull back - slightly different to last months & with some good explanations, getting the horse to come forward to worry and free up the brace from their head to their feet. I also give an owner some ideas on a young evening mare that rears. You’ll watch me assess and ride this mare and go through what the owner can look out for to help her. New members get access to our entire library of Q & A sessions; plus all the training videos; plus access to our private Facebook Group. New videos are added each month, and I am there to help you each fortnight answering questions or through your videos that you send in. Trial the membership for free for 7 days and then it is just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join

11.01.2022 This month's new training videos join the 320 other training videos you get to watch all inclusive of our $15/mth fee. It's worth a look - 7 day FREE trial! This month: - watch how to help a forward focused mare to connect at the trot - how to distract a hard thought with a horse that is angry towards the saddle... - Wagga Demo Part 2: ridden - helping a horse that runs from worry on one eye, with following feel and building lunging - Q & A sessions that include help with problems bridling; exercises for a 6 year old child; how to keep your horse balanced at the canter; and how to help your horse to pick their feet up in the back up. Start watching here: www.equineability.com.au/join Join and leave at any time. The membership is there to help you with new ways to train, building a calm connection, with huge insights into how Mark Langley trains so successfully.

07.01.2022 "I just finished a 4 day clinic with Mark. It was my mares 3rd clinic with him. She was very braced through the shoulders, throat and jaw. She also has trouble looking through her left eye resulting in her inability to pick up the left canter lead and dropping her right shoulder when going to the right. Did I also mention she would zone out or just gaze off into the distance when she’d had enough. Mark has had me working on freeing her up through the shoulders and working on ...her gazing for the last 12 months, by this clinic it really payed off. In her back up she was lifted up through the shoulders, she was stepping over through the shoulders and rolling around on her hindquarters. Mark was also able to help me get a left canter lead by asking her to roll around on her hindquarters, looking through her left eye using the left rein she was able to take the left canter lead, I was so proud of her, it was all achieved through a soft feel and her staying connected to me. We worked out the best way to train her so she doesn’t tap out was interval training, do something well for a very short time then move on. She’s definitely not the same horse I started with 12 months ago. Thanks Mark." Kelly See more

02.01.2022 "Love the new videos! Using the flag to distract thank you I watch these over and over....! When I first started watching your videos it took me quite a while to wrap my brain around not using the flag to drive or push away. It takes more time and loads of patience to only use the flag to distract and teach the horse to follow a lead but it has helped me and my horses so much. You are excellent at breaking down what you are doing and seeing as you are working with the horse and this has been so helpful for me. Thank you Mark Langley " Stella