Any good horsemanship absolutely should teach boundaries. But what does this really mean? and how can we teach boundaries when we allow the horse the freedom to choose?

Can we still have clarity, and communication when the horse has the freedom to choose to participate?

It’s easy to accidentally get stuck with our training. We have to find the balance between taking things slow, without becoming stagnant.

Hitting horses as a response to lipping, nibbling, nipping, biting etc. is quite a hotly debated topic. Unfortunately, it’s still a very commonly used approach, even if it shouldn’t be. People are worried that if they don’t “correct” their horses immediately, it means that their horses will become more aggressive and will resort to biting in the future. And in some cases this may indeed be true! For example if the horse is trying to communicate something, and the person isn’t