My Horse Taught Me That Sara Jackson

Hear the story of a horrific training incident that changed the course of my life with horses and sent me on a journey to discover how to build the relationship I was dreaming of, with my horses. To feel that my horses wanted to work with me and that we had a beautiful connection with each other. 
Learn how the concepts I'm going to talk about in this podcast have literally changed my life, a little bit about me and what I intend for this podcast. 

Do you have a naughty horse? or perhaps a naughty child?
I totally get how frustrating it can be when we need them to cooperate and they won't, or they are doing some sort of unwanted behaviour that we'd really rather they didn't do!
In this episode I explore another way of looking at this behaviour. Which opens up a completely different way of responding to it - one that helps us to build our relationship and stop the behaviour! Total win right?!
Links mentioned: Dr Susan Friedman's Living and Learning with Animals course https://www.behaviorworks.org/htm/lla_professional_overview.html

How our horses feel about their experiences with us will shape their opinion of us. And their opinion of us and whether they want to spend time with us or would rather avoid us – is absolutely key to our relationship with them.
In this episode, we explore the way that we, as our horses' human, can get associated with different emotions. Perhaps pleasurable, or perhaps unpleasant, and how these associations can influence our horses', behaviour. 
So what can we do to make sure that our horse associates us with pleasurable emotions and wants to hang out with us?
Hit play, to find out. 

Don't you just LOVE those unicorn situations where things just work out perfectly and everyone is happy with the outcome! It's the BEST right?
Well, it doesn't only have to be a happy accident. It is possible to set ourselves, our kids, our colleagues and our horses, up for success, so that we can ALL win.
This is one of my favourite strategies for changing behaviour and I'm so excited to share it with you here. 
 
Links mentioned: Constructive Eating https://constructiveeating.com/
 

Sometimes events can stack on top of us and start feeling overwhelming and very un-fun. It's like that time when the dishwasher breaks the night before guests arrive, when you are already dealing with a whole load of work pressure, a flare up from an old back injury, a child who needs you right now and a house that desperately needs cleaning before the guests turn up. It's enough to make you want to scream right!? 
Well, that un-fun, overwhelmed feeling happens to horses too. And it's often responsible for the crazy behaviour they can do, that just seems to come out of nowhere. 
But the truth is, it doesn't come out of nowhere. When we really start to understand our horses, and what their priorities and needs are, we become much better at predicting, and therefore avoiding, those outbursts. 
In this episode, I explain how you can do just that, and in doing so, keep yourself, and your horse, safer. 
 

Consent. 
It's a big deal, and rightly so. 
Everyone has the right to control who touches their body and how. EVERYONE. 
In this episode, I present the argument that this includes those who rely on us to care for them. Our children, our animals, our horses.
I explore what asking our horse for consent looks like, explain why doing it can really improve our relationship and then, practically, what it means when it comes to getting things done. 
 
Links mentioned: Scott Morrison hand shaking video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kePvZkV-Zcs