This is the first in a series of two courses providing the theoretical skills to underpin natural horsemanship methods and related topics. The course offers free tutor support and approximately 25-30 hours of study time - depending on student input. The course will enable riders and owners to better understand and handle their horses and arm them with the skills required to approach problem behaviour in the correct manner.
Used alongside the Level 1 long course, this SC3 course provides those wishing to work with horses, run their own
livery yard, or to become an instructor, with the grounding to assist with their work, especially with any future
teaching qualifications.
Course delivery
The course offers free tutor support and approximately 25-30 hours of study time - depending on student input. Assignments and research projects are integral to this course.
A recommended reading list is supplied on enrolment.
On completion of the course, send in your assignments for checking by your tutor. You will be awarded a Lingfield Equine Certificate on successful completion of your final assignment.
Post
Postal courses: will be sent within 7 - 10 days of receipt of the enrolment form. Prices include delivery to UK mainland addresses.
Email
Email courses: are, as a rule, sent within 24 - 48 hours on weekdays. Course material is exactly the same as the postal course and is sent by e attachment. You may of course print the material.
Email courses are much quicker and far more flexible. You can have the course on your computer as well as on paper, you can send it to your work address to work on in your lunch hour, as well as working at home. You can even put it on your laptop and take it on holiday! Research and assignments can be worked on at any time in the same way.
Enrol
Course Fees: via E.mail £126 - via Post £141
If paying by credit or debit card, please enrol online, otherwise please print the enrolment form and send it in with your cheque
Syllabus
- Introduction to horse behaviour
- Suggested reading
- The importance of freedom and turnout
- Behaviour of a wild herd
- A horse’s reaction to fear
- Horses and stress
- The horses senses and body language
Topics covered include:
- The horse’s mind
- How horses learn
- Reinforcement – positive and negative
- Communicating with the horse
- “Problem” horses
- General care and safety relating to psychology and stress
- What are “Horse Training” and “Natural Horsemanship”?
The Team
The course has been produced by Nicola Morgan Bsc FdSc & Paula Clements BHSAI.
Hannah Haskew Bsc.Eq Sc. BHSAI, as course tutor for the course has been involved in final re-writing and
presentation.
Nicky Morgan has a degree in equine science and is a specialist in Equine Psychology, Behaviour and Training. Nicky
has worked in several countries with both wild and domesticated animals. This special background makes her unique in
the field of equine behaviour.
Paula Clements has been teaching for many years at a variety of levels working
specifically on human thought processes linking both psychological and physical reactions to their equine partners.