Whenever someone uses the word “natural”, I feel a sense of dread. But nothing puts the wind up me more than the words “natural horsemanship”.
Having watched so many of my horsey friends attempting this strange practice, I have come to the conclusion that it would be far more accurately called unnatural horsemanship.
Natural horsemanship is meant to be a philosophy of working with horses based on the horse’s instincts, with the understanding that horses do not learn through fear or pain, but rather from pressure and release of pressure.
