Introduction - About Us - Our Horsemanship

Hey there, readers :)

My name is Kaitlyn and I am 13 years old. 

"My" horse, Lilo, is a 20 year old bay Quarter Horse.
We have been together for one year and two months.

                                                 

                             Our Horsemanship

Our Horsemanship is called Compassionate Horsefriendship. The "goal" in Compassionate Horsefriendship, unlike most, is to have/build a pure, loving, selfless friendship with your equine companion. In many horsemanships, or disciplines, the goal is to have a fully trained (or as many call it broken) horse, doing every task for you exactly when you ask. For many people, it doesn't matter what it takes to get the horse to listen to you. Force, fear, pain, etc. Compassionate Horsefriendship is the exact opposite of this. Instead of the focus being on breaking a horse, it is on creating with them. The focus is love, trust, understanding, freedom,  and selflessness. I put all of my energy and effort into loving the horse with all of my heart, and making sure that they know they are completely free. They have a voice in everything that we do together. If they don't want to participate, they don't have to. If they want to show me that they are frustrated, I absolutely let them, always! Every horse that I work with is treated as nothing less than a best friend. I give them the freedom to be themselves, accept them for who they are, and give them all of my love - for every horse deserves exactly this.

For my future career, I would like to be a horse trainer and an animal rescuer/healer :) 

I look forward to making many more posts here! Thanks for reading :D