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- Published on Friday, 08 April 2011 05:57
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Horse Handling Certificate Who can take the Horse Handling Certificate? Anyone can take part in the Horse Handling Certificate. It would be appropriate for you if you are interested in handling horses from the ground. You don't need to be an equine assisted learning facilitator to take part. Is there riding involved in the Horse Handling Certificate? What skills does it cover? The skills that are covered in this certificate include:
How can I be assessed? You can attend one of our training days and be assessed working with your own horse. You can also work at home with your horse and send us in a video for assessment. What do I do if I want to take the certificate? |
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Three volunteers, Katherine, Claire and Clare, helped us to film the skills for the EAQ Horse Handling Certificate in Association with Silversand Horsemanship. They all watched Steve and were able to work with their own and each other's horses during our training sessions.<br />
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<td> Claire working in the paddock and approaching her horse, Alfie.</td
<td> Alfie was a little suspicious of Katherine when she walked into his paddock with a halter.<br /></td>
<td> Alfie allowed Clare to approach and turned towards her to help her put on his halter!</td>
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<p><strong>Why have EAQ Developed this New Horse Handling Certificate in Association with Silversand Horsemanship? </strong></p>
<p>The EAQ Horse Handling Certificate has been developed in association with Silversand Horsemanship to provide a qualification for horse professionals and those working with horses in equine assisted learning or equine facilitated therapy.</p>
<p>Tricia Day, founder of EAQ said "We realised that we needed to develop a certificate for the horse handling side of equine assisted learning as there was nothing suitable for our facilitators. The horse skills necessary for equine assisted learning are different from the skills for other equine disciplines because so much of the work takes place on the ground."</p>
<p>Equine assisted learning usually relies on ground work rather than ridden skills and it is important that facilitators understand how to manage the horse's behaviour and help the horse cope emotionally as well as physically and mentally.</p>
<p>Filming took place during September 2010 with 3 horse handlers. Tricia said "I am very grateful to Katherine, Clare and Claire who were willing to be filmed while they improved their skills under the guidance of Steve Halfpenny from Silversand Horsemanship. It is easy to watch someone who is very competent and think that it is all very easy, but when you catch hold of the leadrope and try out the activities for yourself, we know how hard it can be!"</p>
<p>Claire Sharland, who was one of the horse handlers taking part in the filming said "I've done lots of traditional riding, hunting and eventing so I thought I could handle horses pretty well but once I started learning how to do these exercises I realised how many of my horse's signals I'd been missing."</p>
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<p><strong>Horse Handling Certificate DVD Available Online </strong></p>
<p>The EAQ Horse Handling Certificate is now available on DVD and can be purchased from our online <a href="index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=95">shop</a>. </p>
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<p><strong>What Skills are covered in the Horse Handling Certificate? </strong></p>
<p>We covered a variety of skills including:</p>
<p>Approach, halter and release<br />Negotiating a gate (which raised issues of moving hindquarters, going backwards, sideways and not eating grass!)<br />Building confidence<br />Working with energy at liberty<br />De-sensitisation<br />Leading</p>
<p>Steve worked with all the horses too and was able to show us how to handle the issues that come up. </p>
<p>What do I do if my horse walks faster than me when I'm leading him?</p>
<p>How do I stop my horse from dragging along behiind me?</p>
<p>How can I get my horse out of his paddock without his mate coming too?</p>
<p>My horse is scared of dogs / balls / tarps etc what can I do?</p>
<p>Everyone worked with Blue who is very hard to catch and we all learnt a lot from watching this process too.
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<td> Claire working in the paddock and approaching her horse, Alfie.</td
<td> Alfie was a little suspicious of Katherine when she walked into his paddock with a halter.<br /></td>
<td> Alfie allowed Clare to approach and turned towards her to help her put on his halter!</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Why have EAQ Developed this New Horse Handling Certificate in Association with Silversand Horsemanship? </strong></p>
<p>The EAQ Horse Handling Certificate has been developed in association with Silversand Horsemanship to provide a qualification for horse professionals and those working with horses in equine assisted learning or equine facilitated therapy.</p>
<p>Tricia Day, founder of EAQ said "We realised that we needed to develop a certificate for the horse handling side of equine assisted learning as there was nothing suitable for our facilitators. The horse skills necessary for equine assisted learning are different from the skills for other equine disciplines because so much of the work takes place on the ground."</p>
<p>Equine assisted learning usually relies on ground work rather than ridden skills and it is important that facilitators understand how to manage the horse's behaviour and help the horse cope emotionally as well as physically and mentally.</p>
<p>Filming took place during September 2010 with 3 horse handlers. Tricia said "I am very grateful to Katherine, Clare and Claire who were willing to be filmed while they improved their skills under the guidance of Steve Halfpenny from Silversand Horsemanship. It is easy to watch someone who is very competent and think that it is all very easy, but when you catch hold of the leadrope and try out the activities for yourself, we know how hard it can be!"</p>
<p>Claire Sharland, who was one of the horse handlers taking part in the filming said "I've done lots of traditional riding, hunting and eventing so I thought I could handle horses pretty well but once I started learning how to do these exercises I realised how many of my horse's signals I'd been missing."</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Horse Handling Certificate DVD Available Online </strong></p>
<p>The EAQ Horse Handling Certificate is now available on DVD and can be purchased from our online <a href="index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=95">shop</a>. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>What Skills are covered in the Horse Handling Certificate? </strong></p>
<p>We covered a variety of skills including:</p>
<p>Approach, halter and release<br />Negotiating a gate (which raised issues of moving hindquarters, going backwards, sideways and not eating grass!)<br />Building confidence<br />Working with energy at liberty<br />De-sensitisation<br />Leading</p>
<p>Steve worked with all the horses too and was able to show us how to handle the issues that come up. </p>
<p>What do I do if my horse walks faster than me when I'm leading him?</p>
<p>How do I stop my horse from dragging along behiind me?</p>
<p>How can I get my horse out of his paddock without his mate coming too?</p>
<p>My horse is scared of dogs / balls / tarps etc what can I do?</p>
<p>Everyone worked with Blue who is very hard to catch and we all learnt a lot from watching this process too.
