Atlanta Horse Connections 8th edition 2014

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Respect and Communication

Is it Mutual Between You and Your Horse? By Nancy Faulconer President - Cloud9 Ranch Eatonton GA One of the first things people notice who come to Cloud9 Ranch in Eatonton GA is the energy of partnership between horses and humans. This is not an accident! Nancy Faulconer and her daughter Jordan have been training horses and people in mutual Respect and Communication since 2007 in Eatonton. Nancy has been at it much longer. In the following pictures, you will see Jordan ask Believe to load in the trailer. And then to unload, and load in backward. This is a result of Respect (appropriate response to pressure) and Communication (Two or more individuals sharing or understanding an idea). There is no master, there is no slave. They are two partners, accomplishing tasks like trailer loading in a calm and willing manner. Sound too good to be true? It isn’t! And so we will use a wild mustang filly, Cloud9’s Charisma for the video link and a rescued, unstarted half Arabian mare for some of the pictures. Let’s get started with Cloud9’s UnBelieveable, a Paint/Fresian cross who Is not quite two years old and was born at Cloud9.

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