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Bar T Horsemanship: Safe Space, Part 3

June 2, 2020
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In this third, and final installment, of our three-part Safe Space training with Jim Thomas and Dr. Steve Peters you will get to see the work being done with Mason to help him feel safe. This is paramount to being able to move to any of the next steps in Mason's training. Though this is a longer video, it has a lot of good action and all three of these videos have been segmented from about an hour of Q&A and 30 minutes of round pen work with Mason. That is important to know because as we say at The

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Bar T Horsemanship: Safe Space, Part 2

June 2, 2020
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In this second video in our three-part series on helping horses find and transfer their safe place, Jim Thomas and Dr. Steve Peters take the conversation a step further and discuss the importance of teaching horses to deregulate on their own and move their safe space from one place to the other. We will be posting the last of this three-part series tomorrow. Tune in for more with Mason the horse, Jim's perspective and insight from Dr. Peters. Make sure to check out part 1 and stay tuned for part 3! (Each video has information independently useful too!)

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Bar T Horsemanship Training Tips: Safe Space

June 2, 2020
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In this video series, Jim Thomas talks about helping a horse find a safe space, and how to transfer that one safe into other areas or tasks for the horse. Dr. Steve Peters is on site for this demonstration and offers input as well. We will be posting a three-part series of these videos with Mason the horse, Jim's perspective and some insight from Dr. Peters. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 but each video has information independently useful.

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Recognizing Try

January 8, 2019
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As I gather my thoughts for this article, I wonder in my life how often I’ve neglected to do so before communicating with another human or animal.  I mean, why did I need to? There was nothing wrong with me or what I had to say— I was perfect in an imperfect world!  So why did I need to change?  I felt I just needed to push others harder with more energy and less time to dwell.  In my shallow brain, I felt things were working out fairly well.  I was having success in my career as a Soldier, a

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