Jodine Carruthers, Equine Behaviour Specialist
Perspectives Roundpen (Agriplex)
12pm - Creating Winning Partnerships through Leadership
Would you like more joy, more fun and more connection with your horse? Would you like to be able to easily establish leadership while still allowing your horse to express their unique personality? Equine Behaviour Specialist, Jodine Carruthers, raises the bar on leadership as well as horsemanship as she guides you beyond dominance and into the creation of a harmonious relationship. Real leadership is about establishing a safe place where each individual can bring forward their strengths and natural abilities while learning from their mistakes. In this presentation Jodine will introduce you to simple concepts and exercises that will enable you to set clear boundaries as well as create leadership, all while respecting the valuable contribution your horse brings to the relationship.
Classroom #1 (RCMP Barn)
2:15pm - Calm and Confident: A presentation on overcoming fear
Would you like to gain more confidence with your horse? Are you tired of trying to ignore or push aside fear or insecurity only to find it reappear, often stronger than before? If you are riding through fear (or not riding because of it!), let us help you rediscover the joy of riding that brought you to horses in the first place! Fear is a little talked about, yet very present force in the equine industry. Jodine Carruthers and Emily Pelletier have united together to share with horse lovers these straightforward methods on becoming “Calm and Confident”, in the saddle as well as on the ground. Discover how to listen to your fear, hear the message it has for you, and move through it positively while keeping yourself safe.
Jodine Carruthers is an Equine Behaviour Specialist who has dedicated her life to empowering and improving the lives of horses and humans through education, communication and deeper connection. Jodine has an extensive background in horse psychology, the body language of Equus, interspecies communication as well as the performance horse industry. She has combined this with her training in equine experiential learning and personal development to create Harmonious Horsemanship. Harmonious Horsemanship and Jodine Carruthers offer a variety of services that include; Behaviour Consultations, Demonstrations, Lectures, Workshops and Clinics.
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