Tik Maynard Teaches Understanding Horse Behavior
Learn to Think Like Your Horse
Horses are not humans, and yet so often, we expect them to be able to process the world just as we do, and are often upset when "silly" or "dumb" things spook or frighten them. In this Masterclass, Tik Maynard goes in-depth on how your horse actually perceives their world, and teaches you how to meet them at their level for better understanding, respect, and ultimately, a much better relationship.
Get Into Your Horse's Head
Learn how your horse thinks and perceives the world around them so you can be better at helping them through uncomfortable situations on the ground and in the saddle.
Fill Your Toolbox
Discover a wide array of techniques to better connect and communicate with your horse, and learn how to select which one to use for any given situation.
Strengthen Your Bond
Create a deeper relationship with your horse by helping them get through tough moments with kindness and empathy rather than force and punishment.
Course Overview
Here are just a few of the many things you'll have access to with this course:
- 10 in-depth video lessons with Tik Maynard
- Learn how your horse thinks and looks at the world around them
- Practical tactics you can use with your horse to help them when scared
- Horse psychology, and how fear responses play into the learning process
Understanding Horse Behavior Lesson Plan
Learn the fundamentals of horse behavior.
Build on the first lesson by exploring more deeply the concepts and theories behind it.
Now that we know the basics of horse behavior, learn how human behavior influences it, and what that might mean for our interactions with them.
These two fundamental pillars dictate how we interact with our horses at any given time - learn the whys and hows behind them.
Horses are living creates, and as such deserve some of the same basic tenants of respect as you give other people. Tik explains how horse's view space and their sense of selves so you can be respectful of both.
Learn the difference between giving your horse treats with no strategy or plan, and using the things that motivate them to reinforce behaviors you want to see more of.
Tik explains how to identify issues before they even happen, so that you can interact with your horse from a positive place instead of a reactive one.
Banish the days of working with your horse for hours, and walking away still feeling like you accomplished nothing. Tik shows you how to keep sessions short, sweet, and effective.
Approach every interaction with your horse as if it's an Olympic sport, and watch how the positive gains over time add up exponentially.
Tik shows you how to go into training sessions not only being able to accurately assess where you are, but how to clearly identify what you want to be in the future.
Meet Tik Maynard, your Masterclass Instructor
Tik Maynard is a horse behavior expert, trainer, coach, clinician, best-selling author, and international-level competitor who has combined his love of eventing with horsemanship training. He and his wife, Sinead Halpin, who is a 5* three day event rider and member of the U.S. Equestrian Team, run Copperline Farm in Citra, Florida, accompanied by their two young children.
Tik's mother competed in grand prix dressage while his father was a grand prix show jumper. Tik grew up riding in the show jumping ring frequently and eventually became interested in Modern Pentathalon - a sport in which he won the National Championships and competed in the World Championships twice.
