Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago -Mark Langley horse training tips with a unique psychological perspective. Answering REAL horse training questions with practical and compassionate solutions. Help and advice on how to overcome common horse problems in a way which doesn’t use dominating and damaging techniques but influences their mindset and sets you up for long term success and partnership.
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Rearing & Bucking
April 13, 2022 10:03 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBAre some horses just unpredictable buckers? How to stop rearing under saddle; and advice for bucking on a lunge. Australian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Perfecting our Presence
April 09, 2022 21:41 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBHow do you gain the confidence needed to be truly grounded? Australian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: How to gain confidence; what to do if being "like a tree" isn't enough; what should you do when your horse completely ignores you in the paddock when you go to catch; and how to manage anxiety that ca...
How to give a horse a sense of purpose to engage them mentally
April 02, 2022 21:15 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: how to engage a horse mentally by giving them a sense of purpose; how best to transition from loose contact to contact with reins; how to improve trot transitions that cause worry - do you carry on doing them or go back to other work to help them feel better f...
Tiny horses: how to avoid intimidating them
March 26, 2022 20:30 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Tiny horses - how to help avoid intimidating them and how to increase their confidence; advice for trimming edgy horses after a storm; helping a horse feel better at the mounting block. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE ...
Why does a forward moving mare suddenly stop when anxious?
March 14, 2022 02:14 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Why does a forward moving mare suddenly stop when anxious; why did a horse suddenly buck from a noise?; and advice on how to continue with a re-start who was braced in the reins and the owner is wanting to continue with connection. Learn more from Mark throug...
Yearlings: How to catch a young horse & how to stop a pull back
March 05, 2022 20:49 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Advice on how to catch a young horse that is wary of the halter; and advice to stop a pull back when you are starting to teach leading. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability...
What signs do you look for to tell your horse is thinking in the direction of the rein?
February 26, 2022 20:20 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: How the halter works when riding forward; Signs that your horse is thinking in the direction of your reins; Advice for a braced horse that blocks his shoulder on the left bend and that doesn't want to move forward; How to get your horse used to a crupper Lear...
Can you help all damaged (shut down/ broken) horses and if so, how?
February 19, 2022 20:30 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week is all about shut down/ damaged/ broken horses - an area Mark has a huge depth of experience with. His take on can you help them, what do you look for; and how do you make those forward steps. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 da...
What can you do when your horse gets a VERY strong focus?
February 14, 2022 20:07 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: what practical things can you do when your horse gets a very strong focus. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Advice for a mare who won’t respond to legs or reins out on trail
February 13, 2022 00:58 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: advice for a horse that bucks, kicks and crow hops when she goes into the arena or round pen for training; a mare who won't respond to legs or reins out on track and keeps going off the side; an ex polo pony who can be explosive at the canter; and how to stop ...
2 COMMON horsemanship practices that you don’t need to do! The patience pole + lunging to tire. Here’s why.
February 08, 2022 06:20 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBDo people tell you to tie your horse up to teach them not to pore the ground or to learn to stand tied up? Have you seen people lunging their horses to tire them out before they ride them? Here's Australian horseman Mark Langley's perspective on these common practices! It might just answer some niggles you already had about these. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Advice for a horse that is spooky on one eye
February 05, 2022 20:04 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: how to help a horse that is especially spooky on one eye; and what's the next step when you are slowly getting your mare used to scary things undersaddle - this time it is waving your arms above your head at a stand but she is okay when she is following a rein...
How to help a horse that is hard to worm or girth
February 01, 2022 09:30 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: how to help a horse that raises its head like a giraffe when it comes to worming; how to help a horse that doesn't like being girthed; how to decide if your horse is ready to transition from single rein to contact; how to ask for different speeds within a gait...
Helping anxious horses that back up on trail
January 30, 2022 01:15 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBEver had a horse that backs up and won't go forward on trail no matter how hard you try? Horseman Mark Langley helps out with explaining why they are doing and what we need to do to get them back with us, calmer and more centred undersaddle. In this podcast he covers 3 different horses all doing similar things but each one needing a different approach to help it. Australian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to h...
Fundamental groundskills prior to mounting for the first time
January 26, 2022 01:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Mark advises on some fundamental groundwork to cover prior to mounting a horse for the first time; helping a horse to relax under saddle; advice for long reining a donkey. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then jus...
How to get your horse more responsive to a flag if they appear to ignore it
January 22, 2022 20:10 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: How to get your horse responsive to a flag if it appears they ignore it; managing pawing at feeding time; how to best introduce a new horse into a herd. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://...
Tips to get your horse to stand for the farrier + muscle soreness indicators
January 08, 2022 20:28 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week when is the best age to start to handle foals?; building fitness - when is it too much?; tips to get your horse to stand. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Ex Pacers: How to help them carry less tension and more balance
December 25, 2021 20:20 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Ex Pacers: how to help them carry less tension and more balance. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Swapping eyes: is it worth it? + When it all goes wrong - when we fail - is it always back to basics?
December 22, 2021 21:08 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Swapping eyes - is it worth it?; when it all goes wrong, is it always back to basics in our approach or does it depend on the reaction of the horse?; managing fright from a noisy coat rubbing. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 da...
Stopping the pull back
December 18, 2021 20:20 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: how to stop the pull back. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanship Videos – 7 day FREE trial then just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
How to manage these challenging horses: 1 that charges at geldings you are leading + 1 that kicks to move you
December 11, 2021 20:20 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: Advice for the final stages of floating; how to deal with a horse that charges at geldings you lead through his paddock; and how to manage a horse that kicks, not out of fear but deliberately to move people. Learn more from Mark through his Online Horsemanshi...
How to manage biting when doing close in-hand ground work
November 27, 2021 20:20 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: a gelding that rears that also bites when passing the shoulder; a brumby that bites when moving off a feel (Mark gives quite different answers to each of these questions); and a horse that gets very worried in quick transitions. Learn more from Mark through h...
Following Feel: Leadership + Safe Loading
November 23, 2021 20:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBAustralian Horseman Mark Langley talks about how to improve Loading through following feel and leadership. Learn about his philosophy which trains with a Calm Connection, not driving. Join hundreds of other people learning from Mark Online through his Online Training Videos for just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
The most important things you can do to prepare a horse for Starting
November 20, 2021 20:47 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week: the most important things you can do to prepare a horse for going to be started; finding balance in the long reins and moving the hindquarter - just how do you do this?; correcting an indirect rein - how to get it right every time; helping a rearing horse - c...
How do I deter my horse from kicking in a group? I play equine soccer
November 13, 2021 20:41 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers common horse related questions, using techniques that explain the psychology needed to help your horse improve. His calm connected yet highly practical approach works with all horses. This week how to deter a horse from kicking in a group sporting situation (equine soccer); how to help a young horse feel comfortable and not stressed picking up her front feet; advice for how to give disgusting tasting oral medication (like a drench); how to help a youn...
Is it okay to use your legs backing an anxious horse?
November 06, 2021 22:08 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers questions from his members. This week: How to manage an aggressive colt; apart from ground work - how to get to know a new horse; how to help a horse that trips; is walking an anxious horse that can buck for an hour until he settles right?; fixing the brace on the off side at a trot; how to teach the back up to a Fjord mare that plants her feet. Join hundreds of other people learning more from Mark's inspiring Online Training Videos. Just $15/mth wit...
Forward motion vs Forward thought: + the best way to get forward thought first
October 30, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBAustralian Horseman Mark Langley answers horse related questions with answers using techniques that reduce tension and build your horses trust and confidence in you. This week: The difference between a forward thought and a forward motion and how to get the forward thought first; How to stop aggression in horse that used to be okay; and using the flag to help stop rearing. Mark Langley Online Horsemanship Training videos 7 day FREE trial: https://www.EquineAbility.com.au/join
Horse Transitions: how to get them with a Calm Connection
October 23, 2021 20:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley talks about Transitions. People often find this area problematic; it is an area he helps people with a lot at clinics. What do you look for in a transition? And how to do get them with a Calm Connection? Mark is here to help. Watch Mark Online through his Online Training Videos - 7 day FREE trial, then for just $15/mth. https://www.equineability.com.au/join
Helping a horse that got into the habit of biting
October 16, 2021 20:10 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley helps people to manage their horses through his Calm Connected yet highly practical unique approach to training horses: reducing brace and tension and helping horses to feel better - resulting in softer, more balanced and happier horses. This week, Mark answers members' questions on: a thoroughbred who learnt to bite due to body pain that has now been resolved, but the biting continues; tips on using the indirect rein for a good hindquarter movement - from th...
What is mental softness in horsemanship?
October 12, 2021 19:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers members' questions on horse related topics, helping through his unique approach which recognises and reduces tension and brace to improve willingness, calmness and connection. This week, a previous talk Mark did on what is Mental Softness with some questions answered at the end. Learn more from Mark Online www.EquineAbility.com.au/join 7 day free trial, then just $15/mth
How to keep a steady pace at the trot without continuously taking the rein
October 09, 2021 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.91 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers members' questions on horse related topics, helping through his unique approach which recognises and reduces tension and brace to improve willingness, calmness and connection. This week, he answers questions on: how to keep a steady pace at a trot without continuously taking up the rein and dressage tests: how to stop straight if your horse moves off in the last step. Learn more from Mark Online www.EquineAbility.com.au/join 7 day free trial, then ju...
I let horses think for themselves: here‘s what I mean
October 02, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers members' questions on horse related topics, helping through his unique approach which recognises and reduces tension and brace to improve willingness, calmness and connection. This week, he answers questions on: what to do if your horse doesn't react to the flag at all?; where should you lead a horse?; helping reduce the brace in a stop; letting a horse think for itself - explaining this concept; how to let a horse know they don't need to be at the fr...
Is not going on a trailer an alpha test?
September 25, 2021 22:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBAustralian Mark Langley answers horsemanship questions from his Online Members. This week they include: - How to regain trust in a green horse who doesn't want to go forwards & is heavy in the halter - How to help horses who used to go on the trailer but now don't want to - Untraining the bow when a front leg is lifted - Is not going on the trailer an alpha test? Australian Horseman Mark Langley answers Online Members questions this week on: - how to help a horse who is anxious with...
How do you deal with your horse stopping to eat grass on a ride?
September 18, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBAustralian Horseman Mark Langley gives insights into the psychology of horsemanship that will help your horse to understand, become more connected with you and carry less tension. It's all in the training! (Well, mostly). This week he answers questions on how to manage a horse that grabs mouthfuls of grass on a ride; tips on reducing brace on the ground in the back up; following Jacara with helping her horse to take a saddle without anxiety - introducing the saddle; helping a horse to get us...
Helping a horse to Understand the rein aids: tips to help
September 04, 2021 22:20 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers horse questions with his unique techniques that help reduce tension, improve understanding and softness. This week: How to help a young horse being started understand rein aids; spooking: the tension stays in the horses after spook so what do you do to help reconnect?; and managing a mare who tries to break up the herd when one is getting attention. Learn more from Mark Online through his online training videos: 7 day free trial https://www.equineabi...
Helping an ex-show horse who is v. head shy
September 01, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBAustralian Mark Langley answers questions on horse related issues, explaining techniques that build a calm connection and trust through understanding. Mark guides not drives, and uses feel, focus and balance (mental and physical) in his unique horsemanship approach. This week: Mark gives advice on how to help an ex-show horse who is head shy; how to help your horse stop at the mounting block; techniques to help a Forest X pony lead forward and techniques to use when ponying a horse that the...
Helping Anxious horses out on Trail - how to help them connect & settle
August 28, 2021 22:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBAustralian Horseman Mark Langley answers horsemanship questions from members - this week mostly on helping anxious horses out on trail: What to do when your horse throws its head on trail; how to reduce their anxiety when we turn for home; how to let an anxious mare explore her paddock and help her to connect - she won't stand still to connect with. Also, how to settle a horse who is tied up. Learn more from Mark Langley though his inspiring Online Training Videos along with hundreds of oth...
How to help a shut down horse who becomes tense and holds tension
August 21, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBAustralian Mark Langley answers questions on horse related issues, explaining techniques that build a calm connection and trust through understanding. Mark guides not drives, and uses feel, focus and balance (mental and physical) in his unique horsemanship approach. This week: Mark gives advice on the best way to handle a horse that kicks when rugged; how to help a shut down horse who gets tense and holds that tension on a ride; how to maintain connection with an ex-harness horse out on the...
How do I send my horse out on a lunge without chasing?
August 20, 2021 01:30 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBAustralian horseman helps answer common horse related questions, answering with solutions that help increase our connection to our horses - and their understanding, trust and connection to us in return; reducing brace and tension and many of the 'problems' people see. Learn from Mark from home through his extensive and unique approach - Online Training Videos - 7 day FREE trial: https://www.equineability.com.au/join This week: how to work with a horse without chasing: in this case getting ...
How do I let my horse know I want to send them out on a lunge without chasing?
August 14, 2021 22:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBAustralian horseman helps answer common horse related questions, answering with solutions that help increase our connection to our horses - and their understanding, trust and connection to us in return; reducing brace and tension and many of the 'problems' people see. Learn from Mark from home through his extensive and unique approach - Online Training Videos - 7 day FREE trial: https://www.equineability.com.au/join This week: how to work with a horse without chasing: in this case getting ...
How to steer with 1 hand when leading another horse with the other
August 07, 2021 22:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBAustralian horseman helps answer common horse related questions, answering with solutions that help increase our connection to our horses - and their understanding, trust and connection to us in return; reducing brace and tension and many of the 'problems' people see. Learn from Mark from home through his extensive and unique approach - Online Training Videos - 7 day FREE trial: https://www.equineability.com.au/join This week: how to steer with one hand + how to pick up a horses feet for a...
Evading vs Following the Feel - how can you tell?
July 31, 2021 22:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBHelping horses. Australian Horseman Mark Langley answers questions on horse related issues, using his unique techniques which acknowledge how horses feel. Based on his own experiences, Mark teaches novel ways to educate and help horses without driving. This week: How to help a horse that gets with pinned ears with a dismount; how to help a trail riding horse have more confidence on solo rides; and how to tell if your horse is evading or following the feel? Learn from Mark Langley from home...
How to help horses: "She backs away like I am going to hit her"
July 24, 2021 22:19 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers horse related questions, helping people to move, train, and be around their horse in a way that helps horses to feel better about us and what we ask our horses to do. All of his training techniques have developed from his experiences, acknowledging how horses feel and incorporating a no-drive policy to his training. This week: Anxious trail riding horses: is it just exposure that will improve them?; improving the catching and connection on a scared m...
How to keep horses calm when tied up
July 12, 2021 08:25 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers members’ questions about horses: Mark details his unique approach in his answers that acknowledges how horses are feeling with effective and fair training that encourages a calm connection through trust and understanding. Learn more from Mark Langley online through his training membership (just $15/ mth) https://www.equineability.com.au/join 7 DAY FREE TRIAL
The One Rein Stop: My thoughts on it; + how to manage rigs
July 03, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers members' questions on horse related topics. This week: My thoughts on the One Rein Stop which people commonly practice and practice; how to manage rigs (geldings still producing hormones or high levels of stallion behaviour); and moving past the shoulder: tips on how to get this right. To keep learning from Mark access +400 online training videos, just $15/mth 7 day free trial: https//www.equineability.com.au/join
How to know if you should be firmer or allow time to consolidate training?
June 26, 2021 22:30 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers questions on horse related dilemmas using his unique techniques that seek to work with a horses mind, not just their body. This week: - how to help your horse feel better about saddling; - how to help your horse look into a circle; - and when to know if you should be firmer or give your horse time to consolidate training? Keep learning from Mark Online through his online training videos at: https://www.equineability.com.au/join
What is the best way to manage separation anxiety in horses left in the paddock?
June 19, 2021 22:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers questions this week on: how to help a horse that gets excited as she rides up embankments - this week she put a buck in; and what is the best way to manage separation anxiety in horses that are left behind in the paddock? Join hundreds of other people learning from Mark's inspiring Online Training Videos at https://www.equineability.com.au/join Just $15/mth
How to become your horses herd - undersaddle
June 05, 2021 22:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBAustralian horseman Mark Langley answers this week's members' questions on: how to discourage playful nipping; how to help a horse who lifts its head high when you take it's day stall off; how to become your horses herd under saddle; and how to help shut down horses. Join hundreds of other people enjoying learning more from Mark through his Online Training Videos. Just $15/mth with a 7 day free trial. Find out more https://www.EquineAbility.com.au/join
How to help a disinterested robotic horse want to engage and feel good about riding? + more Qs answered
May 29, 2021 23:49 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBAustralian horseman answers horse-related questions with positive solutions that help horses to reduce tension and re-connect with people. This week: Riding in a side-pull; helping a disinterested robotic horse to want to engage and feel good; helping a horse that stops going away from home without micromanaging; what to do when your horse comes up to you in the paddock with a bad face on. Continue to learn from Mark from home through his Online Training Videos, +340, 7 day free trial: http...
Leadership + How to Earn it
May 22, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBGaining Leadership with a Calm Connection. Australian Horseman Mark Langley talks about ways to gain leadership, positively rather than by chasing horses away and being the Alpha. Join hundreds of others learning Online from Mark Langley Online for just $15 - access over 300 training videos - https://www.equineability.com.au/join