Caitlin's reflection

 Reflection #1

My question: How can we encourage more natural ways in training horses instead of artificial ways of training?

I have gone through what artificial training tools are and have went to some sites that sell these tools and wrote down what they are supposed to be used for. I have also written down some popular trainers that are used in the BC area and all over North America. I have realized how many trainers use more natural ways in training there horses and training others. There are more trainers now that train naturally than artificially but there are still people that use lunging systems, side reins, and really strong ruff bits. I have written down in point form what natural ways in training that you can use by yourself. My next task will be interviewing the two trainers that either have a horse on our property or live there about what they think of lunging systems and what methods they use for natural horsemanship and how many horses they have worked with in the past. I am going to create a video of me working with my two horses with natural horsemanship and showing the benefits but also using some clips of horses using artificial methods in training and how it shows the difference between the two methods.