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National Business Review, 30th March 2007
"How to train managers: lead a horse to water" David Cohen
Of course you are a brilliant company boss. Everybody say so. You even have an MBA to prove it. But what would a horse tell you? More than you might want to know, perhaps, but possibly as much as an honest team leader needs to hear...
The Dominion Post, March 1 2007
"Horses for Training Courses" Sue Allen
Corporate training has taken a new tack in Wellington after about 250 business people gathered to watch horse whisperer Andrew Froggatt put Rock through his paces in Frank Kitts Park...
TVOne Business Breakfast, 22nd February 2007
"Kapiti Horses"
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The Organic Equine, September 2006
"Taking Liberty Work A Step Further: Part Four" Andrew Froggatt, Talkinghorses
Last month I talked about the importance of our position behind the shoulder, the use of the advance and retreat technique – advancing on our horses and pushing them away when they are doing the wrong thing and retreating or backing away to invite them to turn and face us – and teaching our horses to respect us loose in the round pen through turning and facing us wherever we go. When you have mastered that, you can start to teach your horse to follow you around, then to run up to you and finally you can test that relationship through liberty work in the arena. Read More
The Organic Equine, August 2006
"Liberty work in the Round Yard: Part Three" Andrew Froggatt, Talkinghorses
The first thing we need to do upon contemplating working with our horse loose in the round pen is to decide what we want to achieve. Are we trying to get close to something wild? Or are we teaching a horse that doesn’t want to be caught? Or perhaps today we are working towards building a better relationship with our horse?... Read more
The Organic Equine, July 2006
"Building a relationship in the Round Yard: Part Two" Andrew Froggatt, Talkinghorses
As I sat down to write this second article on building a relationship with a horse in the round pen I could not move past the word relationship. It struck me that we need to understand what a relationship with a horse means... Read More
The Organic Equine, June 2006
"Round Yard Training:Part One" Andrew Froggatt, Talkinghorses
The round pen was originally designed to aid the breaking-in of horses. Its main function was to encourage horses to keep moving forward, especially in the old days when horses were broken in by climbing aboard and riding out the buck. By eliminating corners, it meant the rider did not have to worry about steering, instead they could focus on staying on. These days the round pen is used for a variety of different functions. At Talkinghorses we specialize in breaking-in, re-educating problem horses and handling youngsters. As a result, we spend a lot of time catching, handling and riding and the round yard is vital to our operation by keeping horse and human safe, and enabling us to start building a meaningful relationship with the horse...Read more
Dominion Post, June 2005
"Horse sense gets a corporate image" Sue Allen
WORKING with horses for years has proved one thing to trainer Andrew Froggatt – they can teach you more about yourself than you would imagine. In a new twist on the old idea of corporate team-building day, Mr Froggatt and partner Janine Sudbury hope this insight will turn their new business, Talkinghorses, into a winner...Read article
NZ Horse and Pony, June 2005
“Wild Horses couldn’t drag me”, Janine Sudbury
Janine Sudbury took a month off work to help her partner break in and re-train 12 wild horses at a Queenstown sheep station, In part one of her story this month, she battles bruises and becomes the bag queen...Read more
Dominion Post, 2005
“That’s no horse, it’s a unicorn”
George started life as a nag toughing it out in Gisborne but in a magical twist of fate has landed an enchanted role in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Read more...
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