One of the nicest things that's a result of becoming empty nesters is that my husband, Robert, has made time to join me in learning how to work with natural horsemanship. On this day, we were in an arena full of obstacles with others who were "playing" with their horses.
I did not understand before how much play for horses involves pushing each other around. It doesn't come so naturally to me, but I've learned that my horse will see me more as a leader if I can tell him with body language where to go. Think of a mother horse, using he nose to push her foal. Rob has Curley playing a sort of red light, green light.