Lesson Plans for Unmounted Ground Training – HorseCentered Gold Level

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This is the complete set of lesson plans for Gold Level in the unmounted HorseCentered Levels curriculum, containing 22 lessons for teaching advanced equine behavior and training theory.

Our third and final set of HorseCentered lessons challenges students to deepen their awareness of equine and human body language, demonstrating partnership and refined communication throughout their ground training practice. It applies advanced training concepts to groundwork skills, teaching students to train their horses ethically and effectively.

A comprehensive introduction to Gold Level lesson plans, with suggestions for modification, is included in this set.

Contains 22 lesson plans:

    • Partnership Pledge
    • Emotion in Motion
    • The Final Straw
    • Safe Space
    • The Sound of Silence
    • Start Now
    • Chain Reaction
    • Step By Step
    • Play Ball
    • Grab and Go
    • Strategy Session
    • Movement Matters
    • Well in Hand
    • Hip Hip Hooray
    • Ready to Ride
    • Going Places
    • Happy Place
    • Total Recall
    • Monkey See, Monkey Do
    • In and Out
    • Come and Go
    • Pony Playground

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60 pages

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