What is Alternative Horsemanship™?

Prioritize the Partnership, Not Just the Performance

For over 30 years Alternative Horsemanship™ has served a distinct group: committed horsemen and women who sense there is a deeper conversation to be had. Founded by Samantha Harvey, this approach offers the opposite of the commonplace obedient demand horse training methods to address the core of the partnership: the quality of communication between horse and human.

For the Horse Enthusiast Who Questions, Not Just Accepts.

Through a refined and mindful approach, Alternative Horsemanship™ combines clear communication with learning adaptable skills to help you understand horse behavior and improve your ability to interpret equine communication in real-time. Whether seeking professional horse behavior advice or exploring virtual and online horse training resources, this platform delivers quality insight to enhance your partnership.

Focusing on the Fundamental Principle that unwanted horse behaviors are symptoms, not causes. Learn to interpret the subtle, underlying equine communication, allowing you to recognize and address root issues rather than mask them. Raise your self-awareness, learn horse skills, build your confidence, improve your timing, develop a "common language" your horse based on trust.

A Horse-Centric Education in Awareness.

While many horse training practices focus on mindless repetition, desensitization, obedient compliance, Alternative Horsemanship™ teaches student how to understand the horse and translate his behaviors.

Learning to first read the horse, then develop the skills to communicate clearly creates a common language. This mindful approach focuses on developing adaptable skills, enabling you to:

• Recognize and Interpret behavior patterns in both yourself and your horse.
• Replace reactive critique with proactive, relevant communication.
• Eliminate self-doubt, based on understanding real-time feedback from the horse that diminishes defensive behaviors.

Individual Support: Meeting you at your Current Abilities.

Your commitment to growth is met with an adaptable virtual horse coaching style honed over 30 years. Since 2014, The Remote Horse Coach has created distance and online horse learning content.

Samantha has provided specific, relevant horse help to equine enthusiasts worldwide with ongoing, professional guidance, coaching, and support — irrelevant of geographical boundaries.

• Need Horse Help? Gain quality equine behavior advice and professional insight.
• Build skills? Access virtual resources that improve the quality of your groundwork, riding, and overall equine partnership.
• Ready for change? Engage in supportive coaching that transforms not just your horse's behavior, but your entire approach.