The NH Method Of "Follow Up"
25 September 2013
Do you send him out and make him stay out until he shows some signs of submission? Or do you look for him to take interest in you and invite him back to join you? Do you follow him around and click or use verbal cues constantly until he looks over or comes back? Or do you stay put, maybe move a few steps to see if he will look over and just wait for him to offer to come back?
Do you get a bit emotional or impatient and chase him out to make him submit and know your “alpha” and you didn’t give him permission to leave? Or do you take a deep breath, think on it and concentrate on drawing him back to you with your body and intention?
You may be seeing alot of similarity between this and the join up questions. Thats because they come hand in hand. Now lets say we have the horse following us, now a new set of questions are to be answered. So we have walked on and he has followed, when we walk are we just walking and hoping he dosnt stop and leave? Are we walking and constantly clicking or using verbal cues to keep him moving? Are we flicking a rope or the end of a whip behind us to ensure he stay moving with us?
Yes? – Expected of most. This seems what is a normal human insecurity of lack of “control” over a situation, which brings into the play the much to common “nagging’ of cues and asks put upon the horse. Most of this is usually done unaware by the human, by the niggling fear/worry the horse may leave or slow down or do something undesired in the back of the mind.
No? – More questions. When we walk are we feeling connected with him thus drawing him to join and follow us? Are we trying to read him to keep the connection we have whist walking? Are we using our energy and intention to determine how fast we go and where?
"To communicate isn't just to speak, Its to engage in a conversation
. A conversation made up of a language where words are nothing,
But to dance is everything." - AP