About me: No biography, no shrink therapy… just some info

Let me introduce myself

Howdy, hi everyone

I just want to introduce myself so you know where you enter when visiting this web site.

First, I’m not:

a Hollywood cowboy – I don’t need chaps, spurs, and a shiny shirt to ride a horse
a cliché Indian – I don’t need a single rope around the neck to ride bareback in the Chinook
a pet lover – I don’t need to hug my horse and kiss him all over the face to show him my respect and consideration
a know-it-all – I do know that I need to listen to others, to read more, to learn everyday!

Having said that, my name is Ronan, I was born in 1980 and spent my first twelve years with horses. I lost sight of them for a couple of decades, taken in the turmoil of a standardized life.

In 2012, I got back in touch with them… the hard way! 45 minutes of horseback riding for two and a half months of recovering from a pretty hard fall on my shoulder. I was green and could not communicate correctly with the horse. Elmo (the said horse) was not well educated, and disrespectful. Result: buck off and bruise!

I spent a good part of my recovering time to question the reasons of my being bucked off by a riding school horse, and then a lot more time to find answers: Reading dozens of books, watching hundreds hours of videos and methods, and practising A LOT with different horses.

Guess what?

I did some researchs

My first step was naturally to Google ‘Natural Horsemanship’.

All the most famous (which does not mean good or interesting, just well known) horsemen appeared:

Monty Roberts
Pat Parelli
Clinton Anderson
Buck Brannaman
John Lyons

My second step was Wikipedia of course.

Guess what?

Monty Roberts
Pat Parelli
Tom and Bill Dorrance
Ray Hunt
Buck Brannaman

To complete the picture, I should add a few names and go back in time:

John Solomon Rarey in the nineteenth century
François Robichon de La Guérinière in the eighteenth century
Antoine de Pluvinel in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
and Xenophon more than two thousand years ago

So, I studied them and practised their respective methods with a very patient mare called Jambolayah Pooh, aka Jambo, until I found my own way.

Nothing is new in this web site.

And those horsemen who claim to have discovered a new approach to horses, or to have designed and developed new tools to work with horses are just trying to sell something.

Finally, I learned much more in Italy where I spent three cold days of December 2012 to attend the only Horsemanship clinic given by Buck Brannaman in Europe. (I then used to live in Sweden).

After all I read and watched and studied, I have a particular feeling about his philosophy, his way of presenting horsemanship to people.

These excerpts should say a lot more than all the books you could find:

“Horsemanship is not a discipline nor a job, this is art.”

Buck Brannaman

“Relationship with horses should imply heart and soul.”

Buck Brannaman

“There is no valuable method as all horses are different and have different issues. Yet, the philosophy is important.”

Buck Brannaman

The more I ride, the more I love it

What about now?

As years went by, I have had the chance to ride hundreds of horses in a dozen countries.

I also had the opportunity to teach to horse owners, trainers, and instructors in different places: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, Morocco, Spain… the more I ride, the more I love it. But I’m sure you know that feeling!

Now you know a little bit more about me.

Thank you for reading all this, and welcome to Ronan Horsemanship.

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About me: No biography, no shrink therapy… just some info

Howdy, hi everyone

I did some researchs

What about now?

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