Next Steps Early Access Program

You’ve helped your horse build “six pack abs” and now you’re ready for the next steps. And you’re wondering, “How do we go from crunches to that fancy trot and Panther Walk?”

You’re wondering, "What is the next step?”

The Next Steps Early Access program is for those who can’t wait for us to finally have a full course out, and are ready to move forward now.

The Next Steps theme is Badass by Default.

We’ll help you get started with Stalk the Bag, Panther Walk, and creating an overall feeling of Go Big / Go Badass (safely, of course) in your horse. The program lasts for one month, but looks at what you’ll be doing for the next three months with your horse, and by the end of those three months, your horse will be well on his way to Panther Walk, and offering the first steps of “fancy trot” and bouncy “rear-o-ette”.

The Early Access program includes

* Extensive video demonstrating multiple horses learning Intrinzen, at the rate of TWO new videos posted per week.

* TWO individual Feedback Reviews, one with Steinar, and one with Annie (supervised by Steinar). Note: you MUST be able to film and upload video to YouTube or Vimeo in order to participate in a Feedback Review)

PREREQUISITES:

1. You have downloaded and studied ALL of the Getting Started eBook. 

2. Your horse has been doing crunches for at least four weeks.

3. Your horse will stop and wait immediately on hearing the click. Every time. 

4. You are using either a mechanical clicker or a VERY loud, very crisp "mouth click". This program might not be appropriate for people using a word instead of a click, unless it is an extremely clear, unique, short word. We strongly recommend a mechanical clicker for the bigger exercises in Next Step, but it is still possible to do it with another sound.

5. You are willing to take full responsibility for modifying the activities for safety reasons. The Next Steps exercises are encouraging higher energy and “attitude” and for many horses, it will be the first time they have felt safe offering behaviors most horses are punished for. Even if your horse does not intend to cause harm, many horses do not always know where their feet are when doing big assertive movements. Only YOU can know whether you and your horse are ready to do the exercises as demonstrated in the videos, or whether you need to do them from the opposite side of a fence. These are risky, potentially dangerous behaviors we are deliberately encouraging our horse to perform.

6. Your horse has NO serious physical or emotional conditions, and a veterinarian has given approval for your horse to do difficult physical activity. 

7. You have a space to work your horse at full liberty (a halter / head collar with no attached lead rope is acceptable). This space should be an absolute minimum of 20 x 20 meters to start with. Later work can be done in a smaller area, but the horse should feel he can easily move away from you at any time. Although much of the IntrinZen program does NOT require the horse to always work at liberty, the Next Steps program DOES.

8. Once again, the horse MUST be at liberty through most of the Next Steps exercises! These exercises will NOT work as designed if the horse is held in any way by a rope or line of any kind, and they may be dangerous to horse OR human if performed while holding the horse by a longe line.

ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT: the horse(s) you participate in this program must NOT be corrected, punished, forced, hit, pressured in ANY way during the first 12 weeks of doing Intrinzen work, and that means by ANYONE at any time. If you are not able to supervise how your horse is treated by others when not under your care, then this program is NOT for you at this time. The only exceptions to this are for medical or other life-threatening emergencies.

This includes ZERO use of a bit, spurs, or whip during these 12 weeks (though riding itself -- in a bitless bridle or bridleless -- can often still happen during these 12 weeks). This is a ZERO-escalation, ZERO-force program. After the initial 12-weeks it may be possible to incorporate *some* very light and non-escalating *pressure* (a subtle 'pressure' on the lead rope, etc.), the initial 12 weeks must be as light as possible, for any horse that had (prior to crunches) been worked with some pressure and escalation (using negative reinforcement). The only exception to this is for horses that have been on a 100% positive / force-free program for more than three months.

Buckle up. Whether you are on the horse or only on the ground for a few weeks, it’s going to be quite an adventurous ride!

100% money-back guarantee. If within 30 days of your start date -- any reason at all -- you find the program not suitable for you or your horses, we will issue a full refund. This program is not appropriate for everyone and every horse, and if it does not work for you, that's not your fault. We ask that you enter into this program thoughtfully and with a deep understanding of the Getting Started eBook, and at least four weeks experience with crunches.