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About Dirk

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teacher/trainer

De Paardenmentalist and certified riding master/trainer in the classical art of riding Dirk Flerick, also called De Paardenmens, has natural horsemanship based on the level of behavior between horse and human.

Has an original way of teaching and can convey this in an interesting, calm, creative and fun way. Has trained and broke more than 700 horses. He would like to share this experience with you.

His discovery

He was  a born talent discovered at 3 years old. He did his life's journey through the years by trial and error, a search for himself that he always found in the reflection of his horses. Because indeed, the best scanner of yourself is the horse. He immersed himself in their naturalness to the core of their thoughts and discovered their horse language and different high-level characters. Through his various training courses, Clinics, workshops with Emiel Voest- Chris Irwin - Buck Brannaman - Parelli - JF Pignon and through research, Dirk retrieves it  level of behavioral therapy between horse and human  the top drawer.  Learning to use the right leadership in a correct way through a lot of patience, perfect body posture, estimating correct timing, using little or no pressure, reward through rest and so much more.... you can learn here.  You don't learn this on 1,2,3..but through hours of practice and years of training. To perfectly master the basic horse knowledge you need +- 300 hours. Dirk has already reached the scale from above the  48,200 hours of sitting .                              

Natural Horsemanship 

Klein woordje over de filosofie en betekenis van Natural Horsemanship: een natuurlijke manier van omgaan met paarden,

waarbij men kijkt naar hun instincten en kuddementaliteit.

De natuur, de behoefte, het gedrag, en het instinct staan hier centraal.

Voor de relatie tussen paard en mens wordt gebruik gemaakt

van methodes zoals communicatie die te herkennen zijn

door observaties van paarden in het wild.

Het doel is om door meer begrip een communicatie op te bouwen die gebaseerd zijn op wederzijds respect en vertrouwen.

Natural Horsemanship is geen discipline op zich,

maar een manier van omgaan met paarden.

De onmisbare basis voor iedereen die een eigen paard heeft of wil aankopen.

His discovery

He was  a born talent discovered at 3 years old. He did his life's journey through the years by trial and error, a search for himself that he always found in the reflection of his horses. Because indeed, the best scanner of yourself is the horse. He immersed himself in their naturalness to the core of their thoughts and discovered their horse language and different high-level characters. Through his various training courses, Clinics, workshops with Emiel Voest- Chris Irwin - Buck Brannaman - Parelli - JF Pignon and through research, Dirk retrieves it  level of behavioral therapy between horse and human  the top drawer.  Learning to use the right leadership in a correct way through a lot of patience, perfect body posture, estimating correct timing, using little or no pressure, reward through rest and so much more.... you can learn here.  You don't learn this on 1,2,3..but through hours of practice and years of training. To perfectly master the basic horse knowledge you need +- 300 hours. Dirk has already reached the scale from above the  48,200 hours of sitting .                              

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