Positive Reinforcement
Specialist Horse Trainer
Create a Brave, Confident Horse
Without Fear, Force, or Dependence
The EOHIPPUS Course
12 Weeks • November 2025 • 40+ Years of Horse Wisdom
If you’ve ever looked at your horse and thought…
“I want you to feel brave, safe, capable, not dependent on me…”
“I want to understand you, not fight against you…”
“I want trust, not submission. Confidence, not compliance.”
…then you're exactly where you need to be.
EOHIPPUS is a unique horse-first training course designed to help you build a calm, confident, emotionally resilient horse, one who can stand on their own four feet and handle the world with curiosity, not fear.
This course isn’t about “fixing” your horse.
It’s about understanding them, building trust, and supporting them so they feel safe enough to try, learn, and grow.
MEET CONNIE COLFOX
Positive Reinforcement Horse Training Specialist
40+ years of starting young horses & helping “problem” horses
Connie isn't here to dominate your horse or force compliance.
She’s here to teach you to listen - because your horse will be your real teacher.
Her training combines:
• Ethical positive reinforcement
• Thoughtful use of food rewards
• Choice-based learning
• Gentle exposure to pressure and release
• Emotional-awareness training for both horse and human
• Trust-building, confidence-building, resilience-building
Connie has spent decades working with young horses, fearful horses, sensitive horses, and horses who have been pushed past their emotional limits. If you’ve tried trainers, methods, clinics and your horse is still anxious or reactive, this course is where things change.
CONNIE'S PHILOSOPHY
Don’t fix the behaviour. Build the horse.
We don’t ask horses to “cope.”
We show them how to feel safe.
We don’t force compliance.
We build confidence.
We don’t take power away.
We share it. And the horse grows.
This isn’t rope-swinging, flag-waving “respect training.”
It’s real relationship-building, grounded in:
Safety
Understanding
Motivation
Choice
Positive emotion
Resilience
When horses feel safe, understood, and capable they choose to stay, try, and trust.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Read your horse more clearly:
Understand body language, feel informed on their emotions, and read subtle signals so you know how your horse feels
Use food rewards safely & effectively:
Introduce treats without creating a muggy, grabby horse. Teach your horse when food is part of training … and when it isn’t.
Build trust, resilience & emotional strength:
Create emotional security, then add gentle resilience so your horse can cope with life
Use pressure with fairness & transparency:
Incorporate ‘negative’ reinforcement ethically - so your horse gets to decide what feels acceptable and can leave if they feel uncomfortable.
Work through frustration:
For you and your horse. Learn to recognise and defuse training stress before it becomes fear or shutdown.
Start your young horse - the kind way: A soft, empowering approach that builds a confident partner from the beginning.
Break through training plateaus:
If your horse feels stuck, defensive, spooky, or seems to be “getting worse not better,” Connie will guide you step-by-step.
This course gives you clarity, structure, support and a horse who trusts you because you listened.
WHO THE COURSE IS FOR
EOHIPPUS is designed for owners with:
• Young horses, first-time starters, horses they are re-starting
• Sensitive or anxious horses
• Horses who spook, nap, buck, bite, rear, load badly, or struggle to focus
• “Problem” horses who have been to trainers and came back worse
• Horses who freeze, shut down, or panic
• Riders who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or scared to admit they need help
If your horse makes you feel confused, frustrated, emotional, or even a bit frightened…
You are not alone. Eohippus is here to give you the support you need.
The EOHIPPUS Community
You’re not just joining a course you’re joining a community of thoughtful, supportive owners who care deeply about welfare, partnership, and emotional intelligence in horses.
People often say the community is one of their favourite parts.
You’ll never be judged.
You’ll always be supported and free to ask any questions.
You’ll learn with others who believe in kindness and connection.
