Welcome to The Complete Touch Points Guide
A foundational field guide for horse owners who want to better understand how horses naturally communicate through touch, space, and movement.
Inside, you'll learn all 13 Touch Points, what each one communicates, how horses use them with one another, and how to begin recognizing this quiet language in your own everyday interactions.
What You'll Learn
See the Difference Between Space, Guidance, Connection, and Control
Learn why one horse moving another does not automatically mean dominance. The touch points help you recognize when a horse is asking for space, inviting another to follow, guiding movement, protecting, redirecting, or simply expressing annoyance.
Understand Why the Same Area Can Carry More Than One Message
Discover how a touch point can mean something different depending on the horse’s body language, intention, relationship, and emotional state. You’ll learn why the shoulder can invite togetherness or create room, why the girth area can influence speed or sideways movement, and why facial touch can feel friendly to one horse and threatening to another.
Know What to Do, What to Watch For, and When to Back Off
Each touch point includes practical guidance for using it with your own horse, along with responses to notice, common mixed messages, safety considerations, and situations where the interaction may not be appropriate. You’ll leave with more than locations on a diagram. You’ll know how to use the language thoughtfully.
This complete guide expands the conversation with all 13 Touch Points horses use to “talk” to each other, helping you understand how horses naturally communicate through touch, space, and movement.
You'll learn to observe the subtle interactions horses use every day and begin incorporating them into your own relationship with your horse.
Inside you'll discover:
All 13 Touch Points, fully explained
What each touch point communicates
How horses naturally use each one
When and how to use them with your own horse
When not to use each touch point
Common responses and what they may be telling you
Field Notes to help you recognize subtle communication
Simple ways to incorporate the touch points into everyday life with your horse
Included Bonus!
Touch Points Barn Journal
This printable companion journal includes reusable pages you can print as often as you'd like, making it easy to build your observation skills with every horse you meet.
Inside you'll find:
My Horse's Touch Point Profile
Touch Point Observation Pages
Seven-Day Touch Point Exploration
Herd Observation Journal
Connection Reflection Pages
Touch Points in Everyday Life Quick Reference Chart
Perfect For
This guide is for horse owners, riders, trainers, bodyworkers, and anyone who wants to better understand the horse standing in front of them. No prior experience with bodywork or behavior science is required.
Instant Digital Download
Your purchase includes immediate access to The Complete Touch Points Guide and the Touch Points Barn Journal, so you can begin exploring this unique approach to equine communication today.
About Your Instructor
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Morrisville State University - 2003
Post University 2023
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Centre of Excellence - 150 hour certification
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Currently putting in hours for Equine Behaviorist Certification for the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants.
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2.5-hour certification led by Debbi Bell + over 50 hours of hands-on experience.
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Certified by Dr. Angelica Barbara
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Yoga Renew