About Dirk
teacher/trainer
Welkom bij De Paardentopper, geleid door Dirk Flerick, gediplomeerde rijmeester en trainer in de olympische klassieke rijkunst. Met zijn unieke benadering van natural horsemanship, kan Dirk zich inleven in het gedragsniveau tussen paard en mens, waardoor hij zich onderscheidt van andere trainers. Met meer dan 55.000 uur aan trainingservaring en meer dan 700 zadelmak gemaakte paarden, brengt hij zijn kennis op een interessante, rustige en creatieve manier over naar zijn cursisten. Ontdek de originele lesmethoden van de top horseman van België en laat je inspireren!
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
Natural Horsemanship is een nadering die zich richt op de natuurlijke instincten en kuddementaliteit van paarden. Het draait om het begrijpen van hun gedrag en behoeften, waarbij observatie van paarden als basis dienen voor de communicatie tussen paard en mens. Deze methode bevorderd een relatie die is opgebouwd op wederzijds respect vertrouwen en duidelijk leiderschap. Natural Horsemanship is geen staande discipline, maar een essentiële manier van omgaan met paarden, cruciaal voor iedereen die een paard heeft of overweegt een paard aan te schaffen.
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 .