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Create A Relaxed Horse You at one point or another have dealt with the unexpected spook, the unseating wheel or the tension that builds when the horse is insecure and lacking confidence.  There are ways to create a connection to mitigate the chance of your horse...

Have you ever realized how much you and your horse share feelings?  Maybe you've noticed that when you are anxious and upset, so are they?  Just when you need them to be solid citizens because you are at your wits end, they have an emotional breakdown? The...

REALIZATIONS The journey never ends.  Continual lessons to be learned.  Many times in my life I have come to forks in the road where the path forward has not been clear.  Places where I struggle to find my way, frustrated and a tad hopeless.  Each...

What Kind of Trainer I Want To Be Compassionate I started thinking.  What is the common denominator in everything I have learned so far from my horse Dancer?  The answer: COMPASSION.  Compassionate horse training allows me to understand better, respond...

When people see my horses, they always want to know, what makes my training different? First, I train with the idea of making the training rewarding for my horses. Second, I have fundamental questions that I keep in my mind every day.  Why?  Why am I doing...

“Whack!”  You could hear it yards away.  Something was terribly wrong.  That sound just wasn’t usual.  Several riders went running in the direction of the sound.  “Did that come from the indoor” someone said, “or did it come from the paddock...

Horses learn in various ways and today I want to talk about the most common ways we experience and see them learn during our interactions with them. Socialization One of the most important ways that baby and young horses learn is through Socialization. This can be...

#1 Training Without Release We’ve all heard the adage that every moment you are training your horse. We all agree with a nod of the head but what does this really mean? It means, that any moment that you release pressure you are telling the horse that they just did...