I received an email the other day from someone asking for help with one of her 3 horses. She has ridden and owned her own horses for several
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Overcome Your Fears By Becoming More Curious
I believe a great tool for overcoming fear is developing more curiousity. When you get stuck in fear, you create barriers that fill you with anxiety and
Not Your Average Horse Back Riding Trainer
I guess I’m not your average riding instructor or horse trainer. Apparently, I do things a bit differently. Here’s an excerpt of an email I just received from
Ground Work – Putting it in (Your Horse’s) Perspective
Back in the days when I was training and showing hunters, we didn’t do much ground work with our horses. Lunging was for “getting the bucks out” or
4 Steps to Help You Achieve Your Riding Goals
Do you find yourself setting riding goals and then not following through on them? You start. But, then you get sidetracked. You get frustrated with yourself and your
How to Lunge Your Horse Successfully
I have a young Gelding who was broken in without any lunging experience. When it come to introducing this to him it seems like we are working backwards.
How Your Hips Affect Your Confidence In The Saddle
The suppleness in your hips has a direct effect on your level of confidence in the saddle. It also affects how your horse feels. When riders talk about
10 Principles of Confident Horsemanship
Give your horse what he needs so he can give you what you want. Confident Horsemanship = A Happy Horse & Rider Training takes as long as it
Horse Training – Demanding vs. Earning Your Horse’s Respect
I recently read an article by a Well Known Clinician in which she was offering tips for training a horse that did not want to go out on
Losing Confidence in the Saddle? How Your Horse’s Shape Affects You… and Him
It’s important for every rider to pay attention to their horse’s shape. While we should look at the whole picture, in this blog entry I am going to
