Everything Horses Ltd.

28/12/2024

Any of our horsey friends happen to have a book titled 'The Kikkuli Method of Horse Training'??
DR A, Nyland.

27/12/2024

Interesting

23/12/2024

Such disparity between these rescue horses and a now moving into training a performance horse......to perform!!!

17/12/2024

Good advice

09/12/2024

This is what I tell my students

04/12/2024

Wendy update......

03/12/2024

Ahhhh days like this really make this work worth even more, the people I meet and the belief they have in me, gratitude......Do we all know Ariat has a new store at the dfo at the airport there? Quality with service at great prices.....this lovely lady gifted us a new shirt for our sponsored rider, she actually paid for this herself, blessed. Funny how the universe works, the ladies name is Ash and it's for our sponsored disabled rider named Ash!!

02/12/2024

The timing of reading this story couldn't be better........

I am making a couple of barrel horses these days while the snow keeps falling outside and the temperatures are dropping. Sue the blue looks good under my beat up old Pozzi and he can definitely spin a can...not sure how he'll clock up, that remains to be seen, but I dang sure better be tight and right when I come to that barrel.

I've got a tall and lanky built buckskin three year old on the go as well, and he is all engine. Speed to spare. Add some gas peddle between barrels and he gets flustered approaching his reining pocket. He's like, "Which way??! Which way??! The wall is coming!!" I'm like, "Relax man, I got the reins."

I love this stage of training, where you have to push comfort zones in order to improve, but you still have to go back to hand holding at a moment's notice in order to reassure. Too much hand holding, and they never gain the level of confidence they need for competition, not enough, and they fall apart and build bad habits and all manner of behavior issues.

I was told once years ago by an extremely well respected barrel trainer that whenever things fall apart on the pattern, it's always too much speed added too soon. She said don't be scared to go fast, just don't be scared to slow down and fix it too. I've never forgotten that piece of wisdom as it was based in common sense and logical thinking, like most of the best horse training advice I've ever been given. The stuff that stands the test of time.

I forget what I know sometimes as I get older and this horse business humbles me at every turn, and I take in information that I never had access to. Reading about techniques of equine education I literally never dreamed of because I was working so dam hard just making a living. Stepping up on horses who weren't prepared enough, on ground as hard as concrete, or open round pens in all manner of weather and poor conditions, and doing so because my clients weren't paying me to ground work their horses. They paid me to ride. So I spent years learning to jump rope the line between enough preparation and 'ready or not, here I come' with colts that I could ride before I could lead.

All that water under the bridge, all that experience brought on by necessity, and I am learning so much from other horsemen these days, that I forget I can train a horse.

I literally forget.

I forget what I bring to the table. I forget that I still have the ability to switch from pushing comfort zones to hand holding in the blink of a stride, before things go sideways. I forget how hard I've worked for that ability.

In this day and age, it's easy to watch what everyone else is doing and get caught up in the whirlwind of new ideas and fresh spins on old ways. But gosh I have to say this for those of you who find yourself where I'm at lately...older and more humble and open minded than was ever possible when I was young and dumb...don't let your willingness to admire the ability and knowledge of others make you forget the dues you've paid to earn the right to sit down at the same table and join the conversation. It's a super power admitting what you don't know, but for heaven's sake, remember who the hell you are and stand by what you do know. The world might try to dismiss you because you aren't young and exciting anymore, but you truly don't have to go quietly into that goodnight.

Have a good day folks! ☺️

30/11/2024

Everyday farm duties.....faaaaark!!!!!

25/11/2024

Dale recons my car is full of junk, but…

24/11/2024

Lexi poo doing her thing.....lmfao

17/11/2024

Stables update.......

15/11/2024

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