April Reeves Horsemanship

12/25/2020

How crucial is 'consistency'? It can make or break a horse. This article goes into detail plus describes how to teach the backup with little to no pressure or effort.
https://aprilreeveshorsemanship.com/2018/10/19/april-reeves-value-of-consistent-horse-training/

09/25/2020

Don't know about the rest of you, but was this the worst year for zero interest in our industry? Unreal. Never, ever, want to see another lockdown in Canada again. EVER.

12/14/2019

12/07/2019

The Value of Consistency in Horse Training https://aprilreeveshorsemanship.com/2018/10/19/april-reeves-value-of-consistent-horse-training/ -6872

Horse training takes patience and education. But, one more crucial element hangs in the balance. Patience and experience may not be enough.

08/24/2019

A student of mine has an amazing 2 yr old filly for 2700.00 for a project horse. She's tractable, beautiful, stunning face on her, no vices, and she was started without a single incident. Lovely project for someone looking for a really pretty, well bred well tempered horse. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1455262989&posted=true&adActivated=true&fbclid=IwAR123x0eaDLrRfRdmIsPw_ZLY6GtTw92oKVyBlXWZt9r1wXRe1r5eBW0pzA

Sky is a 2 year old quarter horse filly. She currently stands 14.2 and still has more growing left to do. She has a solid foundation of groundwork and has been lightly started walk trot. This little filly has a great mind and she is a very fast learner. Sky is good with being tacked up, good with he...

07/30/2019

Way beyond it's time to end. What are we if we are not compassionate? Who are we to believe this is okay? This planet is changing quickly, and there is a ton of nasty stuff coming up, but why do we need to keep passing our unsound judgments on animals? This is a very good thing, finally. Now if we can find a way to stop overbreeding....

Measure to Stop Animal Cruelty Builds on Law Led by the Late U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings (D-MD)

04/02/2019

01/15/2019

01/08/2019

Beautiful video for those needing a respite from the material world into the realm of the horse. Enjoy.

I keep writing words, then deleting them. I can't see to find the right ones appropriate for what I am going to introduce, so maybe, I will just share the story in how this gift for you from the herd and I came to be. It has been some time now where I have asked the herd how I can gift aspects of

12/21/2018

Large hearts, beating beneficial vibes. Did you know, when you sit on a horse, you are placing your survival chakra over the horses' heart chakra......

Simply standing in front of a horse and gently stroking his nose can suddenly make you feel all peaceful. How is it possible that horses have such a calming effect on us? 

12/20/2018

This is what owning a horse is about: that you care enough about your spirit partner as much as you do any human family member. If this doesn't live in your soul, find another 'hobby'.....

11/27/2018

Hah! My horses were in hysterics!

11/21/2018

One day I will own one of these saddles. Only ridden in one a few times and it's like riding ba****ck with stirrups. If you really want connection, this is how you get it. https://baroquehorse.com.au/baroque-saddles-explained/?fbclid=IwAR3mV33reaX_OClNKLmHw_NvtPBoCyOJqBuwvV1-l4-i6o6dyFtm9v9GOu0

Here at Baroque Horse Magazine we have always admired the traditional saddles of the Iberian peninsula, or as some would know them as baroque saddles. Not knowing too much ourselves we decided to talk

11/12/2018

Have known this forever it seems. It's why I chose Duke, a rescue given to me; I knew I could give him the environment to escape from his LH. It's common on the west coast. Horses are penned up in stalls then move to little outdoor pens and people think this is okay, in-between bouts of mechanical training. It's not. Duke was so bad when I got him that he would close his eyes and disappear. If you were on him, and you were standing for more than 30 seconds, he would wake from his stupor and freak out that there was someone on his back. Dangerous. Then, if he was really giving up, he would just lie down. His story is incredibly sad, but today he is awake, playing with the herd and moving and roaming. He is a wonderful horse to ride again. Teaching horses to be responsible for their actions is an art very few teach. It's more useful to produce safe horses. I say it's more useful to build riders that know more about the handling and building of great horses....

Quite a few years ago, I was idling away some time reading the then-current issue of The Chronicle of the Horse magazine (a weekly sport-horse publication). While skimming a pretty dry article abou…

10/19/2018

The Value of Consistency in Horse Training: Why your horse isn't learning as fast as they should https://aprilreeveshorsemanship.com/2018/10/19/april-reeves-value-of-consistent-horse-training/ -1851

Horse training takes patience and education. But, one more crucial element hangs in the balance. Patience and experience may not be enough.

10/03/2018

I have to make a jump like this.....

10/02/2018

And in turn, Empaths heal the planet. Nice relationship....

10/02/2018

I like this study! 1. We are constantly physically active, not just with the horse but for the horse as well. 2. We are tuned into another being,which has massive non-physical benefits that are somewhat undescribable. 3. Horses are a way of releasing tension. 4. They don't talk back and have less to no ego. 5. They don't give your secrets away (other than your riding skills).

Owning pets is always enjoyable. Many studies show that the elderly have better mental health when they have a pet. It turns out that owning a horse can also be good for you.