RE+ Arena & Horsemanship

24/08/2024

15/08/2024

Horse quality Alfalfa mix, pick up in yard, $7.00/bale.
Fort Qu'Appelle area
Contact Gloria @ 306-331-5518

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01/08/2024

It's true!!

Build the relationship. 🐴

16/07/2024

Wishing Kyla Moebis and Wright On Listo all the best at the NHSRF in Wyoming!!
Go show 'em girls!!! We are cheering for ya!!

11/07/2024

ENTRIES due July 17th!

10/07/2024

FYI ... 👍🆘️🐎

We are excited to announce that our COBIT team of farriers will be partnering with Peak Veterinary Health to create a central place to bring horses with lameness problems for shoeing/trimming.

This way our farrier team can work alongside the vets at Peak to evaluate lameness and solutions for treatment. It will be ideal to have all of this knowledge at one place!

To make it clear, we are accepting LAMENESS cases ONLY. This is not just for your regular trim jobs!

Please contact Ross at 306-630-8542 for more information and booking.

01/07/2024

Lord, help them find her ❤️🙏

20/06/2024

Is there truer words??

06/06/2024

Too good not to share!

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

30/05/2024

Contact Barry Clemens !

30/05/2024

At Indian Head, SK!!

Wood Shavings Sale!!
Take advantage of the discounted price of $6 a bag (plus tax), originally $7.40. We need shed space! 😂

24/05/2024

One of my favorite TV channels to watch!!
All things western performance horse!!... And they've got cutting, cowhorse and reining going on this weekend!! Click subscribe!!

Xibition TV is your source for all Cutting, Cow Horse, and Reining events! Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a thing! Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association Black Elk Cutting Horse Classic Reining Alberta (Official)!

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23/05/2024

Dear athlete...

22/05/2024

Show Smart or Rider Weary
A couple weeks ago I asked the question, “what causes reining horses to burn out”.
There was 50 some responses as to what you all think. All the answers had some truth to them.
These are my thoughts
1. Horses in general, (especially the modern bred reiners), are kind animals who will try for you, if you allow them to be comfortable mentally and physically.
2. Horses don’t like to think, they like to work from memory and instinct,
3. Horses don’t like surprises,
4. Horses are frustrated when they are surprised by inconsistent signals and lose confidence,
5. While horses are powerful animals they have physical limitations.
They can’t do what they don’t understand and will do less when they are out of air.
6. They become mentally fatigued with excessive repetition.
The training program for a two year old is basic. If the fundamentals are missed in the beginning the program will have severe cracks that will break down as we progress.
The three year old year is a higher level of discipline. Until they got it!
And the four year old year is where the wheels start falling off.
Either the cracks in the fundamentals get bigger, or the training becomes too repetitive to where mental fatigue sets in.
And when we compound that with a lack of good show techniques burnout starts.
Take care in what you teach your horses! And realize that training is an evolution. You can’t treat a child of 4 and a child of 16 the same way. You have to respect maturity.
When your showing don’t use signals different or faster than you do in training. For example if you teach your horse to be careful and relaxed in a lope departure and then just spur and kiss in the show, for sure they will respond differently. A few times like that and trust is gone!
If you spur hard when you change leads, soon they are running off or leaning and losing body position.
If you turn the corner and spur to run soon they are running before you have a chance to spur.
If you leave the arena and immediately take them to the barn, soon they will want to do things faster so they can go back to the barn sooner.
These are just a few tips to think about as we all try to do better!

02/05/2024

"Slow down your thoughts to match your horse's pace. Give them the time they need to understand and respond to you.
It's in this connection that true understanding and partnership are found."

www.mental-athletics.com
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24/04/2024

Sounds about right! 🤣

20/04/2024

The grass is turning green!
Here's a Simple diagram to keep in mind when putting your horse back on pasture grass!

18/04/2024

Big thanks to Cavan McMullan and his crew for coming! And to all of you that brought your equines here (on this not so nice day!!)... Thank you too! You all made the dental day run like clockwork! Much appreciated!

09/04/2024

EQUINE DENTIST DAY APRIL 17TH
SCHEDULE ... please arrive early!
Any questions... text or message me!
Thanks all !! Have a great week!

04/04/2024

"Ranger"
2018 Gelding (x Smarter Image)
Owned by Alison Adam
(he's got some cute reining maneuvers!)

28/03/2024

Another truth about horsemanship!

27/03/2024

I've believed this forever!! To my barrel racing friends! This is a game changer in your turns!!
Its "hold/wait with your hand and drive with your feet" in the backside of the barrel (not turn!!) Get that extra step!!