AM Bar Ranch LLC

01/10/2024

How the horses feel about the thunderstorms ⛈️ - who can run fastest?

Hayden, Sailor, Jasper with Bridger joining mid way

01/09/2024

Sailor with his first surcingle and long lines.

01/08/2024

Sailor enjoying a Sunday sun-filled nap

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01/07/2024

Solo trail ride from the house on Hayden this afternoon, finally cleared up to be a nice day after a morningof rain. All this beauty is only half mile down the road!

01/02/2024

Hayden, New Year's Eve and a New Year's Day trail ride!
We started the ride jumping puddles to getting in the river!

12/30/2023

Bridger's first time seeing a cow, did great with all the clanging and movement, in addition to being hauled out and tied alone while I rode Hayden.

12/29/2023

Sailor LIVES for mud baths, luckily everyone else does NOT! 😆

12/14/2023

Best day of the year: day of the magnificent Horse 🐎!

12/12/2023

SOLD! Gracie Belle is off to her new show home today. Sad to see her leave but excited for her new mom and her to start their journey together. Bonus they are staying local!

12/08/2023

Every time I see a fb post where a horse trainer has an opinion about (criticises) Positive Reinforcement training, clicker training, training with food, hand feeding, etc I see SO MUCH misinformation.

I see it both from the OP and from their followers. They’re called ‘followers’ for a reason! 😀

Imagine if someone said, I tried pressure and release once and it didnt work for me, so I stopped. Or, I tried Western, but I couldn’t get my horse to slide to a stop first time I tried. Or, I tried dressage, but my horse just wouldn’t collect himself. Or, I tried show jumping, but my horse was scared of those fancy colourful jumps. Or, I tried cross country and my horse galloped past the jumps. Or, I tried endurance riding, but my horse gave up in the early part of the ride. Or, I tried polo, but I just couldn’t hit the ball! 😂

You get the gist?

As in all things, when we are learning a new skill, we start with small baby steps (approximations) and it takes time, effort, practice, study and getting help from coaches.

To make things even more complicated, with Positive Reinforcement training, there are two learners!

To make things even more challenging, most horses have some kind of trauma and baggage, whether it’s your own horse, or a new horse.

To make things even more tricky, we often have to undo old habits and muscle memory and mind set. Step back from the horse if you don’t like what they’re doing!

Again, to make things even more complicated, there’s a whole lot of emotion involved in the training and interactions with our horses, because we care! We want them to enjoy the training and we want to enjoy the training. That’s not always easy or a given, when starting on a big new endeavour like Postive Reinforcement training. There’s so much to it!

There’s also so much misinformation out there!

I regularly get blocked by trainers, even supposedly R+ trainers, for asking questions, asking them to explain their training. So there is a lot of misinformation out there, even in the R+ training world. There is also a lot of not so great training out there.

Take everything people say about their training with a grain of salt.

Use your critical analysis skills and do your own research, don’t take things at face value.

I’ll get off my soap box now 😀

But remember, I didn’t gain the knowledge and skills I have through magic, I gained them through small approximations, practice, study and hard work (and spending money).

Positive Reinforcement training isn’t something you can just try once or twice and expect to be successful at it straight off.

(Inspired by The Pet Behaviourist - Vanessa Ward)

12/01/2023

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11/21/2023

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“Yes I’m still single.” “Yes I’m still doing the horse thing…..”

11/19/2023

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11/15/2023

The cargo flight had climbed to around 31,000 feet when the crew contacted Air Traffic Control to report that the horse had escaped from its stall.

11/15/2023

Nothing beats this view at the backyard fence!
Blue Roan, Buckskin, Palomino, Bay Roan 🐎🥰

prospects!

11/12/2023

Another legend gone - my 2nd favorite all time stallion 🐎💔

At the time of his death he was over $3 million in offspring earnings according to EquiStat statistical service.

11/10/2023

The welcome home committee

11/09/2023

11/05/2023

Another weekend day, another sorting! Hayden did great 🐎

11/04/2023

First sorting with Hayden!
2020 Bay Roan AQHA Filly, will be available in 2024

11/04/2023

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11/03/2023

11/01/2023

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10/24/2023

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