Morelli Ranch

11/30/2024

Beautiful morning for horse photos

11/30/2024

11/27/2024

Morelli Ranch will be hosting a professional photographer for holiday photos on Nov 30th and Dec 7th. You do not want to miss this amazing opportunity to be photographed with your horse and loved ones. The sessions will be 15-20 minutes and will include 4 edited digital photos and flexibility with several poses as session time allows. The cost will be $100 and you will have the option to purchase additional photos. Please sign up ASAP to reserve your time slot.

P.s if you don’t own a horse we have horses you can use.
no additional family pets. Only your equine and humans

Please sign up for the time you want on either Saturday, 11/30 or Saturday, 12/7. Each session is 20 minutes in length.

08/22/2024

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Sleeping Horse Flower Bed

07/09/2024

Good opportunity to thank the wonderful ferriers!

July 4-10, 2024 is National Farriers Week! We invite you to join us in our celebration of farriers! Without them, our horses wouldn't be able to perform at their best. Thank your farrier this week for all they do!

07/08/2024

Schleese will be returning to Morelli Ranch in August for an 80 point saddle fit inspection. For a fitting register at the link below and join the saddle fit for life revolution!

Find out exactly what you and your horse need from the comfort of your own home.   The online process allows for a fast solution without having to attend or wait for a Professional On-site evaluation near you.

04/19/2024

Fun night practicing horsemanship/groundwork skills. I love to see everyone put their skills to work. Definitely love seeing problem solving skills, patience’s and learning to regulate emotions through difficulties. This is some of my favorite teaching moments

04/10/2024

Patience.

04/06/2024

Horse tip for the day

Write down three positive emotions that you want to feel when you are with your horse. Next time before you enter your horse's stall or paddock, take a moment to remind yourself of your positive emotions. As you are riding or interacting with your horse, keep reminding yourself of these emotions.

Did you know that horses can read your body language and your facial expressions? Horses are herd animals, they can read other horse's body language, and they can also read yours! They know when you're angry, or sad. And they sense when you love them and believe in them.

When I am with my horses, I focus on feeling happy, proud, and optimistic. What do you wish to feel the next time you are with your horse

03/30/2024

Happy Easter. Wishing you many blessings on this holiday

03/22/2024

Hi all! Schleese saddle fitters are coming in April. For those of you who are having saddle fit problems here is your chance! They are amazing! I will post the link to sign up below. You have to sign up by the end of march to get a saddle fit appointment

Find out exactly what you and your horse need from the comfort of your own home. The online process allows for a fast solution without having to attend or wait for a Professional On-site evaluation near you.

03/18/2024

I just read this and thought it was great! Most of our lessons are small (semi-private 1 to 4 riders). I also love to work in plenty of breaks for horse and rider. Turns out this is a great way to learn for both horse and rider!

An underrated use of time you should include in your riding lesson plans:

Brain breaks! 😴

These are frequent opportunities to stop and rest, which actually accelerates the speed at which a student learns a new skill.

We observed the power of brain breaks when we started teaching primarily group lessons - and noticed that students in our small groups often improved faster than they did in private lessons. Positive reinforcement training can also teach you a LOT about the importance and timing of breaks, since reward-based training with horses works best in very short chunks of time. ⏱️

Turns out there is actually some science behind this; there’s at least one study (2019, “A Rapid Form of Offline Consolidation in Skill Learning” 🤓) demonstrating that repetitive practice works best with frequent breaks.

If you teach group lessons, your students may naturally get these breathers when they take turns riding an exercise, pattern or course. It’s still a good idea to let the whole group share some downtime every now and then. If you’re teaching a private lesson, you will have to deliberately make space for break time.

It can be tempting to spend these periods reviewing unmounted HorseSense topics, and we’re all for working these discussions into mounted lessons, but brain breaks should truly feel like rest.

We are often still amazed at how much better both horse and rider perform after we press pause ⏸️ on the action!

03/15/2024

Photography of the day ❤️