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Team Pappa Mike

Team Pappa Mike is a father/daughter duo, Pappa Mike and April, in Northern KY. We are both Mustang TIP Trainers.

We show it all - the good, the bad, and the ugly in 'The Way' we help horses.

11/07/2024

11/06/2024

I got confused by all the yard signs, and I think I may have voted for a realtor 😔

11/03/2024

80,000 and counting!
WHAT are we going to do???
The Mustang!

09/20/2024

Yep!

What most people need isn’t exactly what they want.

Everybody WANTS that obedient willing horse. That they can go out and win a barrel race, reining dressage event, or whatever!

Most people can achieve that to some degree. But they NEED learn the basic principles of horsemanship. Without that you’ll have problems truly connecting with your horse.

Many people I meet in this business don’t really care about winning a show or rodeo. They just want to ride their horse and feel safe and confident doing it.

If you can learn the basics of horsemanship you can have that horse you’ve always wanted.

The principles don’t change regardless of how “well trained” your horse is. I see many of those horses lacking a good foundation.

If you want to learn these basic principles of horsemanship. Give us a shout. We’d love to help you out!

My whole program is to give people the opportunity to experience what it takes to make that wanted horse. In helping the people I help the horses which in the end is what I set out to do in the first place!

And you may just find out it isn’t as hard and complicated as you may think😳😉!

08/12/2024

There are openings still available!

An excerpt from The WAY…… and what we will help you understand in your relationship and training!

You decide it’s a good time to ride.

You go to the stable, to your horse’s stall, halter, lead your horse to cross ties, saddle up and off you go!

Not at anytime did you actually ask your horse how they feel!

What if your horse could talk, could communicate and said when you asked “how are you doing?” And your responds, “ well, my right stifle is sore, I think I ate something that wasn’t agreeing and I bumped my head on the stall door. Any chance we might pass on a ride?”.

No, maybe we do a rump test and off we go!

But there is a way to communicate, there is a way to relate to your horse.

Come join us and experience that ability.

Pappa Mike Cassedy

08/09/2024

MARISSA AND JOURNEY: THREE TOP TEN PLACINGS AT STATE!!!!!

Journey was our very first mustang back in 2017.

This horse is not built for that, but when you pair a great rider with a Mustang that is all heart, you can do some really amazing things!

07/25/2024

Some days you're the windshield,
and some days you're the bug!

today, I'm the bug.............wrong address on the flier for the ''Gathering!".

So, if it helps to have the right location..........I guess I done good!

anyways, see the attached flier with the correct address of:

Sunshine Range Stables
12752 West River Rd.,
Columbia Station 44028

and it's on the flier!!!!

see you there!

Pappa Mike

07/22/2024

The question is……..
What’s on YOUR mind??!!!!!!

SO, the book is out ….. never going to be a best seller but sure have gotten some really nice feed back.

What’s next, a clinic but I seem to favor the term “Gathering”

Anyways.

Bloomingdale, Ohio
September 20,21,22

See the flier for details.
And
Take a look at my recent video with Tate on FB. WE got there through The WAY!

07/18/2024

Trying to get my legs in shape by walking the land.

It’s ALL hills but it makes for a really good challenge.

So…… I head out, saying hello to Koda and Tate Obmani (Travels with the Wind).

I just get to the woods and hear him, turn and here comes Tate.

The rest is on the video.

IF YOU LIKED YESTERDAY EVENING, YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS!

He is just fun!!!!!

The short clip is when I first started out ….. then go to the long clip.

Watch the end and see how a 23 yr old and 3 year old enjoy life.

05/31/2024

49 years married plus another 5 of just knowing her!!!

Who does that?

Pappa Mike and Little Debbie Cassedy!

Just 2 words made it, make it work….. RESPECT and WORK.

We both have that same RESPECT as if our first date. We WORK at this because we know we have to!

4 terrific children, 11 beautiful grand children (10 girls, 1 boy…….. are you kidding me!!!!!)

It’s so simple to think, it’s so simple to say…… Deb is the best……..

Love you❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/30/2024

Elder's Meditation of the Day - May 29

"Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize."
-- Thomas Yellowtail, CROW

Two definitions of humility are; one, being aware of one's own defects of character, and two, giving credit where credit is due. This means if you do something and are successful because God gave you certain talents, give credit to God when someone tells you how well you did; this is being humble.

05/22/2024

An excerpt from The BOOK; The WAY We Work with Mustangs (and Horses).

".............I’m reminded of that void with an incident in 2016.
We were at a clinic put on by a Trainer that I knew. She was going to “use” our gray Gamble, our young Morab (part Morgan, part Arabian) for some of horse training demonstration.
Gamble was a people horse (Gamble has since moved on but I see him occasionally because he is local. He’s a jumper, runs barrels and poles, part of an equestrian drill team and just an all-round good horse and companion). He loves people. Has all the traits of an Arabian and the Morgan. He had competed in Endurance, an easy keeper and for the most part well behaved!
Anyways, at the clinic, the Trainer decided to demonstrate her method of teaching a horse to back up.
Her technique, typically pressure and release. Standing in front of Gamble, she aggressively almost violently shook the lead rope which transferred up the lead rope up to the clip to the halter. Gamble immediately raised his head trying to avoid the banging of the clip against his chin! The more she shook that lead rope, the more the clip hit his chin, the higher his head went, WITHOUT TAKING A SINGLE STEP BACKWARDS! This went on for a full 3-4 minutes with not a single step backwards.
Taking a brief break, the Trainer went at it again for another 3-4 minutes with the same result!
Gamble was simply confused! He could not understand what she was asking him to do and his focus was to try and avoid the uncomfortable situation by simply raising his head. Needless to say, Gamble never did back up and the Trainer explained and declared Gamble was stubborn and needed more work!
It was a little bit of the light bulb going on for me. It wasn’t about Pressure and Release; it was about helping the horse understand what I’m asking them to do. It was about the mental approach in place of pressure.
Throughout this book we’ll refer to the mustang but 90% of what is being provided can be applicable to the domestic horse.
Frequently we will interchange those two terms…… horse and mustang. This is with purpose as a reminder that the mustang is very much different than the domestic horse. It also is a reminder that we are definitely dealing with two different animals but with commonalities that can be, and are similar but still can be quite different.
The major difference is the mustang’s higher awareness of its surroundings and environment necessary for its survival. The mustang’s acute awareness for the need of the 3Fs…… Fear, Freeze, Flight......................"

04/27/2024

I'm old enough to remember when Sundays were for family and all stores were closed

06/30/2023

“ The fact is….”, is so over used to shut down any other opinion “when in fact” ……the fact is…… is more of one’s own personal opinion being pushed on others!

Kind of tired of this overuse by the media talking heads.

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Yesterday evening, April and I worked Lakota Dream Catcher for her first ride with a Way we use a two man team to help assure safety and consistency. April posted the first ride on her FB page. I’m posting this video because people have been asking about this Way of getting that first ride. Hopefully, you’ll see the progress. I have not touched, been around, been in the round pen with Lakota Dream Catcher, at all. Yesterday evening was our first exposure to each other so there was a “get acquainted” intro. As a matter of fact, according to April, no one else has been in the pen with Lakota! You’ll see in the ground work (1st, 2nd and 3rd clip), Lakota was looking for her Security Blanket, aka, April!!! What you won’t see is when this whole session was said and done, I was not her best friend! But that’s okay! Know that through the entire process, we did not push Lakota, we helped her understand what I/we were asking her to do. This is a big difference! The object of the exercise is not to allow the horse the opportunity to get nervous while moving. TIMING for both RIDER and CENTER is critical. The initial motion of circling INTO the fence is what makes it all work. The horse initially, is not given the opportunity to bolt or buck as their hind quarters are constantly disengaged. And the circling keeps them Working hard to avoid the fence and moving forward. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO BE SIRE THE INITIAL MOVEMENT IS INTO THE FENCE AND NOT AWAY FROM THE FENCE. Away from the fence opens the door for the horse to panic, bolt and buck. THE RIDER Is the steering wheel, (that’s it and hanging on!). No kicking, No influencing forward motion. CENTER He’s the accelerator and compliments direction and is the shut down button. CENTER looks for, READS, the horses attitude, looking for indication of panic, flight and bolt and buck and can have the horse shut down. When there is some relaxation of the horse, the CENTER lets the horse out a

Been a while, That’s okay. There’s now plenty of time. Did a 7:00 am session this morning with Aiden in the saddle. Working on slowing the forward motion with a mustang that likes to work hard at taking charge. But when she realizes who’s in charge, she really does good. It’s all about repetition with Wakta. So it’s a little slower process even with trailer loading. Her go to move when standing is to take steps backwards. That’s okay, we just incorporate the cue for backing when she does! Took a walk down the drive to the open arena for the first time. It’s a nice arena. Eventually I’ll ride her down and do some work with her. Wakta is becoming that super nice partner.