Enck's Training LLC

08/29/2025

Do you agree that the modern horse has it worse?

Through the ages, horses have played a big role in the advancement of society. They were used for transportation, as weapons of war, and as hunting companions. People spent a lot of time around the…

08/27/2025

RIDING CLINIC🐎

When: September 12th-14th: 8am-3pm(ish) each day

Where: Enck’s Training Facility in Carthage, SD

What: This is going to be a weekend packed full of fun riding and working with horses! Each morning starts with cowboy coffee around the fire at 8am. As always, we will provide a more personalized experience for each of our participants, so come with your own riding goals in mind! As a participant, YOU get to decide what you want to learn.

Lunch will be provided each day.

We will be taking 5 participants and 10 auditors.

Please message our page with any questions or to get signed up. Participant spots will go quick so please get signed up ASAP if you want to participate.

08/27/2025

One thing that I’m seeing with horses is the fact we don’t challenge our horses enough.

We don’t take them over the threshold of their comfort zone.

I feel once you get a young horse started and you’re feeling confident you can handle it, you must gradually increase the challenges.

They don’t have to be big challenges. For example you don’t need to cross a river but ask them to walk through a mud puddle. Once they get used to crossing small bodies of water and build trust in you crossing the river won’t be as difficult.

This is Popeye on his 45th ride since the beginning of June!

He has been brought along slowly but always challenging him to step outside his comfort zone!

08/26/2025

Trivia Tuesday: what’s the best way to fix a problem?

On side note our last trivia Tue created a lot of discussion. That’s great that’s how we learn. Keep the discussion going!

08/25/2025

Sometimes it’s true that we just don’t have enough time. But that just means we need to make the most out of the time we do have. Here’s how I make it work.

Time is something we all don’t have enough of, it seems. We need to learn how to manage our time when it comes to our horses. Nobody has time to ride every day, not even trainers. I have four horse…

08/25/2025

We’re having a lot of fun on our subscriptions.

We’re doing segments on halter breaking 3 yearlings as well as highlighting his progress with starting a new pony!

These are barely edited to show more of the reality and what it’s like to work with horses.

We’d love to have you join us. We will still be putting out content here but more in depth content on our subscriptions!

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08/23/2025

That dang ‘Ol Grumpy! He’ll do anything to get out of trimming my horses.

Showed up yesterday and said he was “teaching”! Yeah right in other words it was a little warm and the feet were muddy from 2” of rain and he just wasn’t feeling it.

He looked pretty comfy telling this poor guy what to do and how to do it! He didn’t even put on his apron.

I suppose he’ll want a teacher’s salary. Well I’ve got news for him…..I ain’t paying him anymore than when he actually shoes and trims my horses.

The nerve of this guy always trying to find ways to do less work but still wants paid. Says his “experience” makes him more valuable.

What experience? Flirting with my wife, drinking more coffee than he should, yelling at my kid, and kicking my dog?

Well at least he showed up and got my horses done. I pity that guy he was with. Putting up with ‘Ol Grumpy all day can’t be easy!

08/21/2025

The unsung hero. I talk a lot about the other horses but this horse is becoming old reliable.

He handles inexperienced riders, and yet he can handle cattle, work colts, rope off of, trail ride and this summer he was volunteered to be a kids ride for Bible camp.

He looks pretty homely with his frozen ears, but he’s always up for what’s asked of him!

We affectionately call him Tippy!

08/20/2025

You can watch videos, you can get determined and jump in and learn from trial and error, you can go to big name clinics.

All will teach you a little but, the videos can’t give you real time feedback, it takes a strong willed person to take the beatings and failures of doing it themselves, and the big name clinics limit your one on one instruction.

Here at Enck’s Training, we offer small individual day(s) retreats (up to 2 people). We do small clinics (up to 5 people) as well as private hrly individual lessons where we will come to you or you can come to our place.

We want to give you that personal instruction without all the distractions of a big crowd, intimidating surroundings and the like.

I set out to help the horse many years ago but had found in order to truly help the horse I must help the people understand the horses.

So if you’re tired of the videos, and you’re stumped on trying it yourself and the big clinics aren’t for you, msg us and let us help you learn the basic principles of horsemanship that will help with any discipline and any breed of horse.

We’re here to help………

08/19/2025

Trivia Tue: In your opinion, what type of bit is the most severe?

08/18/2025

There are those horses that are trained for that specific event. Then there is the the ranch broke horse that is used for it all!

We ask a lot of this horse. Pulled him out of the pasture on Fri and stuck him in a trailer for over 2.5 hrs. Put him in a make shift pen made of electric fence and flags (Which he stayed in most of the time😬). Then asked him to compete in two perfs in a heat advisory on Saturday! And he took it all in stride.

He’s your typical ranch broke horse. He has his quirks but he will do what is asked of him. He may not carry you to the winners circle every time but every time he’ll give you a chance at it!

He carried my son in 4 events from goat tying (qualified for state) breakaway, team roping and flag race!

He is used on cattle, we’ve hunted with him, trail rides, parades you name it he’s been used for it.

Every kid should have one of these. The girls had Midnite and my son has this guy. We call him Louie!

08/17/2025

The thing about rodeo that some outside of it may not know is the faith aspect.

Most times a rodeo is started with prayer and the national anthem.

There may be some reputations around the rodeo but there is also this side of it.

Just like there are no atheists in a foxhole there aren’t many around around a rodeo!

I’m proud to share my faith even though I make my share of mistakes.

There’s something about a church service with the smell of horses, cattle and fairgrounds that makes me feel closer to the Almighty!

May God bless you all today!