Lotte on the trail 🐴
Lotte on the trail 🐴
Lotte use to be terrified of the fly spray. Now she is a solid citizen about it and enjoys her cookies!
Storm - handling feet progress A colt who's going to be started should already have his feet handled for obvious reasons. If it just so happens the horse hasn't, he's going to learn!
Storm - handling feet progress
A colt who's going to be started should already have his feet handled for obvious reasons. If it just so happens the horse hasn't, he's going to learn!
Be kind to your trainers.
•”We Loose Sleep Over Your Horses
-Trying to figure out how to get them working their best
-Stressing over them not being as far ahead as we would like
-Thinking of ways to help your riding, better ways to explain, watching videos for inspiration
•We Work NONstop
-Out at the barn more than in the house
-Making phone calls giving updates
-Watching other trainers videos
-Riding Sundays if your horse is having a hard time
•Each Horse Has Their Own Timeline
-some horses may pick something up in a week, others will take months
-they all have strengths and weaknesses
-we can not force them to do what we want, exactly the way we want, in the time frame we want. They need to accept the training and try on their own
•We Are Always Learning
-Our "schooling" doesn't have a graduation date, it's a never ending education.
-We are trying our best.
-Each horse teaches you something different
•There's Much More to Training Than Riding
-mucking stalls, hours of brushing, feeding, watering, doctoring. It never ends
•We Love Your Horses, otherwise we wouldn't do this!
-we live for that soft nicker in the barn, the moment each horse figures out what you've been trying to show them, when everything you've been working at comes together in the show pen.”
-DPH
Larry - today, I put him on my blocker tie ring and worked on some desensitization. I use this method to help prevent/train horses from sitting back when tied.
Larry - today, I put him on my blocker tie ring on the patience post and worked on some desensitization. I use this method to help prevent/train horses from sitting back when tied.
Storm - Patience post / standing tied 🐴
Storm - Patience post / standing tied 🐴
One of the most important things you can do with your horse is stand them tied. Standing tied calmly is a life skill that horses need to be taught.
One of the most important things you can do with your horse is stand them tied. Standing tied *calmly* truly is a life skill that horses need to be taught. Horses are herd animals and haven’t evolved to be separated from other horses. Thats something we have to factor in when we are teaching them to tie. Horses have also evolved to fight against restraint. So being taught to accept restraint is something that we have to do.