Grace & Grit Horsemanship

Grace & Grit Horsemanship Tiffany Stauffer is a passionate student of the horse offering lessons, clinics, and training.

What we offer:
C**t Starting
Horse Training
Liberty Clinics
Private Lessons

Tiffany Stauffer is a lifelong horseman whose goal is to create soft, trusting, and willing equine partners through safe, patient, and effective training methods. With a very accomplished start to her equine career, Tiffany has competed in versatility ranch horse, breed shows, cowboy mounted shooting, western dressage, ro

deo events, ranch sorting, show jumping, and more as well as being an accomplished clinician of liberty and trick training. She holds four world championship titles and one reserve world championship title, along with numerous top 5 and top 10 finishes, regional championship wins, high point wins, and ROM's. She has a vast knowledge of different training techniques and approaches to best suit various horses, owners and disciplines. Tiffany loves helping people to find more effective ways to communicate with their horse and watching their bond grow and flourish.

In case you needed a reminder, God loves you. And so does your Horse. Spend time with both today ❤️
01/11/2025

In case you needed a reminder, God loves you. And so does your Horse. Spend time with both today ❤️

One of my all time favorite memories from 2024 ❤️ Grand and Reserve in Open Freestyle for Savanna and I at Gypsy Nationa...
01/02/2025

One of my all time favorite memories from 2024 ❤️ Grand and Reserve in Open Freestyle for Savanna and I at Gypsy Nationals.

Winter is the perfect time to reflect, regroup and set new goals. What are some of your goals for the 2025 season?!

If anyone is looking for a stunning dressage project, this girl has what it takes! Lightly started under saddle, fantast...
12/31/2024

If anyone is looking for a stunning dressage project, this girl has what it takes! Lightly started under saddle, fantastic brain, all the willingness in the work with athletic ability to match. Coming 3yr old!

Boo and I wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy new year ❤️
12/25/2024

Boo and I wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy new year ❤️

My boys are all dying for attention, and they make that known 🥹 I certainly don’t spend enough time with them, but when ...
12/23/2024

My boys are all dying for attention, and they make that known 🥹 I certainly don’t spend enough time with them, but when I do, it sure makes my heart happy. They all wish they were the lucky ones who got the halter on a regular basis! It’s a rough life being a trainers horse…

12/19/2024

I think it’s safe to say we had our final ride for the year down at Eau Galle! Took three first timers with to see the sights too and they all did phenomenal ❤️

Badger was his confident, easy, solid self and helped give confidence to the newbies. Someone is going to get themselves a heck of a horse with this guy! Just a go anywhere and do anything kind of attitude and loves to please.


Boo’s first ride after officially embracing life as a gelding 🥲Participating with Laura Quam Domagala Conard and as one ...
12/08/2024

Boo’s first ride after officially embracing life as a gelding 🥲

Participating with Laura Quam Domagala Conard and as one of the horses for the three wiseman though Baldwin's Annual Horse Parade.

This horse will be looking for his person before too long! And his resume just keeps getting longer 😍

🤩 Wow 🤩 Even in his winter clothes this guys is a stunner!And this piece of eye candy could be sitting in your pasture!!...
12/07/2024

🤩 Wow 🤩

Even in his winter clothes this guys is a stunner!

And this piece of eye candy could be sitting in your pasture!! Badger is headed to the Cowgirl Cadillacs sale in Wickenburg AZ at the end of February, be sure to check him out!

📸 D.Schone photography & design

12/05/2024

Teaching a GROUND TIE 🤩 definitely one of the most useful skills your horse can have. This can be beneficial for in-your-pocket horses that just want to follow you, distracted horses that can’t stay focused, or horses that struggle to stand still.

This was his first time working on this, but will be handy for future things! My cue is the word “whoa” and a stop sign with my hand. You can see here I use a whip to help clarify my expectation of him standing still while I walk around, but that will quickly be phased out once he understands what’s being asked. And as he grows more comfortable with this, I can increase distance further and further.

Things a horse needs to know before they learn a ground tie?

1) Back up at a distance
2) Stop on the word “whoa”
3) Optional - comfortable with the use of whips for moving body parts in case I need to put him back

There is a video on my YouTube that breaks the process down!

11/15/2024

There’s still a lot of people that ask me how to teach a horse to step over to a mounting block, and luckily I posted a video a while back about how to teach it! Be sure to follow the link if you’re curious.. it is beneficial for both you and your horse!

https://youtu.be/FIZZb68iqd4?si=NOl-ea54BQDIZYIv

🔥 2024 Gypsy Nationals is a wrap 🔥 Horsecreek Gypsy’s AD Acres Finvara has blown me away with how much progress he has m...
11/05/2024

🔥 2024 Gypsy Nationals is a wrap 🔥

Horsecreek Gypsy’s AD Acres Finvara has blown me away with how much progress he has made since we picked him up back in march! The difference from his first event at the MN Horse Expo in April til Gypsy Vanner Nationals this past weekend is unbelievable, and sometimes I question if I even have the same horse. This weekend, Boo gave me 110% effort in everything we did, and I couldn’t have been more proud of him! After winning two classes on Boo at congress, I made a goal of winning three down at nationals, and I am thrilled to say that we met that goal ❤️

And that was without getting to ride in some of our best classes. Unfortunately Boo came up off on our last day, so we had to sit out on some of our best classes until we figured out what was going on. Somehow he managed to get a bruised frog overnight. Huge thank you to Matt with Ranch Gypsy.Ranch.Horses who came to the rescue and got a shoe on Boo so he was comfortable again. We got cleared to go back in and finished out the show with the most perfect class we’ve ever had together. Hopefully he heals quickly, and he’ll get some much deserved time off now that show season is over.

This entire show season was possible because of all the help, support and guidance from many others, but first and foremost Horsecreek Gypsy’s. It has been an honor showing with them this year and getting to watch Savanna even and improve in all her classes and do so well with both of her horses. Now I’m exited to switch gears, get ready for winter, and spend some time getting the next group of by babies going for next year.

I needed another horse as much as I need a bullet to the head, BUT…… I think this one just has to stay ❤️ I’m still not ...
10/28/2024

I needed another horse as much as I need a bullet to the head, BUT…… I think this one just has to stay ❤️

I’m still not sure what direction my life will go, but i just can’t get enough of these Iberian horses. So soft, solid, and willing.

If anyone is in the market for a STOCKY 15.3hh mare, who is soft, supple, and has all the body control you could ask for...
10/16/2024

If anyone is in the market for a STOCKY 15.3hh mare, who is soft, supple, and has all the body control you could ask for, check this 10 year old out!

My last scheduled clinic of the year in Wichita, KS is full! If you’re looking to attend or host a clinic next year, sho...
10/15/2024

My last scheduled clinic of the year in Wichita, KS is full! If you’re looking to attend or host a clinic next year, shoot me a message.

Clinics are a great place to get started with tricks and liberty, or the perfect setting for more inspiration, how to achieve greater levels and teach even more things.

In addition to Liberty and Trick Training clinics, I will also be offering Intro to Mounted Shooting clinics as well. I can’t wait to see what next year has in store!

I’m still at a loss for words… on more than one end of the spectrum. Anyone who’s been in the horse industry for long en...
09/29/2024

I’m still at a loss for words… on more than one end of the spectrum.

Anyone who’s been in the horse industry for long enough knows that horses are an emotional roller coaster. The highs can be really high and the lows can be really low.

I’ve never done a big sale like this before, and I was really trying hard not to have expectations of what would happen there. I know there were numbers in my head, but what happened did not come close to what I was expecting.

Selling horse in the six figures was a bucket list thing that I didn’t think I would be able to achieve for quite some time. I would have been thrilled if Kit made it over $50,000…. But when the number kept going up, I was left in disbelief. And up, and up, and sold at $120,000. I am so happy to know that she found such an incredible home, and is headed to Long Island, New York where I’ll get to go see her and teach her new owner all about liberty stuff! I cannot wait to see their journey together.

Finn on the other hand didn’t bring near anything that I believe he was worth. It’s so disappointing to see all the time, effort, energy, and expense not have any return sometimes. Even worse, leave you in the negative. People ask all the time what I think a horse is worth, and my most spoken answer is “whatever someone is willing to pay”. It’s brutal but at the end of the day, it’s the truth. If you want job security, the horse industry isn’t where you should be looking. At least he also went to amazing people who will love and appreciate him for everything he has to offer, and that’s all that really matters ❤️ Hind sight is 20/20, and I know there were certainly some regrets around how things panned out.

It was certainly an experience of a lifetime to go through all of this with both of them. I couldn’t have asked for better horses to see through something like this. I will miss both of them being in my barn and all the fun they brought to my place and those who rode them. I will forever be grateful for all the teachings that Kit gave me as we were learning new things and new maneuvers together, and I can’t wait to take another horse even further. But right now, I’ll just miss my girl.

Life sure is a ride, but I couldn’t do it without the people who have been along with me for all of it too. Here’s to learning, growing, and progressing 🥂

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I think it’s safe to say we had our final ride for the year down at Eau Galle! Took three first timers with to see the sights too and they all did phenomenal ❤️ Badger was his confident, easy, solid self and helped give confidence to the newbies. Someone is going to get themselves a heck of a horse with this guy! Just a go anywhere and do anything kind of attitude and loves to please. #cowgirlcadillacs #horsesfromladiesforladies #horseforsale #gelding #trailhorse

Teaching a GROUND TIE 🤩 definitely one of the most useful skills your horse can have. This can be beneficial for in-your-pocket horses that just want to follow you, distracted horses that can’t stay focused, or horses that struggle to stand still. This was his first time working on this, but will be handy for future things! My cue is the word “whoa” and a stop sign with my hand. You can see here I use a whip to help clarify my expectation of him standing still while I walk around, but that will quickly be phased out once he understands what’s being asked. And as he grows more comfortable with this, I can increase distance further and further. Things a horse needs to know before they learn a ground tie? 1) Back up at a distance 2) Stop on the word “whoa” 3) Optional - comfortable with the use of whips for moving body parts in case I need to put him back There is a video on my YouTube that breaks the process down! #horsetraining

There’s still a lot of people that ask me how to teach a horse to step over to a mounting block, and luckily I posted a video a while back about how to teach it! Be sure to follow the link if you’re curious.. it is beneficial for both you and your horse! https://youtu.be/FIZZb68iqd4?si=NOl-ea54BQDIZYIv #trainingtips #horsetraining #naturalhorsemanship

Mowing the lawn, and working on Boo’s bow at the same time 😜

We are all settled in at USET Foundation Inc. for the Best of the West Horses sale this Saturday in Gladstone NJ! I’m already missing my precious KitKat but I know she’ll make someone’s dreams come true. Finn has also been a rockstar, and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for them!

KitKat
KitKat

I have lots of mixed emotions on this one…. But as hard as it will be, my beautiful girl will be offered at 🔥The Best of The West Sale🔥 in Gladstone NJ this September. She truly is a one in a million kind of horse and you won’t want to miss out on her. Huge thanks to Savanna for putting this little sneak peak together of her as we start gearing up to take a ton of sale footage.

✅ Kid tested ✅ parent approved #trickhorse #gypsy #gypsyvanner #irishcob #followingfinnegan

KitKat
KitKat

KitKat’s third time ever around gun fire, and our first attempt shooting while she’s down 🥰 good thing this horse trusts people as much as she does. She’s gonna make someone an incredible partner.

I spent years saying a wouldn’t be that person with a mini….
I spent years saying a wouldn’t be that person with a mini….

I spent years saying I wouldn’t be the person with a mini 🤣 But they do come in handy for teaching kids the ropes (especially on the ground), without the danger factor of a large horse. Love my little Minnie Mouse ❤️ These two couldn’t be cuter

Baby fever is strong around here ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #babyfever #summertime #filly #SaylorTheAzteca

Finn💕
Finn💕

I think at this point Finn’s lay down is better that KitKat 😳 He is such a sweet boy ❤️ #FollowingFinnegan #gypsyvanner #trickhorse

Our trot is coming right along 🤩 we might have to do a western dressage show this summer… or traditional dressage at this rate

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