Badger Creek Outfitters: horse training

03/31/2024

HAPPY EASTER!!!
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I hope you all ate a wonderful day! 💗

01/11/2024

I have some dogs and a couple project horses for sale if anyone is looking for a new friend 😀💕

12/26/2022

Merry Christmas!! I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas! 😀💕

08/12/2022

Pilot, wanted to make sure everyone knew that TODAY is the LAST day to get a $50 store credit to use at our Central Pet store when you adopt a dog that's been at PACC for 30 days or longer!

Don't forget! All pets have their adoption fee waived too!!

We are open 12p-7p today and we hope we can help you find a new best friend!!

06/18/2022

Located in Marana kids saddle for sale 💲3️⃣5️⃣0️⃣

06/02/2022

06/02/2022

Let’s talk about head-shy horses.

It’s still usually viewed as a behavioral problem that needs to be trained out.
While sometimes that may be the case, it certainly isn’t always.
At the very least, there are measures that can be taken to make the training process much easier.

Even if, let’s say, a horse endured physical abuse to their head at one point in time.
Maybe they were hit or handled roughly, maybe they were ridden in ill-fitting bridles, maybe they were worked in biomechanically incorrect postures for long periods of time (behind the vertical in particular), maybe they have a history of pulling back when tied, or even just pulled back once.

We may think of the emotional trauma that they likely still carry with them that keeps them from feeling safe in their own head, but what about the residual physical restrictions?
It’s something that’s often overlooked if there aren’t obvious signs of trauma.

Let’s also not forget that the birthing process itself can—and often does—create restrictions in the head and neck, if not the whole body.
This is why this work is so helpful for the youngsters!

Take a look at this simple sketch of the cranial nerves I snagged from google, which doesn’t even entirely show the intricacy of the these nerves.
This doesn’t show the veins and arteries that weave themselves throughout the head.
It doesn’t show the spinal cord having to make its way through the atlanto-occipital joint, aka the poll, without restriction.
It doesn’t show the fascia.
It doesn’t show the vital glands that live in the brain.
It doesn’t show the skull itself and all the bones it’s comprised of, including teeth.
Let’s remember, all of these components must have their own free motility in order to function properly.

Think of how our halters and bridles are hanging right on many of these tissues, across the most highly innervated areas in the body.
The nosebands that are often too tight.
The flash nosebands that have no business being on a horse at all, in my opinion.
The horrible posture that we commonly see horses ridden in, even in supposedly high levels, for extended periods of time.

There are so many reasons for horses to be head-shy that it’s amazing to me there aren’t more of them.

So you’ve got a head-shy horse?

This work is thorough in seeking restrictions, whether they’re physical, emotional or energetic. Usually there are all of these components involved.

There are lots of great modalities out there, though I do lean toward craniosacral therapy and indirect osteopathic techniques, as they address all of these tissues.

The restrictions are in the clear?

Proper education is incredibly important.
My go-to recommendations for this are without a doubt are Patrick King, Warwick Schiller, Amy Skinner and Justin Haefner, all of whom take into consideration the emotional and physical state of the horse as they develop them.

In the meantime, I just encourage you to consider the intricacies of the horse.

06/01/2022

02/18/2022

12/09/2021

Trainer - What day is it
Student - Wednesday
Trainer - What day is it
Student - The 5th
Trainer - What day is it
Student - 😡
Trainer - I kept asking you the same question and you gave me the right answer, but I didn’t accept it as right. So you changed your answer, got frustrated and confused. This is exactly how your horse can feel if you miss the release!

11/26/2021

So true!

10/19/2021

Good to know ... !!

Eyes, Horse Vision

"- Horse can see almost 360 degrees around himself because his eyes are on the sides of his head. That's why he notices objects or movements behind him that you (with eyes on the front of your head) can't even see without turning around.
- There are two blind spots. A horse cannot see immediately in front of his nose (for about 3-4 feet.) and he also cannot see between his hips behind his rump for several feet. ( That is the reason that approaching a horse from directly behind his tail is dangerous. He does not see you coming. When you reach him, your touch or motion so unexpectedly close can trigger a seemingly unprovoked kick.)
- Horse sees most things with one eye--monocular vision
- Only about 65 degrees from center is highly focused and binocular.
- How to know whether he's looking with one eye or two? As he tries to focus with both eyes on something, he pricks both ears straight ahead.
- Horse has two ways to bring objects into focus--by using tiny muscles to change the shape of his eye's lens (which is the only way you can focus)--or by changing his head position to direct the image to a different part of his eye.
- Horse's extravagantly big eyeball (largest of any land mammal's) magnifies everything 50 % larger than we perceive it.
- Horse sees much better at night than you--even better than your cat!
- BUT horse sees some colors (yellow, green, blue; red is iffy)--but this color vision diminishes with decreasing light. That's why he may tend to bump into you, the gate, or his pasture mates if you're bringing in your horses around twilight: His color perception has dimmed, but his night vision hasn't quite kicked in yet."

by Practical Horseman
http://www.equisearch.com/magazines/practical-horseman/

08/17/2021

An unexpected star from the Tokyo Olympics was our sport’s very own Suppenkasper (aka Mopsie), the reigning Adequan®/USDF Grand Prix Horse of the Year, who went viral online for his unique freestyle with Steffen Peters, complete with electronic dance music. Dubbed “The Rave Horse” online, clips of his freestyle have taken the world by storm, gaining millions of views on social media. Here are some fun facts about “The Rave Horse” ⤵️
https://yourdressage.org/2021/08/13/fun-facts-about-suppenkasper-the-rave-horse-who-went-viral-at-the-olympics/

📸 by Jennifer Bryant
USA Dressage FEI Dressage US Equestrian SPeters Dressage

08/07/2021

We should all have access to public lands. We should all be accountable for the way we use them.

07/19/2021

One of my all time favorites and I will own one one day!! 😍🥰

See the magic of the Gypsy Vanner Horse Breed. Also known as the Irish Cobs, discover all about this magical horse breed from it's history, traits, and more