Lydia Scott Equine Services

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Lydia Scott Equine Services I have 20+ years experience with a variety of horses. I currently work with Kimberly Dunn at Get Grounded Equine.

I offer services in Foundation Training, Mentorships, Trail adventures and lessons.

17/10/2025

Happy ponies out enjoying some sweet fall grass!
With the Fell pony it’s rare to have to be concerned about them being on the rich sweet valley grasses when the Autumn rains return.
Pure enjoyment for horses and this human ♥️

13/10/2025

This video is back from when I was teaching this guy this move but the other day I decided to see if he still remembered. He was loose in his paddock at a new barn, different fence, no treats and I was delighted to see his willingness to play again 🙂

Working with horses both training and teaching humans over the years I think a lot about how to communicate with horses ...
11/10/2025

Working with horses both training and teaching humans over the years I think a lot about how to communicate with horses and humans about horses. It’s a key for relationship and with horses we are learning another language that is also mostly nonverbal and often times (at least we hope) very subtle. Building our awareness as humans is a cornerstone.
When I teach I’m realizing more and more this is both my quest for understanding and primarily what I am trying to teach humans about. Sure riding technique and how to feed and walk with and care for a horse but ultimately the core is about learning these deeper skills. Some people call it “feel”, I would go as far as calling it sacred. These pieces can dramatically improve all of the other pieces . It’s the thing I’m always trying to improve my skills in and the piece I’m always trying to figure out how to teach to the people I work with.
Working on how to listen and communicate with another being that is so different than us in so many ways, as well as how to communicate in ways that make sense and promote learning how to function well in the predominantly human world (let’s be real, almost entirely we ask horses to function within our ideas). Horses are often big and powerful creatures and for the most part incredibly kind and forgiving- humans relied heavily on these qualities. Many horse’s spirits also lend themselves to be “broken” making them compliant with our ideas- they have mastered the ability of dissociation.
Learning to truly partner with a horse is quite possibly the true art of horsemanship.

10/10/2025

Here she is practicing her two point position and notice how even when the pony pulls her head down, it barely even shakes her balance :)

10/10/2025

Check out this glow up!
This student was just starting to trot on her own last winter.
The second video I’m going to post is from a couple minths ago.
This young rider’s dedication and hard work is so inspiring!!

Moose the magnificent mini says good morning! This adorable little 3 year old is so eager to engage and learn 💗
02/10/2025

Moose the magnificent mini says good morning!
This adorable little 3 year old is so eager to engage and learn 💗

Awe these two 💗 Amanda and Zinc started working with me maybe 1 1/2 years ago or so. We got started bc we went to a rop...
25/09/2025

Awe these two 💗
Amanda and Zinc started working with me maybe 1 1/2 years ago or so. We got started bc we went to a roping clinic together and Zinc was struggling. He had super bad separation anxiety to the point he can easily escalate to being a very unsafe horse to be around. This was especially heartbreaking bc he is actually quite a gem!! super sweet! Very smart! And highly curious!! He is in his late teens now and got his start as a ranch horse who got passed through the auction system and finally finally ended up with this amazing human pictured here with him. I won’t go into Amanda’s journey here but she had something stirring in her before we met to do something different with her horse. She could see how shut down he had been as well as having some scary experiences doing stuff with Zinc. He is the type who will internalize as long has he can and when he can’t handle it any more, or if his coping mechanism gets removed, he explodes and humans no longer matter or really even exist. This seems to be a long standing pattern for him bc he had some horrible known accidents and injuries due to humans trying to control his behavior. Like horrible to the point I won’t write them out here in this story 💔BUT Zinc is incredibly resilient and so intelligent and a happy guy by nature so even after years and years living like this he is opening up to a new way of being and it is incredible to watch and be a part of!!

When we started Zinc didn’t want to load in a trailer and he would start to panic if he didn’t have another horse ( preferably his best friend Joe) right next to him. Over the course of our time working together he now loads up in the trailer, even by himself and we have gotten to the point we are able to start getting him out on solo adventures 🤯🙌🏼 I’m not sure this totally translates to what a big deal this is but it is pretty incredible!! And to see his curiosity and confidence coming alive is such a gift!! He seems to have started to really enjoy getting out on the trail and being present in the experience instead of just getting through it. I’m so honored to work with these two and thank you Amanda for giving me this chance and trusting the process ♥️ your commitment to your horse’s well being is inspiring!!!

22/09/2025

This young Fell pony mare learning about weight shifts, changing directions and utilization of my aids in an environment with context.

17/09/2025

One of my absolute favorite things to do, get horses and humans out in nature together 💗

15/09/2025

I have small acreage to keep horses at the barn I lease. This brings with it some challenges to try and support optimal health both physically but I would say even more so mentally/emotionally. It takes effort on my part to try an figure out ways to best support them. We try to keep hay forage for them to snack on as much as possible and feed both spread out on the ground and in hay nets to create a little variation in how they eat. One of the most valuable tools I utilize is moving the horses around. This helps create a variation for them both in location which includes smells, visual and even some movement patterns to a degree. Plus very importantly, it helps them experience relationship with the various horses at the barn instead of just one buddy they are very attached to. I have found this to be helpful in the horses comfortability, lower their anxiety about change and most often even promotes much less “ herd bound” behavior.

Learning to stand tied quietly is a valuable and necessary skill for a farm pony. Here is Finn practicing his skills whi...
09/09/2025

Learning to stand tied quietly is a valuable and necessary skill for a farm pony. Here is Finn practicing his skills while we were working on a small logging project on the farm.
This young Fell pony did incredibly well with chainsaws running close by and equipment moving brush around. The versatility of the Fell pony breed is remarkable!

Ok another throwback Thursday! This one was just to cute not to share 🥰 One of the amazing things about kids starting t...
04/09/2025

Ok another throwback Thursday!
This one was just to cute not to share 🥰
One of the amazing things about kids starting to work with horses at a young age, is that even if they don’t do it for years between when they get their intro and when they are around/ride horses again in the future, the foundation is there. Our muscle memory is so strong when we are young, maybe it’s our bodies way of memorizing patterns and how to learn and grow.. 🤷
This sweet pony mare, “Daisy” was with me about 20 years ago. I got her out of someone’s field as a 4 year old and she was not very interested in humans let just say ( imagine a little horse spinning around and double barrel kicking at you when you went in her stall to halter her 😂😅). She was nearly impossible to catch if she was loose in a pasture. After about 6 months in training I was able to let her free range on grass at the barn and this photo was of my daughter who would hangout on her in the arena while I was teaching lessons. She ended up being my little kid lesson pony when I was teaching back then ♥️
I’m so grateful to have another sweet pony mare again to be able to start the little kids with now.

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