Gray Horse Training

12/12/2024

12/10/2024

12/06/2024

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12/02/2024

Sale good through midnight tonight ! Venmo/paypal within 24 of conformation of deal chooses!

Give the gift of experience and the gift of the love of a horse 🥰❤️🎄

12/01/2024

It's not to late to send me you horse hair keep sake Christmas wants for me to create !

12/01/2024

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11/26/2024

The last year has been quite rough and I had stepped away from lessons and over the last few months only had 1-2 training horses that were not mine or family members... well with Christmas approaching I have decided to open up 2 training slots and some lessons slots . Times available for lessons will be school days 4pm or 5pm and non school days 1030am or 1130 am. (Subject to change and can have some wiggle room for adjusting) I will be running a Black Friday sale as well so feel free to message me if your interested!!

11/21/2024

Opening up two stalls for training The Gray Horse Livery

11/18/2024

"Advanced training is just the basics done really well." - Ken Ramirez
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"Training often fails because people expect way too much of the animal and way too little of themselves." - Bob Bailey
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"Please just do your homework." - Fred

11/16/2024

Modern War Horses. Highly trained, and against all their instincts these Horses will lay still during a battle. This is an example of an incredible trust and bond between Man and animal. THANK YOU to our Veterans, 2 and 4 legged for your service!!!

11/03/2024

HORSES IN TRAINING…

You pay that hefty training bill for the month.

You look to have you horse in training as little as possible so it doesn’t break the bank.

You’re disappointed when after 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, there’s still more work to be done or the goal hasn’t been met. Worse yet, it looks good, you take the horse home and it unravels piece by piece. All that money “wasted”.

When you pay a trainer, that money isn’t paying for a result, it’s paying for someone’s skilled effort.

At least for me, when someone gets unhappy that their horse “isn’t fixed yet”, or comes “untrained” after it’s been home a while, makes the task of training horses for other people, discouraging. Discouraging because the efforts are being made, usually my best efforts that are filled with compassion, determination and lots of ruminating on how to fix complex issues a horse may have. Their disappointment becomes my failure basically. I know that’s not an actual truth but it’s never rewarding when someone is disappointed due to their own expectations.

Training a horse is NOT like being a mechanic on a car. Its not a tune up, it’s not the simple replacement of a part. It’s an animal with thoughts, feelings, emotions, habits, talents, etc. You don’t just program them, tune them up or replace a faulty part and send it back good as new.

You arent paying for results to happen within your timeline, you are paying for the time it takes to reach a desired result. The more complicated the project, the bigger the investment. The more baggage a horse has, the more effort it takes to unravel the mess. The bigger the goal, the greater the investment.

People send their horses to certain trainers because they want the outcome that trainer proves they can achieve. The problem is, people want that result in the shortest time frame possible because time, again, is money. It takes the time it takes to create the vision and time costs money. People who have a diy mentality, value the effort so much more when they themselves invest their own energy into a horse rather than just paying for it. I really feel that those who do it themselves, come to appreciate the efforts it takes far more than those who sign the check.

Be nice to your trainers, they work hard for you and your horse!

Written by: katy Negranti
Katy Negranti Performance Horsemanship

10/14/2024

Choosing a horse that will be the right fit for your child when they're first starting out can make or break the experience for them. The horse can be the difference between a lifelong rider or losing the interest of a potential horseman. Take the time to find the right fit and make the experience enjoyable for your kids.

📸: Ross Hecox

10/12/2024

10/10/2024

Unless we have made prior plans I am announcing that I am taking the fall/winter off to focus on getting my life in order so that when I return to my passion of training I am in a mental and physical space that is the most conducive for my best work ❤️. No distractions and no stress and drama.

❤️‍🔥I'm using this time to get my daughters horse Elsa and my daughter synced as the perfect team and so i can count on Elsa to be the horse she just jumps on and goes every time.
❤️‍🔥 I have a 2 year old that I want to get started for my son to be able to work with and help give him more purpose, focus, responsibility and drive in his life .
❤️‍🔥 sorting , cleaning ,clearing un-needed things , packing things I want keep but don't currently need into a storage unit so when the right place comes up moving is so much easier !
❤️‍🔥 working all I can while spending all the time I can with my kids , making my goals and making routines and plans for us and for our best future , not for anyone else .... my time of being a fixer , and fixing everything for everyone else is over , it's time to focus only on fixing and creating my future that I want and fully deserve!

So I will still post training updates on the girls , give advices , and talk about spring training spaces... but for now I'm hitting the pause button. Thanks for understanding and I hope you will follow my journey and send prayers and good vibes out way!