Amie Osment Horsemanship and Performance

06/10/2024

Listen to it.
Speak up. Ask questions. Have confidence in your intuition.

If you have a question or a gut feeling - communicate it to your horse’s team - they are there for you just as much as they are there for your horse!

We are so very lucky to get to work with these amazing animals - we owe it to them to look out for their best interests.

𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚!
🩵 𝑱𝑱 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒆

🐴: Denali
📸: Richard Malmgren

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06/10/2024

06/06/2024

Imagine you’re assigned a partner project in school. Only one of you gets to read the directions for the assignment, and then you have to explain it to your partner in a language that is secondary to both of you. You’d expect some miscommunications and misunderstandings, right?

That’s basically what’s happening while riding a horse. Whether in a lesson or a ride of your own direction, you as the rider are the only one who knows the assignment. It’s then your responsibility to relay that information to your horse, speaking through intention and cues that are a second language to both you and your horse. Your horse doesn’t understand what your trainer is saying he’s supposed to do - he’s relying on you to tell him.

Keep this in mind any time you’re riding and you feel like your horse isn’t listening, or you get frustrated with a missed distance or a sloppy transition. Remember that you’re the only member of this team who knows the assignment, and your horse is relying on you to tell him the game plan. Sometimes we make mistakes in our cues or our timing, we start thinking too many steps ahead or we forget to clue him into the next movement in time. Sometimes the horse is a little distracted, or tired, or not feeling it today. But most of the time, he’s doing his best he can with the information you’re giving him!

05/22/2024

The Three Cs.

•Consistent: adhering to the same principles of classical dressage and horsemanship.
•Capable: having the power and ability to be efficient and effective.
•Confident: having no uncertainty about your own abilities.

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05/20/2024

It’s been a continuing education day! Prepping to take the certification course for teaching through certain levels 🤓👩🏻‍🏫

United States Dressage Federation Official Page

05/17/2024

I am excited to open up my schedule to new clients! Located in central Summerville, I am available for clients in the surrounding areas, including Ladson and Ridgeville. My current availability is for weekends.

Check out my website for more information about my program, which focuses on the Three Cs: Confidence, Capability, and Consistency.

https://www.amieosment.com/

05/05/2024

05/02/2024

I feel that deeply.

04/24/2024

04/24/2024

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A great saddle that sadly didn’t work for Omni!

04/17/2024

Something to always remember: it’s almost never a “bad attitude.” I was reminded of this constant lesson yesterday with Omni.

As some of you may know and some of you may not, Omni is still very green under saddle. There is a lot that I still don’t know about him when it comes to working under saddle. His demeanor, how much push is just enough and what is too much/too little.

Recently we moved to a new barn and since this move Omni has begun to exhibit behaviors that could easily be dismissed as attitude or a lack of willingness to participate in riding. Those beahavjors evolved very quickly over the course of two rides. Two! The behaviors being a shyness to be mounted, backing at leg pressure, threatening to rear at leg pressure and finally nipping when I went to mount him the second day. Now I know him very well having raised him from a yearling and this threw up all of the red flags. I can assume from this behavior that he likely has ulcers, saddle soreness, some kind of physical discomfort OR a combination of those things.

Now I’m taking the steps to rule out what I can and get him back on track to happy and healthy. Always listen to your horse and NEVER assume that your young horse is just being naughty or otherwise less than well behaved simply because they have a bad attitude. Their brains don’t work that way. Treat your horse with respect and take care of them and they’ll do they same to you 💚

04/10/2024

04/03/2024

"I can't afford a new (different) saddle"

Shifting the focus.

Our horses, regardless of what we paid for them, regardless of pedigree, experience level or career, deserve the absolute best care.
Proper care extends well beyond feed, farrier and veterinary. It includes compassionate training, additional supportive therapies, adequate time-off for recovery, suitable turn out in a herd and properly fitting tack.

We often hear the complaint "I can't afford a new (different) saddle" which for some reason is accepted as an excuse to ride your horse in a saddle that causes physical and psychological stress.
If someone were to say "I can't afford a vet", they would be looked at as negligent, but for any other area of care the excuse is widely accepted.

The hard truth is, horses cost money. It is by no means a cheap sport, and just like with having a pet, you take on the financial responsibility when you purchase/adopt that animal.

That said, we have seen pet owners sell whatever they could to afford the veterinary care their animal needs. We have seen people save whatever they can to put towards the care of their animals, horse or otherwise. But when it comes to saddles, something that can cause an incredible amount of physical and behavioral issues, few are willing to make the sacrifice.

The narrative needs to change. Saddles are not a luxury item, they are not just a piece of tack, they are integral parts of proper care for your horse, whether you like it or not.

01/30/2024

The Grand Prix horse and the up-and-comer.

01/24/2024

01/03/2024

Got to work on this lovely lady today! Chili 🌶 first time with massage therapy. She did amazing!