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Lupine Horsemanship - Vanessa Shultz

Thorough—Correct—& Humane horse training, with the horse’s well being at the core of the program.
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08/14/2024

Big Boy Dante 🤍
this fella is still available!

07/23/2024

Gorgeous boy 🤩

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July from all of us here at Lupine Horsemanship! ❤️🤍💙

07/03/2024

Always enough time in the day for some love & hugs. ♥️

07/03/2024

Beautiful ride by Caroline on this gorgeous day.

07/02/2024

🌟 TRAINING AVAILABILITY 🌟

Specializing and Offering Services For:
• Bureau of Land Management Mustangs
• Rescue Horses
• Trauma Rehabilitation
• Confidence building
• Trail Riding
• C**t Starting
• Problem Solving
• Horsemanship Lessons
• Groundwork & Communication

AND MORE!

🌟 Yes, I work with gaited horses too!

Thorough, Correct, & HUMANE methods with a natural horsemanship based approach.

Training with the entire horse in mind.

540-487-2796
Located in Staunton, VA

07/02/2024

Sometimes you just have to kiss a velvety nose. 🥰

06/25/2024

Is Francois:

Headed off to battle? Nope. ❌
Headed off to relax after his training session with buddies, fly protection, free choice hay, grass, fresh clean water? YUP ✔️

The care of the horses is EQUALLY as important to us as the training. Quality enrichment and the ability to be “a horse” is of upmost importance.

06/18/2024

One of the newbies… Francois. Umm 🥹 we love this cutie already.

06/16/2024

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.
-Ralph W. Sockman

06/12/2024

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
-Elizabeth Gilbert

06/10/2024

Caroline’s cruisin’ into the week like…

06/09/2024

This beauty is looking for a home. 🤩 more info to be posted this week!

06/07/2024

Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.
-Roy T. Bennett

06/05/2024

One of the most important pieces of having success with training horses, is how much we truly care about the horse.

The more we put the horse first in our methods, the better our results get, the longer the results last, and the more likely it is that our work will positively change the horse’s life for the better.

If we don’t truly care about the wellbeing of the horse, in such a way that their success and well-being becomes our responsibility, our work will always fall flat.

If we only care for the results and the outcome, to the point where the horse’s body, integrity, and spirit is compromised—the results won’t hold strong.

This theory goes beyond just their training or what they can do for us. It is the entire picture.

Our training program involves the entire picture for the horse. And I believe that enables us to do solid and good work. Work that provides results and makes horses happier, healthier, and better.

06/05/2024

Next Friday, June 14th. I will be at the Doswell adoption event.

If you have been interested in adopting a mustang but are looking for support or assistance in the process, now is your time.

I have availability for hauling as well as training.

Please contact me for additional information!

And thank you for considering adoption.

06/04/2024

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
-Paulo Coelho

06/04/2024

Our arena view isn’t so bad. Super grateful we have access to such a great spot to ride. Thanks Deb!

06/04/2024

"You'll have some horses in trouble that have been that way for a long time. It's too bad, but most of it is due to the human and what they've exposed the horse to.

At the end of a session working with them (the horse), you feel like you really got something accomplished; you feel real good about things.

And you go out first thing in the morning, and the way he responds to you, you feel like you didn't do a damn thing the day before, like you're starting over from nothing, and it didn't carry over. And you think, 'Why did I even do it yesterday?'

But under those circumstances, if you're not willing to go back every day and start over, you shouldn't have started to begin with, because you might have to start over a lot of days in a row before it carries over from one day to the next, or one month to the next or one year to the next.

But one day it will, if you're willing to start over enough times from zero. One day it'll surprise you, and it'll start off maybe farther ahead than you left it the day before. And that's quite a thing for both of you.

But you have to be willing to wait that out. Having had a lot of experience at doing this, I could start over 500 days in a row, and it doesn't bother me a bit. I'm going to be the same guy at the beginning of the day each day as what I was the day before.

Not everybody has that in them. I often tell people, it doesn't make any difference to me where I start my day, it makes a difference to me where I finish my day.

Did I leave things a little better off than how I started? It doesn't have to be perfect, but if but if it's just a little better off than how I started, I got along just fine."— Buck Brannaman

06/01/2024

Happy Saturday from one of the tiniest creatures at Lupine!

05/24/2024

☀️🌈ITS ALMOST SUMMER! 🌈☀️

Do you..
Love horses? 🐴
Love to learn? 📚
Love to ride? 🏇

If you answered YES to any of these then you may be interested in our ⭐️‼️Working Student‼️⭐️ position here at Lupine Horsemanship!

We are seeking a horse-obsessed person to join the team. We work hard but when I say we have a lot of fun, I mean it. 😎

This is a great opportunity for a teen or young adult that might be looking for some additional experience and a fun way to spend the summer.

Lupine Horsemanship is a training and rescue/rehabilitation facility that cares for approximately 30 horses.

Specializing in:
•Feral horses/BLM mustangs
•C**t Starting
•Behavioral Corrections
•Rescue horses

📍We work with local and reputable non-profits
Our staff is friendly, welcoming, and are part time comedians.

Duties Consists Of But Are Not Limited To:
•Bathing Horses
•Feeding
•Picking stalls/gentling pens.
•Grooming
•Turning In/Out

‼️‼️ Please note that though we have SAFE horses, we do not have beginner safe horses on average. We also have feral and reactive horses—so the ability to follow directions and safety precautions is absolutely of upmost importance.

Requirements:
•Hardworking
•Dedicated
•Good Listener
•Open Availability
•Reliability
•Confident Horse Handling Ability

Please PM with any questions! We look forward to hearing from you!

05/17/2024

Don’t forget to join us Saturday! We can’t wait to see you!

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Rain or shine, our troops serve with dedication! Don't let the weather stop you from joining us for an unforgettable day of opening ceremonies at 1030, with our colorguard and a horse performance. Then, at 1300 (1pm), watch a demonstration by Watson, a Navy Veteran, and Vanessa Schultz of Lupine Horsemanship. Thank you, Randy Riddle, for your generosity. Be prepared to be amazed by our new lineup of programs and “construction!”
New Freedom Farm, Inc.,
New Freedom Farm Color Guard
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Nick Moldovan Allison Wolf
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05/14/2024

05/13/2024

This Saturday May 18th Lupine Horsemanship will be doing a mustang demonstration at New Freedom Farm in Buchanan, VA! NFF is having re-opening event and YOU are invited.

This is a wonderful nonprofit that brings horses and veterans together for the purpose of healing.

We hope to see you there!

04/30/2024

The more you try to hoard light, the more you lose it, and the more you share it, the more you have it.
-Abhijit Naskar

04/25/2024

Caroline adopted sweet Salty Rita from Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue! We are excited to see what comes of this gorgeous girl!

04/22/2024

🪻Working Student Position🪻
Staunton, Virginia
Hours: open availability

This is a wonderful opportunity for a person that is seeking some hands on experience in the training and rescue/rehab industry.

We are a 30+ horse operation that works with rescue and feral horses of a multitude of backgrounds. We also start horses under saddle and retrain unwanted behaviors such as (bucking, bolting, rearing etc)

Ideal candidate is a committed, kind, and honest individual that wants to be a part of a TEAM. We will all work along side you.

We put the Horse first here, so it is expected that the candidate would as well.

Responsibilities might include:
• Stall or Paddock Cleaning
• Grooming/Bathing
• Untacking/Tacking
• Retrieving horses from their pastures/stalls

Benefits:
• Ride time
• Lessons under saddle as well as groundwork lessons (natural horsemanship based methods)
• Experience with a LARGE variety of different horses. We have all sorts of breeds in and out. Will also have experience with horses that are feral (such as BLM mustangs), formerly abused/neglected, etc. Horses with “behavioral issues”
• Hauling to local events

*We ride western AND English.

Please message us directly with any inquiries.

04/20/2024

04/18/2024

Let us cherish and respect these amazing animals who have been our companions throughout history, teaching us valuable lessons about trust, perseverance, and the power of connection.

The Horse who has given us strength in moments of weakness, who has been our friend in times of loneliness.
Who has carried us when our body was tired.
The Horse who has taught us patience and expectation.
The Horse who has humbled us, as well as made us find our confidence.

We owe it all to them.

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Caroline’s cruisin’ into the week like…

Our arena view isn’t so bad. Super grateful we have access to such a great spot to ride. Thanks Deb!

Getting this youngin out on the trails.

I really need to get back on my A game with updates. There has been many horses in and a couple have gone home. However today I wanted to post about this newbie, Tonto. Today was my first session with him and he did really well. Tonto’s owner made it very clear that he was not a fan of water. Today we worked on that after our session. I find that it helps get the horses liking to be sprayed off after they’ve got a nice sweat on them. When a horse is really timid of the hose I like to get them used to the water in an area that allows them to move around. A lot of times folks will tie the horse up to get them used to something. Such as fly spray or even in the wash stall to be sprayed, but I find that sometimes this makes the horse feel extremely vulnerable as it eliminates their escape route. I worked briefly with desensitizing the airspace around him to the hose. Meaning I didn’t go directly to trying to spray him off. Instead I spent time spraying the ground near him and getting him comfortable to that. Once I find the horse fairly comfortable with this I then move to spraying off their topline area. I save the feet for last as they are the most valuable aspect to the horse, typically their most protected part of their body. After about 5-10 minutes he was willingly standing to be hosed down. Looking forward to seeing this guy blossom.

And we roll on...

I’ve introduced many horses into new herds. This was different. If you saw former posts you’ll know that Winston has lived many years alone. Some horses can handle it—SOME. Most of them cannot. Really though, they shouldn’t have to. When Winston first came here about a week and a half ago he was literally awestruck being able to smell the other horses and see them interacting in a herd setting. I’ve kept him alone where he can see the horses but not touch them, then moved him to a location where he can touch noses. He was literally mesmerized by their smell and just being that close to them. I didn’t want to just throw him out with the others. From what I’ve experienced sometimes a horse that’s lived alone for so long actually loses their social skills. They may pick fights they don’t intend or send the wrong message. Winston also was overall very anxious of his surroundings. I didn’t want to put him in a herd and have him automatically get beaten up on for these reasons—anxiety, lack of social skills. The alpha of the herd is typically (hopefully) one that doesn’t want any unnecessary nonsense. You’ll notice the alphas will pick on or reject the horse that rings the alarm excessively or causes a lot of drama. If you know the story of The Boy That Cried Wolf, you’ll understand why. If a horse is constantly telling the herd “there’s danger” but there really isn’t. They become a threat to the others. So the alpha will typically try to knock some sense into this over dramatic, panicker. Usually this comes in a form of discipline, redirection or leading by example and completely ignoring the horse’s behavior. I didn’t want Winston to go into the herd being a ball of nerves. That basically would put a big sign on him that says “Look at me, I’m a hinderance! Kick me, kick me!” Sometimes this is an OK situation as you can rely on the other calm or neutral horses to help bring the horse’s anxiety level down

So i left ...

20 minutes. I sat on a mounting block for 20 minutes while Winston anxiously tracked around the roundpen. I don’t ask him to move out, I keep my energy low and yet he still just moves out and starts doing this. So, I just sat and waited until he was done sorting through his emotions. It’s not 100% certain why he is anxious about me being in the roundpen. It could be that he previously was taught to just frantically run around in one, that he feels anxious in a working environment, or that he just flat out thinks this is what I want. Either way, I just waited. I wanted one of two things to happen: 1: for him to slow up some or stop 2: for him to become inquisitive Eventually he slowed down and came in to see me. I quietly got up and left the roundpen. Sometimes training doesn’t look like much. It’s not cool pictures of horses doing handstands, or sliding stops or rearing on command. There’s no being drug across the arena, or rope burns and arms being ripped from rotator cuffs. It doesn’t look “cowboy” or exciting. Sometimes it’s quiet and uneventful... but sometimes those moments are some of the biggest moments to the horse. We reward them for peace, for try, for growth. So when Winston showed me in the slightest that he was gathering his emotions, whatever they were... I left him alone.

Stormy. Anxious, nervous, but has a good heart. Stormy is young and unfortunately spent most of his life living inside a stall. Not only is that an extremely unhealthy lifestyle for a horse but it also keeps them really sheltered and they don’t get to see much, literally. He’s really uncertain about so many things but he has a heart of gold. We’ve had a heck of a time getting in sync and on the same page when working, simply because he is borderline mesmerized by all of the happenings. Today was a huge breakthrough for him and he was far more focused on me and had his head in the game. This video shows him turning in to face me when I run up to catch his eye. A good indication that the horse is aware of me and being considerate of my whereabouts and also not being rude by turning his hind end to me.

This little guy had a rough first two days with the saddle. He’s insecure but also can be a little snotty and needs to learn a lot more about the rules of life and how to do this “horsey thing”. He’s made a leap towards better behavior today and I’m happy for him. We can only go up from here. Good job buddy.

Lilly is getting really efficient with this trilling business!

We’ve been progressing on Nevada’s ability to trot out. She really had zero understanding of leg aids when she came here. Today I had a helper, Karlye assist with being my passenger. Basically what we did was work together to simulate a rider moving her forward and out off of leg cues. It’s a safer method with me on the ground as it enables me to be able to redirect her feet in the event that she has any sort of explosion or needs my help. It’s a unique approach but it’s working for Nevada. Tomorrow we will build on this and hopefully getting her moving out completely without any ground direction at all and just the rider. A big shout out to Karlye who is a good sport and willing to help out with this! She’s a beginner to horses and did marvelous remaining calm and confident.

A little video I put together to show Nevada’s progress and some work we have been doing today. She’s really chilling out to the noises and stimulation of me laying on her and rubbing her all over. You can see how much lighter she is on the halter now when she is asked to flex at the end of the video.

I’ve basically been starting Nevada over from ground zero and working my way up. This helps me to find any “holes” in her foundation that will answer the questions to why she has explosions under saddle. She doesn’t appear to have much understanding of pressure on the halter or how to “connect” her halter to her body. Today we worked on a yielding exercise that not only teaches her to face me, give me two eyes and move her hindquarters away from me when I approach her it also helps keep her soft on the halter. I don’t want her bracing on me when she passes through. Keep an eye on the slack in the lead rope. You will see that I apply pressure and send her forward, if she does not respond to the pressure on the halter I then begin tapping on the shoulder or applying pressure there, encouraging her to move forward. Once she moves on I will then look at her hindquarters and step towards them, asking for her to yield them away. I then follow through with the stick and string by spanking it on the ground to encourage her to swing the hindquarters away and keep softness on the rope. The goal is to be able to do this exercise with no stick and string to aid her in understanding the pressure on the halter and responding to body language.