Kaylie Eaves Horsemanship LLC

Kaylie Eaves Horsemanship LLC ✨Feel-based horsemanship trainer/lesson instructor, c**t starter, and future breeder. Kaylie Eaves is a feel-based trainer located in Sunbury OH.
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Building confidence in horse & rider through feel & understanding✨

Checkout our future stallion⬇️
🔹Spartacus De Blue🔹
Aka Spartan 💙 She focuses on starting horses under-saddle, trail riding, and horsemanship as a whole. Kaylie teaches lessons helping build confidence and students to improve their communication with their horse.

✨Sweet Laredo✨Let’s get you comfy and confident, buddy 🥰
07/07/2025

✨Sweet Laredo✨
Let’s get you comfy and confident, buddy 🥰

✨Day 3 with Juniper!✨This sweet little filly is available after she is lightly started under saddle! Please message me t...
07/07/2025

✨Day 3 with Juniper!✨

This sweet little filly is available after she is lightly started under saddle! Please message me to schedule a time to meet her!

✨ Looking back at some horses I’ve enjoyed working with and experiences that have shaped me! There are many more, but Fa...
07/06/2025

✨ Looking back at some horses I’ve enjoyed working with and experiences that have shaped me! There are many more, but Facebook only allows me 80 photos. 😂 I appreciate each horse I have worked with; each one has taught me something and helped me become a better horsewoman.✨

✨Spartan’s first horse show exposure✨
07/05/2025

✨Spartan’s first horse show exposure✨

07/04/2025

To go or not to go to a horse show tomorrow when its going to be HOT 🥵

07/04/2025

Sometimes the crash comes AFTER the stress

You bought a horse that seemed sound, well adjusted and well trained. You get it home and the poor thing is lame and crawling out of its skin.

Were you conned ?

Maybe

But there are two other possibilities

1- the horse was adjusted to a certain routine, manner and frequency of riding, diet, etc and is now struggling outside of that routine that has helped to keep going - now the horse might feel like a border collie in an apartment without enough opportunity for movement.
(lots of articles have been written about this and it’s well worth looking into)

2- the horse was under some form of stress that has now ended and turned into another -
The stress of decompressing.

Brains are wired to keep us alive. Bodies are made to keep going.
Horses are incredible survivors - they can keep going and being pretty athletic under incredible duress. They are wired to not stop and say ouch at every pain and tweak, even with lameness and developing dysfunctions - because they NEED to. They can look sound when they are under stress. All you need to do to understand this is imagine a lion chasing a horse and know they will run until they are caught or free - and if the lion is the training, the lifestyle, the expectation, they will hold together until they can’t anymore .

So then they are purchased and pulled from this intensive lifestyle and now living in the lap of luxury - they have no reason to be stressed, so we think -

Now they face the lengthy decompression period. Compensation mechanisms are falling away and the horse is left naked here. They don’t know what to do. What to expect. Everything is upside down. The compensations that have kept them tight kept them safe too, and now they are wobbly, insecure and naked.

This is where they need HELP, not just supplements and bodywork and kindness. They need time, sure, but they need guidance. Not knowing what to expect can drive a horse half crazy.

They need some form of structure. A stable herd. A stable guiding hand that can clearly show them the new ropes. Not too fast in expectations but don’t wait too long to show them the new ropes either.

Your language is likely very different. Maybe your goals totally upside down from the training they’ve had. You might be changing everything from head to toe, thinking you’re offering a soft landing, which you likely are - but think of the confusion in their upside down experience - help clarify, guide, explain, show, and support.

And of course, continue giving them supports- maybe the gut needs help right away, or some dietary changes. And of course it can take time, but there are some things that can be helped and should be helped right away.

✨Juniper working on her walk/trot, stop, mounting block, and steering skills!✨
07/04/2025

✨Juniper working on her walk/trot, stop, mounting block, and steering skills!✨

✨"I've already done all the basics…so all you have to do is get on”✨Many people who send their horses to be started unde...
07/04/2025

✨"I've already done all the basics…so all you have to do is get on”✨

Many people who send their horses to be started under saddle say this ⬆️
(Thankfully, the clients who own Ms. Juniper *pictured* and I have developed a beautiful bond, sharing similar values and training styles, and they're well aware that basics are non-negotiable—I’m not just here for a joyride!)

But those I don’t know? When I hear that statement from them, my hair stands up faster than a startled cat on a hot tin roof. It's not that trainers doubt your abilities (which would be a hit to your ego); it’s more about how, sometimes, humans inadvertently create bad habits and turn their horses into, let’s say, “selective listeners”—like that one friend who only hears the word “snack.”

As a trainer trying to harness the horse's natural instincts, it’s a tough gig when the c**t thinks humans are just walking treat and scratch dispensers with unclear boundaries. If I were a horse, I’d press the snooze button all day!

Young horses can quickly transform into bulldozers if you overdo it. And by "too much," I mean overhandling them from day one (unless there's an emergency, of course). Give them and their momma some space; they need room to learn from their herd mates. If your herd and momma are friendly with humans and well-trained, it's like giving the baby a VIP pass to the best training camp (but, you know, with a lot more neighing).

Humans often jump the gun, eager to take control. So, let's just hit pause, remember that perfection is a myth (💩 happens, especially with young horses), and find training styles that harmonize with YOUR values. You'll find it all comes together—and hey, maybe you'll even get some laughs along the way!

07/03/2025

Discipline in the art of riding -

I spent much of my time growing up learning to ride adhering to a code, and most of it was a dress code.

Boots must be polished, tack is always presented for a lesson show ready.

I found most of this tedious, though I understand the point - the lesson is to teach the rider discipline and care. I felt this was emphasized far more in riding lessons than lessons in horsemanship, flexiblity, good husbandry, and other matters of greater importance.

Personally, I take discipline to another meaning.
Discipline in riding to me doesn't mean polished boots, though taking care of your equipment does show discipline and is important.

Discipline for me as a student means:

-showing up on time and committing my mindset to learning. Not talking through the whole lesson to tell stories or waste my instructor's time

-committing to long term lessons and practicing so that I can actually get somewhere. Knowing that one lesson does not equal progress - the scales must be practiced again and again until they are proficient

-the discipline of always putting the horse first. Their balance above my goals, their needs above mine, supporting them before my own emotional needs, and never ever blaming the horse for my own shortcomings - not expecting the horse to conform to my attention span, my feelings, my personal desires. As a horse person, I am the steward, and my teacher expects this of me, and I discipline myself to uphold it.

I expect this kind of discipline from my students too - and the ones who will find joy in their results will be the ones who commit to disciplining their mindset, their actions, their body, and their awareness for the long term.

Polish your boots if you like - wear whatever clothes are comfortable to you and keep you safe. But I would much rather have a disciplined mind in a lesson than a perfectly turned out horse with a rider who has unfair expectations and expects the horse to give them whatever they ask for whenever they want it.

Address

Meredith State Road
Sunbury, OH
43074

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+19893958904

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