Commanding their will, rewarding their try, and learning effective communication through awareness, intention and softness in all we do.
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Located in Pleasureville, Ky My YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2fj0b3ljUpO7FuOGLz_pvQ
Someone went on their very first off property adventure last week! Firefly has fully decided she likes to adventure and be out on trails. She did so well with riding in the trailer and being out by herself in an unfamiliar environment. Can't wait to continue the progress!
Big things happening here! So very proud of Tracy Tumminello as she has taken on this project and trusted the process to bring along this mare! I can not wait to see where they go and looking forward to continuing along the journey!
Out here getting ready to ride in the New Castle parade! We’ve got our Hay Chix net for our snack during the waiting and a trailer to hide in if it decides to downpour before we get going at 1 and glitter because you’ve got to have a tad bit of fun!
Perfect home found! Thank you to all who shared, liked, and commented on this post!
Unicorn Alert: Phoebe Jeebe
🦋 8 year old
🦋 Mustang mare
🦋 Approx. 15.2 hands
🦋 Divide Basin WY HMA
🦋 Currently located in Pleasureville Ky.
Phoebe does it all. I don't quite know where to even start with her abilities.
She rides English and western, ba****ck and bridle-less, snaffle or halter; she has excellent ground manners, she is always easy to catch in the field. I have done all of her training from the ground up and she has been my go to mare for the last 6-7 years. I simply do not have the time to maintain her as she is an easy keeper.
🦋 Barrels, poles, jumping classes, county shows, obstacle courses, extreme cowboy races, and trail rides are just some of the courses we've done over the years. She has been a part of parades and at one time even been the only horse in the parade with the sirens and people. She travels and trailers well, she enjoys her snacks while on the road. She is one you can leave for a period of time and pull out of the field to the same horse every time.
🦋 She has been ponied off of, she has been given lessons off of, she is trustworthy enough to give someone her stop cue and she will come screeching to a halt if she even thinks you want a halt. She rides out with a group and alone with no issues. She ties and stands for the farrier and enjoys baths/grooming. She was my main mount when I worked at the stockyards pushing cattle all day. She has had some cow experience and is willing to face one and push it around.
🦋 She knows her front and hind end yields, she side passes, solid walk trot canter, halt and backing is phenomenal.
I will include video links in the comment section.
I will be selective on where she goes as she is one special horse. Asking 9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
"Softness in all I do"
What does this mean? This statement is only a portion of the motto behind LT's Borderless Equines. We aim to create Awareness, Intention and Softness in all we do.
What does this look like? I have been coming to the realization that it really is a lifestyle, a daily commitment and something to constantly improve on. It affects more than just horsemanship and equine related activities. As I've been traveling the last week or two I have found that it works with other species as well. How many times do we lovingly force our cat to "be" with us when they're just tolerating us and leave as soon as they can? How often do we give in to the mindset of must touch or pet an animal because of the cuteness factor even if they're clearly giving off elusive vibes?
Softness comes across in the horsemanship world by being firm as necessary but as light as possible to start out with, being aware of something that may cause the horse to become uncomfortable, and having the humbleness to recognize that there may be an issue and look into the root cause. So many times we forget to pay attention to the small things which over time become bigger and bigger issues.
There is such joy for me in helping both people and horses discover the softness possible when we pay attention and become more aware and intentional in how we do what we do.
When a person has an awareness of what they may be doing wrong or something that may cause an issue down the road, they are able to become intentional with their actions or changing those actions for the best outcome. Finally we can all become softer in how we ask our horses to complete a task.
Cats appreciate this approach as well when they know that they have a bit of a choice. I always consider it an absolute honor when a standoffish or nervous cat makes the decision to be present with me and allow me to give them snuggles. Same goes for nervous horses, the minute they make the decision to trust that I am a good leader and will stay consistently soft throughout their temper tantrums or emotional outbursts, they begin to consistently show softness throughout their body as well. It is something I will never take for granted, an honor I hope to never lose, and a privilege I hope to share with others.
-LT.
Happy Memorial Day weekend! There has been a lot going on behind the scenes here at LT's Borderless Equines. Hope everyone enjoys a safe and fun weekend!
New Business cards!! So So excited to get these from VistaPrint. Huge thank you to Sarah Serfling and Atma Equine for the help and advice on getting these printed up! Can't wait to hand them out!
Shoot me a message if you are interested in more information!
Prepping for leaving this Thursday for the Equine Roundup in Cloverdale Indiana! Come see us if you're in the area!
Guess who is headed to their very first off farm adventure in one week?!?!?!
Firefly is coming with me to the Indiana Equine Roundup to participate in a few of the clinic sessions. She has been working hard to build confidence under saddle, this was one of her first times with the big heavy saddle and as you can see, she was incredibly unsure. Disregard my running commentary as I was talking to someone during the video.
This could also be applied to mares. People do not like mares because they're "fussy", or they are "opinionated", they are "witchy" or any number of other terms. Mares appreciate having an opinion on things which can make them both fun but can also be a bit of a pain. They are the ones that will be a partner willing to jump through fire and try anything for you if you are kind. Working with mares is a challenge but well worth earning their trust and respect.
This is how it begins. The stuff of dreams, Circa 2019. LT's Borderless Equines has been built from the ground up by the LTBE team. It started out with a grant and has been slowly gaining traction as the years have gone by. We are so grateful for each and every one of the people who have believed in our goals from the very beginning and the clients that help make this possible. Now we offer two stalls as well as pasture turnout with run in sheds available in each pasture. If you are interested in sending your young horse for starting under saddle, your older horse needing a tune up or your horse with behavioral issue for training, please send a message! Thank you for coming along on this journey!
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You simply have to start with doing the best you can with the information you have. If you're facing an issue that you're not sure where to start getting help with in your horsemanship journey, I would love to talk with you.
Happy International Womens day! May we all keep in mind that impossible is simply a viewpoint. Changing the perspective a tiny bit sometimes is the key in that the things you may find impossible are actually something that says "I'm Possible". Continue reaching for your goals!
Happy Spring from the LT's Borderless Equines team, We've all started shedding here in KY even though the weather can't seem to decide between warm or wintertime.
Has spring fever hit for you?
Would there be interest in an event hosted locally offering a Born Wild event featuring Todd Pierce with Riding High Ministries? I am playing with the notion of hosting one of their Born Wild events which is a weekend event where Todd comes out to work with a quarter horse who has not been ridden or saddled before and shares the Gospel while relating the similarities between horsemanship and our relationship with the Lord.
Here is a link for more information on their site, https://www.ridinghighministries.org/about
Would you consider attending something like this?
What area would be ideal between Shelby county, Henry county, and, and Crestwood?
Do I have anyone with an indoor arena who would be willing to offer the use of it?
I would need to locate a few young quarter horses with no additional training other than being halter broke between the ages of 2.5 - 4 years old.
Shoot me a message if you think you'd be interested either in more information or with resources or ideas, this is something that will be planned for spring of 2025.
Happy New Year!
We are just in love with these photos from Lang Gibson!
If I have worked with you in the past year, would you consider leaving a review of your experience with LT's Borderless Equines?
I have so enjoyed working with each of my clients over this past year and would love to get a bit of feedback on things you'd like to see more of or things I can improve on!
Thanks for following along this past year and looking forward to another year!
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Years!!
Wishing you all the best as we wrap up the last of 2023; so grateful and thankful for all of the clients and friends gained in the last year!
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Happiest of Thanksgiving to all my peoples out in FB land! Cordie was a rock star out at the annual Turkey Trot this past weekend. Huge thank you to Cavallo Hoof Boots for keeping her rocking and rolling out on the concrete! Also big thanks to Sarah Azbill for helping us keep Cordie moving well over the last couple months!
Tracy Tumminello has been working hard to get Cordie fit and sassy and we couldn't have done it without her!
Ricco Tumminello was our support driver and guard person against any dogs who might have wanted to take a bite out our rock star. Thank you for helping keep us safe out there! :)
Counter Canter Designs is the halter and lead of the day and we love all of their products!
Happy Saturday folks!!
We're enjoying the last little bit of the sunshine and daylight! Hope your weekend is full of ponies and quality time!
Happy Friday Folks!
🐝🍂Do you believe in you? Do you think you are worthy? Do you think you have what it takes? The truth is that you do have what it takes. You are worthy. You do have the strength and the courage and the skills it takes. But you know what?? Those things mean nothing if you do not wholeheartedly believe in yourself and what you are capable of. It is time to stop listening to fear. It is time to start believing in you. -- Walk the Earth
It has only been in the last year or so that I've really started believing in myself. Huge thank you to each and every single client I've been blessed to work with over the last year, I can't wait to see what plans God has in store for the future!
Remember the video a bit ago where I showed an exercise of sending your horse through the gate as a confidence building exercise? Here is another way to utilize the same concepts. Firefly is learning about going over and through the water without crowding me or rushing. Every time she tries or thinks in the right direction I take pressure off whereas when the thought is backwards or towards me for reassurance I'll redirect her nose in the direction I'd like her to go. My guess is she is a mud puppy at heart.
Slow and steady wins the race! She is figuring out steering and how to not run peoples' legs into panels.. So excited to see where she goes!
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Tracy Tumminello
So much has happened to get to this point.. Pretty monumental day for these two right here.. I am so incredibly proud of the two of them there aren't enough words. This was Lou's 3rd ride and Tracy Tumminello was the first person other than me to jump on board. Can't wait to keep going through the winter and show up with a dang good pony come spring!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Hello to all my fantastic followers! I am looking to see if there is anyone near Union Ky who would be interested in booking a session with me? I have 2 open slots and would love to come give you a hand with whatever horsemanship or riding skills you would like to improve on. If you or someone you know would be interested, please send me a message!
I specialize in working with horses exhibiting behavioral problems as well as young horses, restarts, tune ups, and mustang gentling. I use natural horsemanship methods and take into consideration your horses' particular temperament and personality when developing a plan of action. I would love to work with you to help you and your horse achieve your goals, shoot me a message!
Ride number two in the books last week!! Baby Lou is growing up rather well; we worked on forward, steering and stopping. I couldn't be more thrilled with how she is coming along!
Tracy Tumminello
Oh boy was it a great weekend! Fabulous Phoebes and I were the only ponies in the Eminence Day parade and with this being Phoebes' 2nd parade ever I wasn't sure quite how she would do all by herself. She rocked it and I couldn't be more thankful for my big girl!
I would love to help you! I will come to you and together we will work out a game plan to get your confidence growing, your leadership skills shining, you and your pony communicating well and I have faith you can achieve your goals! Let's do this together, shoot me a message and let's talk!!
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We made it! Indiana Equine Round Up here we go! #foundationscount #aqha #takingthetimeittakes #doingitright #horsemanship #naturalhorsemanship #changeinplans #mare #babylou #lacybootsatwork #haychixhaynets #ltsborderlessequines Lacy Boots, LLC Hay Chix
Guess who is headed to their very first off farm adventure in one week?!?!?! Firefly is coming with me to the Indiana Equine Roundup to participate in a few of the clinic sessions. She has been working hard to build confidence under saddle, this was one of her first times with the big heavy saddle and as you can see, she was incredibly unsure. Disregard my running commentary as I was talking to someone during the video. #mustangsdoitbest #mustangs #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #horsemanship #onestepatatime #takingthetimeittakes #doingitright #mare #western #lacybootsatwork #ltsborderlessequines
Fun with Firefly back in July 2023 #ltsborderlessequines #naturalhorsemanship #lacybootsatwork
3rd ride and first assisted trail ride for baby Lou!! Tracy Tumminello
Remember the video a bit ago where I showed an exercise of sending your horse through the gate as a confidence building exercise? Here is another way to utilize the same concepts. Firefly is learning about going over and through the water without crowding me or rushing. Every time she tries or thinks in the right direction I take pressure off whereas when the thought is backwards or towards me for reassurance I'll redirect her nose in the direction I'd like her to go. My guess is she is a mud puppy at heart. #onestepatime #doingitright #groundwork #unicornintraining #dun #sulphurhma #pondtimes #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #creatingpartners #ltsborderlessequines
Teaching her to come get me off the fence will help us all out after a long day on the trails down the road with how tall she is looking to be! I'm going to post a little video showing the behind the scenes to this video on my youtube channel if you're interested in checking it out! Lacy Boots, LLC Tracy Tumminello #lacybootsatwork #creatingpartners #AQHA #onestepatatime #doingitright #filly #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
This is how I love to see when I'm getting a young one bridled in the earlier stages!! Lacy Boots, LLC Tracy Tumminello #AQHA #Filly #doingitright #lacybootsatwork #creatingpartners #onestepatatime #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
Slow and steady wins the race! She is figuring out steering and how to not run peoples' legs into panels.. So excited to see where she goes! Lacy Boots, LLC Tracy Tumminello #aqha #filly #firstrides #doingitright #onestepatatime #creatingpartners #unicorninthemaking #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
Ride number two in the books last week!! Baby Lou is growing up rather well; we worked on forward, steering and stopping. I couldn't be more thrilled with how she is coming along! Tracy Tumminello #AQHA #filly #firstrides #doingitright #creatingpartners #onestepatatime #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
It's Friday!! Hopefully there's some R&R time with a pony scheduled into your weekend! Enjoy this clip of my girl Phoebe rocking and rolling! #HeebyJeebyPhoebes #bay #mare #mustangsdoitbest #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
An exercise I like to play with for all of my animals is sending them through, over and around things before me. This is something that comes in handy when you're loading on a trailer, when you've got multiple horses you're leading at one time and a tiny gate, when you've got things in your hands that aren't going to fitthrough the gate in addition to your horse.. This exercise helps to build a horses confidence while also helping them to follow a feel on the lead. I like to play with this to see where a horse is at in their training and see if I can't find a hole or unconfidence as we go. Thanks for watching! #ltsgoldenfirefly #mustangsdoitbest #onestepatatime #doingitright #Dun #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
Why is trailer loading such an issue? Trailer loading becomes an issue when it is rushed and forced or someone ends up injured and has a fear factor which makes them nervous about the trailer loading process. Here Firefly has never been in a trailer short of when we picked her up wild, she has been walked past the trailer multiple times but we hadn't asked her to come in before this video. Before I asked her to even consider stepping into a trailer I asked her to step up on a bridge and walk across it to set her up for success when it came time to step up on a closed in something that made noise. Set them up for success with little manageable steps and proper prepwork, it really does make all the difference! #LTsgoldenfirefly #Mustangsdoitbest #dun #mare #onestepatatime #doingitright #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
What do you see? Here I'm asking Lou to do a specific task that in essence is really quite simple but was hard for her at the time. Can you tell what I'm looking for? I am asking her to just walk nicely around on the circle, she is busy and wanting to go faster than a walk in the beginning of the video. Every time she went to pick up the pace, I asked the HQ to disengage and sent her off again with a low energy level. She needs to know when it's time to turn up the energy vs bring it down and walk based off my energy levels in preparation for riding in the very near future. Thanks for watching! #AQHA #filly #youngsters #quarterhorse #doingitright #onestepatatime #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #ltsborderlessequines
And we've got a first sit for the baby Lou! It felt right for everyone involved so with a deep breath we climbed aboard. She really has a great brain and I look forward to developing her further as we continue with her training! Lacy Boots, LLC #AQHA #filly #lacybootsatwork #naturalhorsemanship #filly #youngsters #firsts #doingitright #quarterhorse #onestepatatime #ltsborderlessequines
Baby Lou is growing up! She has been wearing the big girl saddle and learning about how to respond when wearing a bridle. She is going to be a great partner down the road! Lacy Boots, LLC #AQHA #filly #naturalhorsemanship #lacybootsatwork #ltsborderlessequines #onestepatatime #doingitright #quarterhorse #youngsters
Throwing it back to the best boy. Casper was my draw for the 2021 Appalachian Trainer Face Off. We discovered he did really groundwork really well in just a neckrope so here we were playing with a few ideas. #HOPTEAMCASPER and I placed 7th overall and he has a fabulous home now. The Appalachian Trainer Faceoff is happening again this year August 17th-19th in Winfield WV. If you would like more information everything can be found here: https://appalachiantrainerfaceoff.com/attend/ #HOPTEAMCAPSPER #FueledbyExcel #onestepatatime #naturalhorsemanship #HeartofPhoenixEquineRescue
Ever wonder why animals sometimes pick certain people? The term one person horse, one person dog, one person etc, what makes an animal stick with a certain person? In thinking about this, I think it has to do with what energy we put off. There are people who visit the AirB&B here at One Goat Farm and none of the animals will have anything to do with them whereas there are other people who arrive and the cats will not leave them alone. The horses do the same thing. Our energy either attracts or repels alot of things around us whether that be animals other people, or mosquitoes... I think our energy also affect the people and animals around us in terms of activity levels. Ever see a horse that is chill one moment and the second a higher energy person gets on their back its like they've forgotten how to walk? Or a dog that most times is really laid back and theres people who bring out the hyper side of them? Our vibe attracts our tribe. I've been blessed to somehow have been picked by this fussy little cat who makes me feel like an absolute heel if I ever dare to leave the farm for any period of time. She is my buddy and I love her round little self. Enjoy!
Repetition... Over and over again you're doing the same thing.. usually till you feel like a body part or three is going to fall off. Here I'll be throwing the saddle up and pretending to go after the cinch on the other side as if I was going to cinch her up. She is not ok with the whole process and until she is I have to keep repeating the process until she figures out that I am not going to eat her for dinner with a side of saddle and a cinch for dessert. So if you need me I'll be here with one arm trying to fall off while throwing this little saddle up 87,986,341 times until we're ok. #mustangsdoitbest #Dun #lacybootsatwork #mare #sulphurhma #goldenfirefly #tag8621 #partnerintraining #unicorninthemaking #fueledbyexcel #naturalhorsemanship #onestepatatime #ltsborderlessequines Lacy Boots, LLC
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