Beating Hearts Horsemanship

13/04/2021

13/04/2021

Fund Raiser Clinic rain or shine location will change if it rains

13/04/2020

So true!

28/03/2020

22/03/2020

ASK JONAS!!!

So since we are held up at home, we are going to create new way to stay in touch. So if you would like to ask Jonas any tips or tricks, or ideas of how to handle things post them here and we will do our best to get you answers!

22/03/2020

Hey everyone, with the events that we are facing in life today, we have decided to suspend the weekly tips until we are able to continue to make them videos. They swam to be way more popular and better for all. We look forward to getting them back up and running as soon as we can. In the meantime we will find other ways to continue to engage with you all. We are praying for the health, and protection of you all! 🙏

19/03/2020

Tom Dorrance & Ray Hunt are 2 of Jonas’ biggest influences. Here is an interesting article about them for everyone to enjoy!

https://horseandrider.com/.amp/western-horse-training-tips/changing-train-26619

The legacy of Tom Dorrance reaches beyond natural horsemanship and into the world of performance horse training.

16/03/2020

We are excited to announce we officially have a YouTube channel! Please like, follow, and share!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOSK6IF_39mngY6ri32W5cg/

15/03/2020

It’s time for Jonas’s weekly tip. This week we decided to make it a video, we hope you enjoy it!

One of the first steps of horsemanship is to get your horse to follow the feel of lowering their head down. It helps them to relax and become your partner. I believe it also helps the human become more aware of their horse. Even if you do nothing else, doing this exercise daily will help you become a better rider in the saddle.

05/03/2020

Weekly Tip from Jonas. Do you have an image in your mind of how you want your horse to be? Let's take and break that down into little steps on how you can get your horse to fit that picture. Through the upcoming weeks, we will be posting things that you can do on your own to help you achieve that mental image. We are going to start with catching your horse. The Picture in my mind of how to catch my horse is, I want my horse to turn and face me when I approach then drop and turn their head towards me.
So, we will start with this and discuss what you can do to teach your horse so that they succeed. This will take some time, but just remember, the great Monty Roberts once said, "If you try to do it in 15 min it will take all day. If you take all day to do it, it may only take 15min."
When you walk in the stall and the horse stands there and looks at you, stop for a moment. Then walk up to the horse nice and easy. If, the horse turns away from you do not enter the stall and make sure you stay out of the kick zone. Then make a clicking/kissing sound to the horse, if the horse then turns and faces you that's good. Stop and wait for a moment. If the horse does not turn and face you, you will want to have a lead rope or lunge line and pitch it at their hip to get their feet to move to start to turnaround. If the horse takes a step, that’s good enough, stop, and wait. Then click/kiss again. If the horse looks at you or takes a step to turn and face you, stop and wait. Keep doing this till the horse turns and faces you. Now once you have this established, you will want to do this every time you go to catch your horse. Now PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, take all the safety precautions you can to protect yourself. Stay out of the kick zone. Position yourself to where if they charge you, you can close the stall door to protect yourself. Next week will discuss how you can train your horse to lower its head and hold there for you to either put your halter or bridle on. Please like and share this post for all of your equine friends.
Thank you,

04/03/2020

Coming shortly, we will start posting a weekly tip from our Clinician Jonas Miller. Please like and share and invite all your friends to join us in learning how to better communicate with our equine friends!

01/03/2020

Jonas working with his buddy/protégée Steven and his horse Polly.

01/03/2020

The first of many clinics!

01/03/2020

A big thanks to all who attended our first clinic! Pictures and Video of it will be posted shortly!

01/03/2020