How are your horse’s ground manners? Are they respectful of your space? Do they back easily? Can you move their body parts independently? Can you easily halter and bridle your horse? These all sound simple and they should be. But often we aren’t picky enough with our horses and we allow them to be pushy or lack of a better… Read More
Training
Useful Tricks to Teach Your Horse
Tricks are so fun to teach your horse, but how useful can they be? Mostly, I feel like tricks are simply a fun and expressive way to play with my horse. But did you know some can actually be helpful and useful for your horse to know? How about your horse picking you up at the mounting block? Or backing… Read More
Mastering the Sidepass
A horse with a good sidepass is a beautiful sight to see. To me, it’s amazing how horses coordinate all four legs to move laterally and fluidly underneath them. The horse is a born athlete. But sometimes it takes some training and skill to get our horse to understand what we are asking of them. Have you struggled with having… Read More