Tips, resources, and articles for horse owners, trainers, and everyone who recognizes the unique and precious gift that is the horse. Great resource materials for owners, equine ministries and Cowboy Churches.
Trapped is trapped, whether caused by a halter and lead rope or the jaws of a mountain lion. Pulling back when hard-tied can be a life and death issue for your horse. What surprises some folks is that horses pull back because they get rewarded for it. The reward is freedom. Every time a horse sits back and escapes
The first time I turned our horses out into the grass pastures at our Texas ranch I wondered, “Will they come back?“ Most of the relationship (training) work I do with horses is at liberty, meaning they don’t have to participate if they don’t want to. I want to earn a horse’s attention and deserve his willingness. Liberty work sometimes
Sometimes a horse’s honesty is hard to deal with, especially when the message is that my teaching ability stinks like 3-day-old fish. It’s easy to feel like a failure, or worse, blame the horse for a less-than stellar lesson. That was yesterday, one fabulous lesson followed by two sour puckerish rides. It was tempting to feel frustrated or believe that
Horse have powerful jaws designed to rip and tear. Horses that bite are dangerous. Owners know that, but don’t know what to do about it. Biting is a symptom of a different problem. Respect plays a part, but so is helping your horse build confidence and security. In answer to a reader’s inquiry about a biting issue I identified
“The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.” – A.W. Tozer So TRUE! I’m guilty of confusing familiarity with normality. In my mind, a horse with physical or other issues can slowly go from abnormal to normal, from crooked to “straight for him.” He’s
Animals see you. The real you. They read your spirit, your intentions, and know your heart. As a child I trusted animals and sought their company. Growing up, I took a stake in the heart on the few occasions an animal didn’t immediately fall in love with me. Critters were my safe place, my comfort zone, my friends, my family.
Relationships always have a beginning and progress much like a dance, the continuing process of action and reaction. A round pen is like a chance meeting – once eyes meet something significant happens or an opportunity is lost. How eyes meet sets the tone for the rest of the interaction. If someone held your head and forced you to look
Is your horse an obedient and devoted pony at home but a total space cadet at shows or on the trail? Does your confident game-playing round pen partner morph into a strange monster when you saddle up to ride? Does your horse show up every day exactly the same as you left him the day before? Lots of horse
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