Welcome to the next leg of our horsemanship journey. To recap what we’ve covered so far (or if you didn’t start at the beginning) here are the previous posts: Horsemanship The Easy Way – Learn some basic truths about how horses perceive the world around them and how to use Read more…
The best way for us to effectively communicate with our horses is to just “speak horse”. If you could learn to speak your horse’s language, teaching him what you want him to do becomes so much easier. What Is Your Horse’s Language? Horses communicate with each other through body language. Read more…
Don’t consider yourself a horse trainer — just a rider? Wonder why you need horsemanship training tools? You just want to ride, compete, rodeo, or whatever discipline you’re into, right? Well….the truth is, every single time you interact with your horse, you are teaching him something (i.e. training), whether good Read more…
October and Halloween are upon us. I’m sure you have plans to go on a Halloween trail ride, or to a horse show with a costume class, right? When we owned the RV park and stables, we always had an October event that included a horse & rider costume Read more…
Think About It… Let me start with a basic horsemanship question. What seems more logical to you — 1) that a 150-250 lb human has a realistic chance of controlling a 1000+lb horse by sheer brute force; or 2) that a human has the intellectual capability to out-think an animal Read more…