Would you like your horse to walk up to you to be caught or at least look at you and turn to face you when they see you coming? How you catch your horse (or not) says a lot about your relationship with him. If you...
Jet has been going really well and I thought it was time to get him out there competing. So we went to a little evening dressage competition. He did super well and I'm so proud of him! He was very well behaved overall and didn't mind the...
Jet has been doing really well. We have done a bit of hacking, jumping, schooling and groundwork. Now when it gets dark early I have mostly had to ride him in the dark in the evenings. Apart from when we have been out hacking. We do...
Jet is doing very well and I like him very very much :) Especially because he is so different and I have always liked different! I have never ridden a hackney before. So I find training him very interesting. Unfortunately most of the time I ride him...
This is pretty much our last ride in a bitless bridle. Not that he is never going to be ridden bitless again. He definitely will be! Just that in his training he is now ready to move on. You can put them back bitless anytime...
Wouldn't it be nice if your horse would stand like a statue for you to get on? Stand completely still till you ask them to move. Even if you want to or need to stand there for 10 minutes. I have mentioned many times before how much...
After a few more days of groundwork with a saddle on it was time for Jet's first ride with me. He has already come such a long way. Has learnt a lot and is so much calmer than he was when he first came. I always want...
After four days of groundwork with Jet it was time to put a saddle on him for the first time. Any horse I get for training either breaking in, retraining or just bringing back to work I always treat them the same. This means that...
I teach all of my horses how to flex their head and neck to their belly. I want them to bring their nose to the area where the girth and stirrups are if they are wearing a saddle, if not then just to that area...
"You are so lucky to get to work with horses and make a living out of what you love. I wish I could do something like that." I don't know how many times people have told me that and how many times I have told them...