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Horseback Riding Well that’s not exactly right. Your horse can’t read your thoughts but he can and does read the energy in your thoughts. To achieve success with your horse your horse back riding begins first in your mind. It goes like this. Each and every thought you have carries emotional energy with it. This [...]

Western Pleasure Horse To ride and show your horse in the western pleasure class it’s important to understand what the western pleasure gaits are and what they look like. AQHA has released an excellent video showing these gaits. This is a great video from AQHA on the Western Pleasure Horse. Even though it is a [...]

All Around Horse Winning Your Class Begins with Choosing the Right Horse Showing to win begins with choosing the right horse.  Often we try to make the horse do the event we want them to  rather than choose a horse who is born with natural talent for the event in which we want to compete. [...]

Get Your Horse Trained…3 Methods With over 25 years in the Horse Industry I’ve seen 3 main methods used to get your horse trained. Buying an already trained horse is not on this list. Let me explain why: First of all no horse is ever 100% trained. They need continual training and reminding of how [...]

In his book Horses Don’t Lie Chris Irwin has this to say about how we affect our horses behaviors. “In other sports, if you’re not having your best day, it doesn’t bother your equipment. Your golf clubs don’t care if you slice and your surfboard doesn’t care if you fall off. Horses, however, care intensely. [...]

Horses Abandoned Due to the Economy « On The Scene « FOXNews.com By Claudia Cowan Across the nation, a staggering number of horses are winding up at animal shelters, either relinquished by their owners, or seized by animal protection officers. At the SPCA in Monterey County, they’re seeing a 5-fold increase – 20 … On [...]

I just watched this AQHA Video with Alex Ross and Mike Moser and its an outstanding video. These two show you the difference in movement of a good western pleasure mover, why and how their conformation affects their movement and then go on to show us some not so good movement. It is very well [...]

Over lunch at a recent horse show with Northwest trainer, Jerry Pelikan our conversation as you might expect went to the client and trainer relationship and the need for satisfaction on both sides. Jerry shared with me his view on the relationship and what works for him so I asked him to share it with [...]

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