Rail and Pattern Horse

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. [...]

I hope you’re having a great summer. Summer seems to have finally arrived here in the northwest. It’s nice to spend more time outdoors with our horses. By this time you should have gotten two emails at least from me and have seen two Free Videos from Mark Shaffer. I got some feedback that one [...]

Pros and Cons of Your Horse in Full Time Horse Training with a Professional Horse Trainer In my previous post I listed three methods of  horse training and improving your horsemanship skills. The 3 methods to Get Your Horse Trained: Send them to a Professional Horse Trainer for Full Time Training Train Your Own Horse [...]

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 [...]

Hi all- I just heard about a Free webcast coming up on Lame Horse Rehabilitating. Michigan State University does some really good webcasts. Be sure and sign up early for this. http://myhorseuniversity.com/resources/emails/March_2010/Rehabilitating See the information and links below. Rehabilitating the Lame Horse Narelle Stubbs :: Michigan State University March 23, 2010 | 7 EDT | [...]

I’ve owned, bred, raised, worked with and been involved with quarter horses for over 10 years now and before that paint horses and before that a mixture of no particular breeds. I had my daughters involved in 4H and open shows when they were growing up. I got into breed shows when I owned paint [...]

Take a look at the following link to find out about how AQHA is adding Dressage to the AQHA shows: http://www.aqha.com/news/2010PressReleases/01252010dressage.html AQHA Welcomes Dressage as an Official Class American Quarter Horse Journal The American Quarter Horse Journal, January 25, 2010 – Dressage is now an official AQHA class – one in which you can earn [...]