Question- Which Horse Training Online Videos Would You Like to See?

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 of the videos was hard to hear. I’m sorry about that. Live video feeds can sometimes be that way. I’ll try to make sure the future videos are a bit louder. I also got some feedback from one person that they could not see the videos at all. If you have any issue then be sure to download the current version of Adobe Flash and that should take care of the problem. Now I have a question for you. I am busy working with Professional Horse Trainers to bring you more online video horse training in workshop format. I’d like to provide what you want so please let me know which type of training you would most like to see from the following list. Western Pleasure Western Riding Horsemanship Showmanship Lunge Line Trail Hunter Under Saddle Please just send me an email at railandpatternhorse@gmail.com and tell me your top 2 or 3 types of online horse training you’d like to see. Or you can go to my blog post and give me some feedback as well. This is the link to my blog post : HorseTrain

The Real Meaning of Ride Your Horse in Western Pleasure

Ok maybe it’s just me and you haven’t fallen into this particular horseback riding trap…Or maybe you have and just don’t want to admit it. What’s the trap? Read on and find out…

You love your horse and aren’t sure how to really get them finished for a particular riding discipline for example western pleasure. So as a responsible owner you send them out to a Professional Trainer to be trained. Read more

AQHA Video with Alex Ross and Mike Moser

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 done and very clear. I highly recommend you get a copy for your library.

You can find it here on the AQHA site. They don’t really make it too easy to find and had I not rented it and watched it I would not readily buy it. But trust me this is a great video and whether you have a quarter horse or another breed, if you want to ride in the western pleasure class this is well worth your while.

http://www.aqhastore.com/store/product/7049/DVD-S%26S-WESTERN-PLEASURE-HORSE/

Your Horse Can Read Your Thoughts

Well that’s not exactly right. Your horse can’t read your thoughts but he can and does read the energy in your thoughts.

It goes like this. Each and every thought you have carries emotional energy with it. This energy begins at your subconscious level. As your sub conscious mind has a feeling, thought or sense  emotional energy is already attaching itself to it.

It it this energy that communicates with your horse. Before you ever even think of giving a physical or verbal command your horse is already responding to this sub conscious energy.

Think of it like water that is beginning to boil for your cup of coffee. The water is hot long before you actually hear or see it begin to boil. So if you try to touch the water, you can still get burned.  ( I know, not such a great example, but it was the only thing I could think of at the moment.)

Your training for the show pen begins in your sub conscious mind first!

If you want your western pleasure horse to move slowly and correctly then your subconscious mind needs to do the work before your body gets in the picture.

Zips Chocolate Chip and Chips Hot Chocolate Stallions

Ann Meyers who owns Zips Chocolate Chip and Chips Hot Chocolate will share tips and strategies on breeding your horse the first week of December.

She will also share information about her stallions to help you in choosing the next sire of your champion foal.

Look for upcoming details for this great opportunity in a tele-seminar.

Sit Deep in The Saddle

Have you been told to sit deep in the saddle and try as you might you can’t figure out what they mean? <--more--> I have! So this week when my trainer told me to sit deep in the saddle and I felt like I was dropping my butt down as deep as I could…I asked the question.

Now just what do you mean when you say sit deep in the saddle? How do I do that?

His answer; when you bring your shoulders back it automatically puts your butt deeper in your saddle. Well you know I had never thought of it like that. So I tried it! And it worked.

Sometimes we just need to hear things in a new way for them to sink in.

Horse Owners Be The Eyes for Each Other

My Friend Kevin Patton came over last night to visit with me. Since we both love horses naturally we headed out to ride and play with my horses. We watched each other and yelled out tips when we saw something that the other could improve on.

My husband does the same thing for me. Just having another set of eyes to tell you what something looks like and how you can improve it is very important when you’re riding.

At the end of our playtime  I couldn’t help but think that we can help each other out a lot with achieving our horsemanship goals. It doesn’t always take a trainer to tell us what to do, it just takes another set of educated eyes to help us along.

I encourage you to help your friends, be their eyes and you be theirs. You may be surprised at how much you can accomplish on your own.

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AQHA Shows the Western Pleasure Gaits

This is a great video from AQHA on the Western Pleasure Horse. Even though it is a 2006 video the principles are the same. Take a look at it.

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Michael Davis Horse Training

Michael Specializes in American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses in all Rail and Pattern Performance Events.

Michael has mentored with multiple world show winners and top trainers: Mark Shaffer, Charlie Cole, and Michael Colvin.

Michael has coached multiple clients to their own World and Reserve World Championships. His Business Motto : listen to the client and coach them to achieve their goals and desires. Customer satisfaction and customer first is his priority.

Michael is currently training quarter and paint horses in the Puget Sound Region of the Pacific Northwest. If you would like to get in touch with Michael Davis you can email him at(  Cowboymike72@yahoo.com) .

This is a video with Michael Davis on a One Hot Krymsun mare at the 2008 Reichert Celebration. Michael Davis with only a week to connect with this mare did a great job at this major show.

Winning Your Class Begins with Choosing the Right Horse

Showing to win begins with choosing the right horse. Read more

Working Your Horse on the Ground Helps Identify Problems

I’ve found it helpful to work my horses from the ground so I can see what they are doing. When I see how they respond without me on their back then I know what to expect when I’m in the saddle.

If they are doing what I want them to, moving correctly without me on their backs but don’t when I’m in the saddle then I can be pretty sure the problem is mine and not theirs.

But if they don’t do it correctly without me in the saddle then I can be pretty sure it’s their problem and not mine.

This way I know which one or both of us I need to focus on fixing.

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