Rima makes progress (part 3)
(You can read the previous posts about Rima here and here.) Rima is making very good progress with her feet. When she first came she would not allow her feet […]
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Willie learns to canter
Willie came to me in the Fall of 2012 for a couple of months. Willie was a 14 yr. old appaloosa who did not understand what was expected of him […]
Simple Voice Commands
Teaching your driving horse simple voice commands and learning how to present those commands clearly makes for a much safer drive. It takes a little time and practice but once […]
Getting the horse to go forward
This filly is pretty stuck on her friend who is tied to the wall at the left of the screen. She blocks and evades my requests to go forward at […]
Being big, being small
A lot of people aren’t very aware of how they move around their horse or how much their body language impacts their horse. I remember talking to a student one […]
Watching the feet
In Chapter 4 of The Better Deal, we discuss a really simple practice that is so often overlooked when working with horses: watch the feet. Here’s a brief excerpt:
