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Tag Archives: circle work

Rima makes progress (part 3)

July 28, 2014by girasol

(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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training observations

Willie learns to canter

July 28, 2014by girasol

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 […]

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training observations

Simple Voice Commands

July 23, 2014by girasol

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 […]

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driving, training observations, videos

Getting the horse to go forward

July 23, 2014by girasol

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 […]

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training observations, videos

Being big, being small

July 18, 2014by girasol Leave a comment

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 […]

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book excerpts

Watching the feet

July 18, 2014by girasol Leave a comment

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:

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Millerton, NY
phone: 1-845-518-9376
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