Natural Horsemanship gurus of all methodologies and followings have a tendency to employ this method to control run-away horses, to promote suppling and basic control over green horses. Most will also tell you it is the “must have” emergency parashoot to instill in your horse because, after all, you never know when he might go crazy. Yes, it is …

I’ve received several requests to write about my impressions of Clinton Anderson and his Down Under Horsemanship… but the truth is that if I were asked to give my impression about every clinician out there my blog would be full of the same repetitious posts warning of salesmen. In my mind, not only Clinton Anderson …

I really prefer having things told to me straight, don’t lie to me and then give an excuse as to why you couldn’t tell me the truth in the first place. That is why I strongly dislike this common and popular tool of Natural Horsemanship and feel it is of greater detriment to horse and …

Perhaps I have been watching too many liberal documentaries… or maybe just maybe I’ve been stewing at these ideas for a while and they are finally coming to a boiling point. Yes, I think it is the later of those two which is the truth for me. What kicked off my feelings today was in …

Natural horsemanship has been a method of which great expansion has occurred over the last 15 or so years. We have seen it flourish into a great marketing enterprise for many clinicians and expounded for the amazing feats it can accomplish. I myself have a background in natural horsemanship thanks to one of my first …

Ah, the old adage, “Less Is More.” It somehow manages to bring about reminiscent feelings of bliss in me.  How is it that we so often fall off the wagon and work so hard for so little reward? What did we get into riding for to begin with? Was it for the glory of winning …

We are still running through lots and lots of video taken over this weekend from The Core Workshop, which was put on at Awareness In Riding in Milton, Wisconsin. Many thanks to those who showed up, it wouldn’t be a workshop without participants! I also want to thank my wonderful camera ‘man’ (my mom). This …