Putting Your Horse At Risk is Bad Horsemanship
My number one, numero uno, de facto is that I never ask my horse to put himself in harms way for me. But not all equestrians follow this motto. Quite to the contrary, many put their…
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12 Important Things Horses Have Told Me and Taught Me
1. Work with your horse within a commitment. It is the foundation you build your house on. ( My personal commitment “To put the well being, health, and happiness of the horse as the foundation…
The Dilemma of Human Want
I often get called upon to talk with abused horses and the training/rehab of the abused horses is a subject I could talk about for a very long time but today I want to discuss…
Objectification Is Why Horses Are So Easily Abused
How often is it argued, that a human cannot force a thousand pound animal to do something it doesn’t want to do? An argument to defend against an accusation of abuse. But the physical comparison…
Finding Balance In Dressage
It can be easy to lose balance in Dressage and end up pursuing one extreme trait of the discipline or another. Perhaps you’ve been working hard to perfect your lateral work and forgot to notice…
What is your commitment?
Rolex has come and gone for this year. I am in awe of riders and especially horses that can endure such an athletic feat. There is a heady excitement at show grounds at such a…
Missing A Beginning : Why Most Horsemanship is Doomed to Fail From the Start
Horsemanship on the other hand is as confusing about where to start and where to end, let alone the order in which to proceed, to students and teachers alike. To be brutally honest most teachers are just guessing their way through, while students wander through frustrations, injuries and brick walls they cannot overcome.
Why Starting 2 Year Olds is a Bad Idea
To me it seems obvious enough why the average age is 2 years for horses entering under saddle training, why many riders and trainers balk at the thought of waiting until the horse has grown to 4 or 5 years (or later) before saddling them and sitting on their back for the first time. I can see the reason why, but I don’t see it as a justifiable excuse.