Why do you have a horse”? “Why have you chosen this particular horse”? “What would you like to be able to do with your horse, in other words, what are your goals”? These are the three questions that are asked of everyone who requests me to help them with their horse...
YOU MUST USE ALL PARTS OF YOU BODY TO AFFECT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE HORSE BECAUSE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS REQUIRE DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS. To get control of your own body is ESSENTIAL so you can put resiliency in any part of your body when required...
Prior to the smartphone era when folks actually talked to one another in person, generally speaking, about eighty-five percent of the conversation was non-verbal...
Most folks think that starting the day with their horse is when they are mounted and starting to do whatever activities they had planned whether it be work, schooling, relaxation or entertainment...
Your greatest responsibility is to have the horse trust you. Trust means not being afraid. It is the easiest thing to lose, it is difficult to regain once lost, and even if you do get it back it will not be as good as it could have been at the beginning...
First and foremost, the horse is, by nature, a flight not a fight creature. That is why he is built the way he is. He is also neophobic, which essentially…
The rider must sit balanced on each side of the horse with equal weight on each seat bone (unless the rider is using his weight as an aid) and the hands must not be hanging to the right or the left...
If you can straighten the horse, he will get into a better mood and will feel better about the whole aspect of training...
Aids are the language through which a rider communicates his or her requests to the horse so that a conversation can be carried on between them for their mutual benefit...
The three principal entities involved in developing true horsemanship are the coach, the student, and the horse. You must have synergistic integration of all three to achieve success. There can be no missing links. Here is a concise summary of what I think each of them contributes to the whole....