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Have you ever stopped to consider that maybe your lazy horse really isn’t lazy but he is biomechanically undeveloped. This means that he...

When people teach the pivot to a horse whether it be on the saddle or on the ground, they tend to focus more on getting the cross over...

Using barriers can help a horse feel safe to respond with softness, vulnerability and intimacy to our physical touch.

Redirection is about helping your horse feel safe when they are anxious. Redirection is not a correction. It’s just bringing the thoughts...

Have you ever thought how many components there are to proper leading? If we break it down, there are a lot of them and it is just as...

People who say horses aren’t emotional really haven’t taken the time to be around them then as they are creatures driven by emotion and ..

Abduction-moving or taking away from the body. Adduction-adding into or towards the body. I just began understanding more of this since...

We are overbending our horses too much. I used to think being bent meant being soft, and you need to bend in certain things but being...

There is so much information out there on how to work with horses. The right way, the wrong way, different techniques for different horse...

Your horse spooks in the corner of the arena or kick out on the lunge.....what do you do? Should you react or just let bygones be...

The position of our hands holding the reins is extremely important to how we signal our horses mouths. And whether we ride English or...

The longer I train horses (which in reality really isn’t that long), I hear so many different and conflicting arguments of which way is...

Long and low....yes I know it’s a dressage term, but we need to not think of it only in that context. We need to realize all the other...

I hear it time and time again. “My horse doesn’t need to see a chiropractor, he just needs more training.” “He doesn’t need to see the...

When training for a big event that is a question we all need to ask ourselves. We need to remember that our ego is not the important...

I often get asked why I have hay bags hanging in my barn. One is that it does help keep the horses quieter and happier and gives them a...

Commitment, Communication and Connection! These are the 3 things I think are essential to building a relationship with your horse....

The one rein stop was created by the natural horsemanship world to help give riders as ability to stop a run off but, it is overused and...

One of the biggest issues I see people having with cantering on the lunge line is the horse is completely in dysfunction biomechanically....

One of my prerequisites to cantering under saddle is that the horse must be able to canter on the lunge line or at least be able to...