…and they think very highly of themselves. That’s a cool quote from an article I read recently. It was funny that I read that article right after I wrote different words to make the same point in a discussion recently about the word...
Remember Pamela the, 6 year old gaited, mare I started working with several months ago? The quick recap, you can read earlier blog entries for more details, is she was very worried and tense which caused her to want to run back to the barn as soon as her beginner...
Recently I wrote about horses who drag owners to eat grass. In response, Nell made a deceptively simple comment, “So what if your horse has a fit? – does this work both ways?” I’d replied, “Sure, if her ‘fits’ get your attention!”...
Recently this issue came up on the Clickryder group. What to do when you are walking your horse and he just dives for the grass without any thought of you. No amount of clicker training for leading nicely seems to keep the horse from running to the grass when he sees...
This is the next video I rented from Horseflix. I found it OK. Not too much that was surprising. I knew he was a fan of the picadero so I thought there might be something of use in the video regarding straightness. (The authors of Straightening the Crooked Horse...
It isn’t unusual for me to work with a client’s horse and find that I just don’t have the problems she is having. Part of it is that I come in with some better timing and clarity. But part of it is the fact that I am NEW and don’t have a long...
