When You’ve Tried ‘Everything’
He was stunning as he ran into the ring at the sale barn. A long lanky mustang. Legs for miles and as thick as tree trunks. A flashy sorrel and…
Read moreBrave Harvey
We can not reinforce a horses fear. Massive writers block so end of story. Mostly. We will never make a horse more afraid by rewarding them when they spook. All…
Read moreThe Shower Curtain
Harvey is learning to jump through hoops. It may not look like it here, but trust me on this. Today we added a little extra something to the hoop. I…
Read moreJumping Through Hoops
We’ve all seen the picture of the pony jumping through the hula hoop right? Well this is the start of our version. Obviously Harvey needs something bigger than a hula…
Read moreHead Down From A Distance, Rusty
I think Rusty has Harvey’s distance beat.
Read moreRewards Instead Of punishment
In the horse world, peoples biggest mistake when trying to teach their horse something new, is usually forgetting to reward. We ask for a step. The horse gives the step!…
Read moreBridleless
Riding without a bridle is not the huge difficult undertaking that many people make it out to be. It is a simple, safe, practice that anyone can and should experiment…
Read moreTreat Manners
Everyone knows that hand feeding horses teaches them to bite! This is one of my favorite subjects. How is it possible that something that can teach manners and establish healthy…
Read moreBeyond The Dummy
Rusty has been practicing on the dummy. He decided that after all that hard work he was ready to try the real thing. He missed his loop but don’t we…
Read moreMore Colors
We’ve gotten to work a couple of times on our colors. Rusty is good but not great at choosing the right color when asked. He is getting very good at…
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