Company
We had a visitor over the weekend. Pattie came clear from Michigan to see us. Well not us exactly. She had a whole list of friends, people who begged to…
Read moreThe Importance Of Kindness
Can you imagine, I know this is going to be hard but bear with me, can you even begin to imagine if we applied our positive reinforcement training to people…
Read moreRopin’ Practice
When your horse is a better roper than you are. Here, let me show you how that should be done…
Read moreUngraceful Getting Ons
Things seldom go as planned. What fun would life be if they did? I was trying to get back on Rusty, again, after he had dropped the rope and I…
Read moreRoping With Rusty
We’ve been playing with roping lately. I think every good ranch horse should know how after all! Now that he has the idea from the ground we are transferring it…
Read moreOops
Do things ever not go exactly as you had planned? In clicker training we hear a lot about training plans, and cutting things into very thin slices then working on…
Read moreLeaving The Cones
I’ve been asked how to progress with a young horse from targeting cones and walking from one to the other on to regular riding. So here is my opinion. Once…
Read moreNew Post
Harvey is such a fun boy. I’ve been busy working with him. He’s a perfect horse to demonstrate tricks for the academy. He doesn’t know them yet so we can…
Read moreHappy Habits
Abraham Lincoln is credited with saying that people are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. That sounds simple enough. People suffering from depression will tell…
Read moreLearning The Ropes
I realized I haven’t shared Rusty’s first encounter with a rope on his page! It wasn’t dramatic, just an interesting example of letting a horse say when they are worried…
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