Continuing education

Stop striving for perfection

Sorry the posts this week are late. I was at a CEU with not enough service to upload anything. Horses learn from every interaction. They...

Are you listening to your horse?

What would your horse say about you if they could tell me?

Pain creates panic. Our horses are prey animals. As such they are masters at hiding pain. The weakest horse in the herd gets eaten. By...

Having horses is expensive. Most of us try to save where we can. Investing in good equipment and proper care is important but expensive....

A day late. Sorry. It’s hard to get life at home back in track after being out of town. Ride with Intention. I am just as guilty as...

I know change is possible because I was once that willfully ignorant rider.

Our horses are stoic creatures. They will function through discomfort because they don’t feel they have a way out. This is called Learned...

Be the constant. Don’t change everything on your horse.

Sometimes the only path forward is to backtrack

Remember your horse didn’t sign up to help you accomplish your goals.

There is no such thing as finished when training a horse. Horses learn from every interaction. I believe we have horses with higher...

As soon as you see the tiniest bit of progress, move on to something else.

Remember they didn’t volunteer for this. They are carrying us around for our gratification.

Well Texas is off her meds again. We are getting another 40 degree temperature swing with windchills making it feel like a 55-60 degree...

Horse’s revert to their owner/handler’s experience and expectation. Horses don’t stay trained forever if the training and expectations...

If you don’t show up to practice don’t expect your horse to. It is important to remember that our horses did not sign up to compete or...

Half way releasing is not releasing. It’s micromanagement disguised as a release. It’s saying here is the information but I don’t trust...