Exciting News!!
Creating a relationship with a horse by waiting for a horse to start the
relationship makes a horse easy to train because you have his full
attention.
Finding The Point Of Connection At Liberty
The world of horse training today is about getting tack onto the horse to keep a horse under control, rather than seeing that this control is not needed, and that using tack slows the training process down because no foundation was given to socializing the horse to accept human leadership and developing the horses desire to learn and perform.
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Upcoming Online Waterhole Rituals Course
If your horse could talk, I bet he would say “Please, let’s take this course so we can get to know each other better, be our authentic selves, and then dance at Liberty effortlessly, easily and naturally.”
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The Versatile Tarp
I started using a tarp in my training about fifteen to twenty years ago. Since then, the work with a tarp has evolved into a variety of exercises. Ten or fifteen years ago when I was working with a tarp at horse expositions, I was known as the “blue tarp guy” as few clinicians were using this tool.
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Tips For Staying Safe When Riding In Winter
Last month we talked about being prepared for riding in winter conditions. In this article, I’ll share some tips on how to stay safe while riding in the winter.
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Good Pasture Practice With Richard Winters
PERFORMANCE HORSEMANSHIP WITH RICHARD WINTERS Recently our family has started a new...
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What Do You Consider To Be Rude Behavior In A Horse? Part II
What a wonderful response to my last blog where I asked the question – “what do you consider to be rude behavior in a horse”.
Here is my answer to last week’s question:
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To Approach Horse Training
Is my horse lazy, a brat, cranky, bored, out of sorts, not interested or rude?
Maybe none of these things are true. Maybe you feel this way because your horse is not fitting in with your plans for the day?
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Daily Wellness Check For Your Horse
Keep your horse in top health by paying close daily attention. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That old saying especially applies to your horse’s health and safety. You can head off many potential problems—or catch them early—by doing a daily wellness check. When you do a daily check, you can often catch the “little things” before they turn into serious, expensive issues.
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The Horse Master Episodes I Remember Most
Reflecting on the best of 2012: We’ve taped, edited and aired 116 episodes of Horse Master since 2008. Oddly enough, even though I work with hundreds of horses and riders each year at clinics and expos,
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