A few benefits you will gain from practicing this lesson is how to communicate with your body language, how to get your horse to wait, your horse learns to come when called, and that your horse can move away when you ask him to. Sounds Good! If you have any questions please post them.
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Horses test us and build our character through their innate nature and natural instincts by how they respond to us. One of the ways they test us is by how we approach them. However, the rudder is lost in how to learn what a horse has to teach us if a horse is forced against his will to respond differently from his natural instincts. The path is lost in how to grow spiritual awareness, compassion, and wisdom.
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It is amazing to me how approaching a daily connection with my horses can make such a difference....
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Here it is what I promised you, a REAL lesson at Liberty. The “how to” portion of the lesson will...
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Over the last 15 years I have worked with many blind horses, probably three or four dozen. Most have been blind in one eye, and some totally blind. Through practical experience I’ve found that when a situation like this happens, the horse wakes up one morning and can’t see and life goes on. Unlike the human reaction where we, with our mental processes and rational minds, understandably fall apart until we come to terms with it.
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In every clinic that I teach, there are riders eager to canter; all they want to do is canter-canter-canter and maybe work on lead changes. Then there are those who want to canter but dread it, especially with 15 horses in the pen and everyone watching;
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There’s a lot to being a trainer’s horse. You have to be well-trained and know your role. Julie Goodnight just brought home a new AQHA horse named Eddies Pick. Here’s his story of what it’s like to be the boss’s horse and how life changed when he happened upon the Goodnight ranch.
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Feeding horses by hand is a pet peeve of mine and I want to talk about it in detail, giving the pros and cons and why I am against it. In the horse industry there are a lot of people who hand feed their horses. It is a way to have communication with the horse, a way of showing affection and a way of accommodating his needs. It is a loving moment. On the other hand, some horses begin to expect the treat and become pushy and aggressive, crowding into the person’s space.
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I train horses and conduct horsemanship clinics for a living. My job requires that I ride numerous horses on any given day. By this time in my career, I suppose I have ridden thousands of horses. These horses have ranged from un-started colts to backyard pleasure horses to the finished bridle horse.
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In this month’s article, we are going to discuss some tips for teaching your foal to lead and how to begin sacking him out. This will lay a solid foundation for the work you will do with him for the rest of his life.
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