Hands up who lunges their horse and either instantly or within a lap or two, tell them to trot?
Now keep your hands up if you also start trotting your horse within seconds of sitting in the saddle to ride.
Mmmm.
Desensitization In Training
Work Ethic In Horses
What Is Trick Training?
A Quiet Mind
I have spent many years trying to tell people about what is a soft horse or what is a horse like when he feels okay. It’s always been a struggle to put these ideas into concepts that have meaning for people. But when I really break it down to the essentials I realize I am just talking about a horse having a quiet mind.
Mentoring Ellen Kealey
Being a good mentor is the highest of achievements any of us can hope for. It's like the Nobel Prize of Horsemanship. What is our life's work worth if we can't pass our knowledge on to successive generations? Being a good mentor is the most important thing we can ever do for making the lives of horses better.