Training Tips
Slow & Right
This Training Tip is brought to you by the power of “Slow & Right”! Taking the time it takes, not rushing things and allowing the horse to be in charge […]
Set It Up & Wait
Once you & your horse have made it past the “flight, fight or no response” stage, you will start getting results by asking your horse to yield to pressure in […]
Lightness
From a teacher’s point of view, one of the hardest things to teach is FEEL: Closing one finger at a time, starting with Phase 1, allowing the horse to drift, […]
Purpose Driven Horsemanship
I would like to challenge you in this Training Tip to join me in the pursuit of purpose-driven horsemanship. Next time you warm up your horse, ask yourself: “why am […]
Prepare For The Unthinkable
Can your horse load into the trailer when you ask him to? (Imagine having to evacuate or take your horse to the vet in a hurry…) Is your horse vet-savvy? […]
Phases
Let’s clean up your phases! Can you have an attitude of “don’t make me pick up the stick!”? Or “do we have to go there?”! I would like to […]
Backwards & Sideways
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard Pat Parelli say: “The better your horse goes backwards & sideways, the better he does everything else!” Backing and going […]
Frustration
This Training Tip also has to do with frustration. We have all heard the saying “Frustration begins where knowledge ends”. What can you do to get less frustrated around horses […]
Steady Pressure
I would like to challenge you to improve your Porcupine Game. As Pat Parelli says, the Porcupine Game is the most “under-used” Game of the 7 Games! The nice thing […]