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Category Archives: Natural Horsemanship
A New World on Horseback
I am juiced to start the day after a phone call with Kathy. She called to touch base on today’s training sessions. Christa wanted to add Ebony to the list, to develop her canter transitions. We agreed it was too … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Natural Horsemanship
Tagged dressage, dressage tests, drill team, endurance, endurance race, equestrian, equine, eventing, glass ceiling, horse, horse training, horseback riding, horsemanship skills, horses, horsewomen, hunter, hunter jumper, hurdle, jumper, medieval reenactments, natural, natural horse, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, partnership, phone call, polo, polocrosse, quadrille, ride, riding, riding instructor, riding lesson, riding lessons, solid foundation, team penning, trail horse, trail ride, trailer loading, trainer, training, west virginia, west virginia horse boarding, west virginia horse trainer, west virginia horse training, wv, wv horse boarding, wv horse trainer, wv horse training
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Family Trail Ride: Horse Dreams Come True II
The family was finally ready to live their dream of a family trail ride. I trailered the ever-dependable Lucy over to join them. While the family was tacking up, Lucy and I fully enjoyed playing in an actual ARENA. Our … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Horses and Life, Lucy, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!, trail riding
Tagged english riding, ent, family horse, horse, horse for sale, horse show, horses, hunt seat, hunter, j.r.r. tolkein, jumping, lord of the rings, lotr, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, parelli, parelli natural horse-man-ship, parelli natural horsemanship, pat parelli, QH, quarter horse, tb, thoroughbred, tolkein, trail ride, trail riding, treebeard
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Horse Dreams Come True
I started teaching the Knock’s several years ago. Their dream was to trail ride as a family. When we started, they had one young, barely broke, extremely fearful Quarter Horse. Hardly material for group pleasure ride success! Stormy the been-there-done-that … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Competition...Naturally!, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!, trail riding
Tagged arbitrary rule, clicker training horses, curb bit, english riding, expos, family horse, field trips, filly, good girl, group pleasure, horse show, hunt seat, hunter, introverted personality, jumping, local show, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, natural horsemanship techniques, parelli, parelli natural horse-man-ship, parelli natural horsemanship, pat parelli, perfect husband, perfect pleasure, pleasure ride, QH, quarter horse, school horse, scritch, trail ride, trail riding, western disciplines
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Natural Horsemanship in a Sabre Skirmish
In uploading video from this weekends’ Cavalry demonstration, I noticed another example of natural horsemanship principles at work in the very unnatural setting of the sabre skirmish: Watch the grey and the palomino. Notice their riders … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!, Reenacting... Naturally!
Tagged appalachian trail, autumn, Autumn Conservation Festival, balloons, blue ridge mountains, cavalry, cavalry officer, cavalry reenactment, civil war, confidence, conservation center, conservation research center, cowboy mounted shooting, encampment, equestrian, foundational principle, free horse training video, free horse video, front royal, gallop, game, gunfire, horse, horse and rider, horse training, horse training methods, horse training tip, horse video, house for sale, house for sale in front royal, instincts, medieval equestrian, medieval reenactment, mounted reenactment, mounted shooting, mounted swordfight, mounted swordsmanship, national conservation, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, nonchalance, novice, reenactment, saber, sabre, skirmish, spooky horse, sword, unexpected places, union, va, virginia, virginia division, war horse, warhorse
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Thoughts on Natural Horsemanship and Horse Whispering
The Horse Whisperer. Both history and the pop culture notion of natural horsemanship paint an image of the silent, mystical horseman whose mere presence calms the wildest equine outlaw. By using skills invisible to the average human, the horse whisperer … Continue reading
Posted in Horse Trainer's Mindset, Horse Training Philosophy, Horses and Life, Inner Natural Horsemanship, Natural Horsemanship
Tagged advice, classical dressage, classical horse training, classical horsemanship, equestrian, equine, horse, horse trainer, horse whisperer, horse woman, horsemanship, horses, john rarey, natural, natural horse, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horseman, natural horsemanship, naturally, nonverbal communication, principle, principles, tip, tips, training
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Natural Horsemanship and Cavalry Mounted Shooting
Natural horsemanship pops up in the most unexpected places! Mark and I stopped in at the National Conservation Center for their Autumn Conservation Festival. The Center is located almost next door to Mark’s house, which we’ve been prepping for sale … Continue reading
Posted in games, Horse Training Philosophy, horse video, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!, Reenacting... Naturally!
Tagged appalachian trail, autumn, Autumn Conservation Festival, balloons, blue ridge mountains, cavalry, cavalry officer, cavalry reenactment, civil war, confidence, conservation center, conservation research center, cowboy mounted shooting, encampment, equestrian, foundational principle, free horse training video, free horse video, front royal, gallop, game, gunfire, horse, horse and rider, horse training, horse training methods, horse training tip, horse video, house for sale, house for sale in front royal, instincts, medieval equestrian, medieval reenactment, mounted reenactment, mounted shooting, national conservation, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, nonchalance, novice, reenactment, spooky horse, unexpected places, union, va, virginia, virginia division, war horse, warhorse
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Stormy Sunset
WOW! I would be speechless but the words tumble over each other in their hurry to get out. Stormy was AMAZING tonight. She could have been the poster pony for natural horsemanship! Now what made that training session extraordinary in … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Natural Horsemanship, Stormy
Tagged advice, classical dressage, classical horse training, classical horsemanship, equestrian, equine, free horse training tip, gratitude, horse, horse at liberty, horse training principle, horse training tip, horse whisperer, horse woman, horsemanship, horsepower, horses, liberty, natural, natural horse, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horseman, natural horsemanship, naturally, pat parelli, principle, principles, tip, tips, training, training session
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New Trails, New Partnership
Suzi invited us trail riding at Stoney Creek Farm when we first met Mikey, our large, lovely TB gelding. Today needed to bring home Cricket, the 6 year old appendix Quarter Horse mare. We used the extra trailer space to … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Cricket, Dolly, gideon, Monavie, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!
Tagged appendix, clickerhorse, dressage, equestrian, equine, eventing, for sale, gideon, horse for sale, horse sales, horse trailer, horse training, horses, hunter, hunter jumper, jumper, medieval, Monavie, natural, natural horse, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, ponies, pony, quarter horse, quarter horse mare, ride, riding, secretariat, stoney creek farm, stony creek farm, trail horse, trail ride, trail riding, trainer, training, west virginia, wv
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We-show Horse Show
We woke before the sun to groom and load the horses. Ours was the first trailer to roll into the horse show grounds. I hopped on Gideon first, determined to give him the slow warm-up he responds so well to– … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, clicker training, Competition...Naturally!, gideon, Lucy, Monavie, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!
Tagged clickerhorse, dressage, equestrian, equine, eventing, for sale, horse, horse for sale, horse sales, horse show, horse training, horses, hunter, hunter jumper, jumper, medieval, natural, natural horse, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, natural horsemanship horse show, ponies, pony, ride, riding, trail horse, trail ride, trainer, training, west virginia, wv
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