What do you do when you have a couple of young horses booked in to be started under saddle that need to do a 3 hour trip to get there but had never been on float before? In October a client had two young horses (Luna & Iah) booked in with me to be started …
The other day whilst I was driving through town, I came up behind a float with a horse inside that was laying against the center divider and as we approached the round about the horse’s rear disappeared – I held my breath and it came back up again but then the horse lent against the …
Discovering Feel Quantum Weekend at Winchelsea Victoria on 23rd – 26th August 2019 at Burong Equestrian Center. Covering a number of tasks both online and ridden to help us discover the importance of what we are saying to our horses through our tools and making sure our message is clear and congruent to what our …
What does a safe partnership mean for you and your horse? I have been running a number of these events around the country and have been enjoying meeting lots of new ladies and their horses. They have been getting fantastic results through being able to better understand their horses, read how they are thinking and …
I am very excited to welcome Eclipse into my team! Eclipse was bred by the Nudae Team in Beaudesert QLD. She is out of a Stockhorse x QH Mare and is by Nudae’s beautiful Gypsy Cob stallion, Agincourt Lightening Lord. In April 2015 I was invited to halter train Nudae’s youngsters and this is when …
How you go about doing a task means much more than just getting the task done. Sometimes I see people get so over focused on getting a task done, they forget about the lesson in the task. Try breaking your task down into smaller steps to help your horse understand what you want and you …
For me as a horse trainer, confidence is an issue I deal with every day. Hopping on horses that I don’t know, and ones that have known issues can really play on your confidence and it is so important to me that I keep my confidence right up there, not only to keep myself safe, …
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If you never give your horse a choice, they never get the chance to choose to be with you. It’s a wonderful feeling when you take the halter and lead rope off your horse and he chooses to stay with you….It can be heartbreaking if they choose to leave….but then if they decide to come …
Today I want to share with you some insights as to why we tend to lose confidence with our horses as we get older. If you are one of those ladies who used to hoon around as a kid and do all sorts of crazy things on your horse and you are feeling frustrated these …
It is the release that teaches the horse and it is the offer that gives them the choice. Giving your horse the chance to make a decision in everything you ask him to do will exercise the logical part of his brain, creating a calm, thinking horse. Make sure you are giving your horse clear …
