I hate running. I am, however, on week 332 of running, walking, or hiking 3-5 days a week. I generally get in 12 miles of running a week.

During our zoom we talked about gear for hot weather. Here are links to some of my favorites.

Recipe for training a horse:

Wednesday 7p cst

I wrote this for my Facebook page several years ago Headset - It’s not about the head... Some of the most common statements I hear are: “I’ve been working to get my horses head down.” “This horse is high headed.” “My horse won’t keep its head down.” (During my lifetime I’ve used those statements. Then I realized that mentality was my problem.) I want you to replace the above statements with the following: “I’ve been working to get my horse’s back up.” “My horse is blocked

For those days that seem hard. Nothing is going right. You feel like you aren’t making progress. First, remember learning is hard. Second, remember you are ahead of everyone who has already quit. Quitting is easy. Anyone can do that. Not quitting guarantees you are a winner. 😘. Not everyone is strong enough to continue the learning journey. Tomorrow will be better. Find the message of opportunity to learn in the mess.

Practice Pause

Don’t drill your horse. Three to five minutes, three to five reps. Take a break, change the exercise. The horse doesn’t have to get it “right” before you quit or move on. Learning comes with mistakes and they don’t have to stay at school until they have it perfect. We would not do that to a child who is learning. Drilling rarely creates anything but stress and anxiety. Stick to your 3-5 and walk away.

I apologize for my absence and appreciate everyone’s patience. If you are distracted, don’t expect your horse to be focused. If you can tell me what is happening outside the arena, you aren’t focusing on the task in the arena. If you can’t keep your focus in the arena, don’t be upset when your horse can’t either. Your horse needs a mentor. If you are constantly looking for boogeymen then your horse will expect to find them. If you stay focused and confident; your horse will f

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Tarrin Warren is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

For almost 15 months I’ve been dreading this day. In my head I imagined all the things that could go wrong. I’ve told myself I couldn’t do it and probably shouldn’t. I wasted a lot of energy over 15 months being anxious.

Loading foals. These aren’t the best video but they were in our security camera.

Your horse protects their engine. Their hind end is what gives the flight and they also use it to fight. A horse yielding it’s hindquarters to you is entrusting you with their safety. They are giving up control of something vital to their survival.

Your horse doesn’t want fight with you. If they are getting emotional and looking for an out, they don’t understand the information, they aren’t strong enough or they are painful.

If it feels like you have to start over every time your horse gets a break because of life, there is a problem. Either the training wasn’t good or the horse is painful.

May recording

There is a fine line between pushing too far and not pushing far enough. If we push too hard we can shut our horse down, create anxiety about what we are trying to accomplish, and drive our horse away from us. If we stop too soon, we can teach the horse that when they get stressed we stop which never helps them learn to deal with pressure. How can we find that line?

Grass isn’t free. It takes maintenance, mowing and spraying. That costs money in diesel, oil, hydraulic fluid, filters, grease, repairs, sprays, etc. To keep equipment running and pastures maintained is expensive. I spent 5 hours mowing today. Jaedon spent two hours working on equipment and another two hours mowing. That was only three of our 11 pastures/pens. Just in labor, that’s $720. I spent $200 on diesel. We used oil, hydraulic fluid, grease all that have to be replac

All of our horses have loose salt added to their feed. Sometimes they eat it all. Sometimes they don’t.