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.

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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.

Literally…..

Alright. Life is hard and so is technology. I started the zoom. Talked to Lisa. Evidently my internet cut out and I spent 15 minutes talking to myself.

Well 2026 is turning into a whirlwind. I’m just along for the crazy ride. I am booking about 80% of my normal lesson load for June. I’m still regrouping from my Dad passing and trying to plan his services in July. If you have not booked June yet, message me ASAP. July I will have limited lesson availability. I am out of town 6/29 -7/16 and 7/21-7/25. Reach out to me to book July. I will be booking August in about 3 weeks. I am waiting for my husband to get to his new worksi

Short Notice! I’m trying to get my life back together.

730 days of consistency. If you buy a new horse, it’s going to take 104 weeks for them trust you and feel secure. That means showing up on the good days and the BAD days.

Just for fun, try sitting still for 3 minutes and focus on one object. Do not let your mind wander, only think about the one object you are looking at. Can you last three minutes? Next, sit at your computer and type a letter to your spouse about your last vacation. While typing start thinking about your last ride on your horse. Could you continue the letter when you let your mind wander? Now, try sitting at your computer practice tying your shoes but have someone giving

If you have conditioned your horse and created a good foundation for where you are going, new things should not be a fight. If you are fighting with your horse over new skills, stop. Evaluate. Are you expecting too much too soon? Did you skip a step? Are you expecting your horse to complete a task they are not fit enough to do? Are you being clear? Are you pushing too hard?

Riding is hard. If it were easy, everyone would be experts. Getting on the back of a large flight animal takes some bravery. Sometimes we have to be braver than we want to be. Horses can only respond to the information they are receiving. That includes our emotions. Sometimes we have to be more persistent than we want to be. Horses will challenge us when they feel confused, insecure or our request is hard. There will be days when we have to push past and through the r

Why isn’t buying a foal cheap? I’ll attach post 1 at the bottom. Foals sometimes come out and everything is perfect. Sometimes they come out and we have issues to resolve. Sometimes they are here for a bit and need some support. Foal 1 this year struggled with nursing. While she didn’t create an additional expense, it took several hours of investment. If I billed those hours, getting her nursing and stable cost about $375. That’s just day 1. She developed a terrible case o

Our attitude has a pretty big outcome on a session with our horse. Monday wasn’t good for most of my horses. Tuesday it stormed, so I opted not to work them because I didn’t want the storms to create a repeat of Monday.

I love these clinics! It is fun to see a like-minded group of people get together and learn. The conversations and comradery are an added benefit. This is a safe environment to learn more about the inside of your horse and figure out how to influence your horse with training to build what we are learning about. I love those that bring their horses and gets hands on experience. The auditing option gives people opportunity to observe and decide if they want to participate

Yesterday was a tough day. The horses had a week off due to my anniversary and lesson schedule. I moved some horses and cows around to utilize our grass better. I had one of 4 horses act like they had a brain.

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This past weekend we even learned about breeding mares through AI. Link to clinic dates below