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Writing has been super challenging for me lately. It’s usually not hard. I’m going to be trying videos instead until my nervous system regulates to its normal level of chaotic function.

I spoke with a student this about the evolution of riding. We first teach kids to be still on the horse. Kids often start out as too busy on their horse’s back. It gives the horse a lot of mixed signals. The horse has to choose to ignore the busyness or get anxious.  In my case I rode equitation which required us to sit like statues on our horses. We go from too busy to too stiff. What we need is right in the middle.  The middle is where we learn to feel the horse’s movement

I attended my 4th or 5th whole horse dissection last weekend. I have dissected horses from 4yrs old to 25yrs old. All had been ridden. The common thing among all of them was the joint damage.

Safety is important for our nervous system. It’s important for the horse’s nervous system. If we don’t feel safe, we can’t learn. We don’t sleep well. Our gut gets messed up. Our sleep is messed up. Hormones get messed up.

One common thing I hear from students is, I ran out of time.  Trust me I get it!  The problem with horses is that they do need time and consistency. That doesn’t mean you have to work them an hour everyday (unless you have competition or distance riding goals). It does mean you need to be intentional in your daily interactions.

I’ve been training horses for close to 30 years. Every 5 years I reflect on my previous 5. If I can’t look back and see areas I’ve improved, then I need to stop. So far it hasn’t happened. Looking back, it’s easy to see how about 60% of my wrecks could likely have been avoided. I can see how much I’ve learned in just the last 5 years.  I put a lot of time and money into continuing my education every year. There is always something new to learn.  As a trainer, my horses often

Train with chaos. I find that too many of us train in “sterile” environments. There is no clutter. Everything is quiet. We make sure there is nothing that will spook our horse. We obey barn rules like no running, no jumping, hang up the hose, etc. We act completely shocked when we haul our horse away from their sterilized environment and they get overwhelmed and anxious in a new environment with chaos.

End of year Freebie. One of my favorite gifts I received this year. https://amzn.to/4qpM2H9

End of year freebie. While we need to keep improving ourselves and developing our horses, once in awhile you need to make your inner child happy. Take a gallop. Braid some manes and tails. Have a spa day. Dress your horse up for the holiday. Take a trail ride. We need to enjoy learning and the training process, but sometimes we need to feed our inner child.

End of year Freebie. Yes, a day late Don’t live in the past while you are working your horse. Leave the past in the past. If your horse had a good session yesterday, remember it fondly but don’t compare today’s session to it. You will only get frustrated if they don’t reach that level again. Meet the horse where they are that day. If your horse had a bad session yesterday, forget about it. Don’t walk into today’s session expecting the same problems as yesterday or you will ge

It is hard to believe we are only 9 days from 2026. I have immensely enjoyed mentoring all of you on your equine journey! I can’t wait to see what 2026 brings for everyone. I hope everyone will be able to enjoy time with family during this holiday season! My dad is coming to visit so I’ll be taking some down time. There will be sporadic blog posts but please use this time to revisit some from the year and watch the video exercises and Master Zooms. January lessons are 2/3

Favorite Things Friday

December Master Zoom Recording

Yes a day late. Sometimes life just gets busy.

When you start them young, new things don’t have to be traumatic. All my horses get blankets when the temperature swings wildly. It keeps them from over eating and under drinking which is a recipe for colic.

Good chilly day all! I know the holidays are in full swing and everyone is busy. I do need to give some friendly reminders. Invoices for lessons are due on the date of or before the first lesson of the month. I will start applying late fees if not paid on time. Lesson package discounts are for those committing to improvement by taking multiple lessons per month. You have 31 days, in most cases, to use the lessons or lose them. I have had a lot of serial cancellations the las