Favorite Things Friday

Here is a little hack. When you need to soak a horse that doesn’t like a soaking boot or you don’t have time to watch them, get 4x4 gauze sponges. Soak them in your desired soaking solution (we use oxine). Get some plastics wrap and secure the gauze sponges on the hoof with the plastic wrap.

Quality slow work creates smooth work at speed. Too often in our slow work we wander. When we wander, we allow the horse to lose straightness and slip into poor postural habits. Many of he behaviors we don’t like in our horses can be corrected with slow work focusing on straightness and good posture. Even spending 15-20 minutes of thoughtful, intentional walk work can make huge changes in your horse in just a few weeks.

There are some things domesticated horses must do to exist in our world.

You won’t hear me arguing about how much the heat sucks. I spent 12hrs in Satan’s butt crack working today. I took three showers. I went through three sets of clothes including bras. It SUCKED. I had ice cream at 4 in the afternoon and laid on my bed after a cold shower giving myself a pep talk about not dying and convincing myself to get dressed and get back outside.

June Master Zoom Recording

Favorite Things Friday

A day late

We need to be less focused on the end goal and more focused on each step of the process. When we become too focused on te end result we skip steps and push the horse to hard, too fast. This will eventually create more problems we need to fix.

Thursday, June 20, 7p cst

Wait for the correct transition. Don’t rush just to get to the next gait. If the transition is poor the gait will be poor. The transition...

Teaching Takeaways Sand Hill Stables Part 2

Ohio was beautiful in the spring. I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with horses and riders at Sand Hill Farms.

Teacing Takeaways Beausoleil Farms

May Master Zoom Recording

Favorite Things Friday

When we identify a habit in our horses we do not like, we want an instant fix. We want the behavior to go extinct now.

Not everything your horse does requires a response from you. That is a hard concept for us. With the mindset that we must address everything, the horse gets shut out of the conversation.

Favorite Things Friday

Short and sweet.