Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Favorite horse trainers
The trainers that I really admire are Stacy Westfall www.stacywestfallhorseblog.com and Buck Brannaman www.brannaman.com/ I was very lucky to get a chance to attend one of Buck's clinics. He taught me a lot and is an excellent horseman. I also love Stacy Westfall. Her connection with horses is amazing and her bareback bridle-less ride in 2006 is mind blowing! Her is the video: http://youtu.be/TKK7AXLOUNo
Best Horse Training Book
I highly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Horse-Behavior-Problem-Solver/dp/1580175244 I am not quite finished with it, but it has taught me a lot already. Not a waste of money!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Jumping Sugar!
Riding young horses
Riding young horses, can be a challenge. Remember to be soft. Young horses are more likely to spook, because there is a lot of news things that they haven't seen before and new things are more than likely to be "scary" to young horses. If your horse does happen do spook, stay calm. Walk him/her softly to the unfamiliar object again so the it will become familiar to the horse. You may have to do this many times before the horse finds out that the object is not out to hurt them. You may even have to let the horse sniff it.
If you ride a young horse into a pasture, be prepared for it to maybe jump sideways or spook. Things like birds and especially deer can make your horses jump. Remember to keep this in mind when riding in a field.
And also remember, horse may have an urge to run or do silly stuff in the field. Why? I think of it this way. Say if you were locked in one place. (for a horse it would be one specific pasture or stall) And, you never left that place. Suddenly, someone takes you too a wide open place and you hadn't been in a different place in a month. Wouldn't you want to run and do cartwheels? So horses that have been in a particular place for a while, may feel the urge to run and buck. If your horse gets out of control so much that you are unable to handle it, I would try to calm your horse down. Then you can dismount if you have to.
~Rachel <3
If you ride a young horse into a pasture, be prepared for it to maybe jump sideways or spook. Things like birds and especially deer can make your horses jump. Remember to keep this in mind when riding in a field.
And also remember, horse may have an urge to run or do silly stuff in the field. Why? I think of it this way. Say if you were locked in one place. (for a horse it would be one specific pasture or stall) And, you never left that place. Suddenly, someone takes you too a wide open place and you hadn't been in a different place in a month. Wouldn't you want to run and do cartwheels? So horses that have been in a particular place for a while, may feel the urge to run and buck. If your horse gets out of control so much that you are unable to handle it, I would try to calm your horse down. Then you can dismount if you have to.
~Rachel <3
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