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Book Review: Tom Moates - A Horse's Thought
I could empathise a whole lot with Tom Moates' first book, Discovering Natural Horsemanship- A Beginners Journey - I could certainly see a lot of common ground between his initial cluelessness as a latecomer to the equestrian party and my own and if I cringed in places it was as much at memories of my own ineptness as his own honestly documented ( Read more... ) -
Rehab and trainer FAIL?
As many of you know, my mother and I recently rescued a 16hh Curly mule from slaughter.
'Josie' was used by the Amish to pull farm equipment before being sent to the auction house. She's roughly 9 years old but looks more like twenty. She has scars in different places on her body where harness straps would go.
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All of Parelli's videos and whatnot are overly expensive, so I was wondering if any of you can give me basic games to play with my horse? I look them up on the internet, but most of them are in poor quality.
So, I thought some practical advice from you guys would be great.
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I need some advice to just know if I'm doing this correctly. I'm riding an old mare that a lady rescued. She hadn't been ridden in awhile and since her owner hadn't known how to ride and didn't get lessons but still rode her, the mare thought she was in charge ( Read more... ) -
Silversand Clinic, May 2009
A couple of weeks ago we went on the first of our regular Steve Halfpenny clinics for this year.
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Some Ray Hunt tributes
Eclectic Horseman has a bunch of tributes to Ray Hunt which are full of stories about things people learned from Ray that I found interesting and thought provoking. -
Busy, Busy!
Things sure have been busy at my barn ( Read more... ) -
Introduction
Hey everyone,
My name is Chuck McDonald, I'm a professional trainer and horsemanship instructor based out of California. I'm just coming onto the clinic scene and thought I'd introduce myself. Primarily, I'm using LJ as a place to post about my mustang, Reba. I'd like to copy my primary entry here, it should explain what I'm all about. If you've a ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: If I Were To Train A Horse - Jack Brainard
Jack Brainard is a trainer who specialised in reining but after sixty years at the top of the Quarter Horse industry his experience and knowledge are second to none. I've seen him ride and I can safely say that if at any point in my life I can ride half as well as he does at eighty-seven, I'll feel like I'm doing pretty well ( Read more... ) -
RIP Ray Hunt
For much of the last thirty years, it would be accurate to say that Ray Hunt was the best horseman in the world. It was his work that helped popularise the teaching of Tom and Bill Dorrance, focussing on seeing things from the horse's point of view. He was a teacher to a great number of top trainers now, the first modern clinician and an ( Read more... )