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Mobster Respect

Desire for. Demand for.

I demand respect. You can demand a lot o....

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Hold On-Rough Ride

Hold on, this could be a rough ride.Roped, tied up, thrown down (some l....

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Bareback for Colt Starting

Ahhh... guess what? If you're bareback on a youngster, especially with j....

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Cross-tied dervish!

If you have some lameness issues or other factors (like it's 115 degrees....

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"The Artist" silent movie

Have you seen "The Artist"? I was amazed at how much was conveyed withou....

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Butt, butt, butt!

Does your horse shoot you the moon when you approach? When you open the ....

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Into the Burning Building

If I told you to go into a burning building... would you? If I shoved yo....

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Love Your Horse?

This is the first part of one of the books I'm working on.

There....

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Ready for the Unexpected??

If your horse spun or bolted or more likely both, would you be able to h....

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THE HORSE whisperer

THE HORSE whisperer

New horses in training get to learn how to j....

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Go Bareback Reason #1

Balance - Exceptional riding isn't holding on with your legs. It's balan....

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Buttercup rears at the gate! Question

Hi Lauren, I enjoy reading your blog. Question do you have anything on a....

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#%&*# Spooking

There sure are a lot of squirrely horses out there. Trouble for us is, i....

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Epiphany

Epiphany

So I’m reading “Racinet Explains Baucher”. I was ....

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An Un-Spooky Horse

What does an Un-spooky horse look like? And what does an Un-spooky horse....

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Trouble

I got some news today that hit me really hard. A really nice 3 year old ....

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Weeds in Your Horse Garden

Weeds - those little things that pop up. Those little things that if the....

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Tobi

Tobi is a 6 year old, bay,....

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Curbside Service Q & A

From a woman in Michigan: I'm really enjoying your newsletters. Que....

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Good Horses!

I wasn't sure whether to call this Good Horses or The Help of the Herd. ....

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Puzzle Pieces

Don't try to make your horse put the puzzle pieces together without givi....

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What's Really Going On?

Awareness is a funny thing - especially if you aren't...aware. Just to g....

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Balky, Balky I Ain't Goin'

Stops dead in his tracks. Just won't go. Nope. Ears pinned. Planted. May....

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Bridling

Sometimes, okay frequently, I get emails that go like this: "My horse wo....

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More Collection Thoughts

What if, from the horse's viewpoint, what we call collection and how we go ....

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Thoughts on Collection

Thoughts on Collection

One of the reasons I called....

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Training Tip Dangers

Read one of Clinton's Tip o' the Week the other day. Now, I'm a Clinton ....

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To Get Ideas FOR Your Horse, Get Inspired BY Your Horse

We humans can be a pretty aggressive bunch. We go out to ride our horse ....

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Holes in Your Horse's Training

Of Course!... Everybody has them.

But... are you leaving them/av....

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The "C" word

COLLECTION - This will certainly be an on-going topic. I'll probably wri....

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Acceptable answers to Pressure

Just so you all know, when I write about something, it's not just you I'....

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Better Curbside Service

There is a difference in how your horse Curbsides. Do you know what it i....

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Lookin' for a Little Help

Hey Folks, There are so many irons in my fire, I'd like to have some inp....

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How Do You View Your Horsemanship?

Albert Bandura wote:

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Ride Like the Wind

Is it just me? I don't get why people worry about riding their horse whe....

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Spurs instead of leg

Have you noticed that if you ask someone why they wear spurs, you get on....

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Show Mentality???

Safety, Training, Thinking

So, I'm at the show chatting with some folk....

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Show Mentality

I was doing a demonstration at the hunter/jumper show at Del Mar the oth....

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Horseman Material

Those of you coming over from the August newsletter… it’s below this....

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Halt at X... Well, sort of

Halt at X… well, sort of. Picture this: The monstrous European warmblo....

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High Jumper

Well, I really like how this horse looks. He’s attentive, sharp, nice....

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A Cinch-y Horse

I was kinda torn about the subject matter as SO many good topics came up....

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Summer Precision

Well kids, in my recent newsletter I suggested some tasks to improve ....

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BLAME

Whose fault is it?

In a nutshell… Yours! What is so ding-dang ....

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Training Youngsters

Many people think it’s important to let a horse be for the first 2-....

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FUSCILING

My word. Yes, I love to invent words. Fusciling (verb)- some combinat....

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Can You ...

Can you/do you stand, with your feet sort of in front of your horse....

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Learning Curve

Sorry I’ve lapsed in writing.

Horses learn immediately from their m....

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The ONE Answer

This is the City Slickers deal with Curly. Remember how he would hold u....

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Spooking

SPOOKING Again! And this won’t be the last time!Oddly enough, many....

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Lookin' for a Little Help

Hey Folks, There are so many irons in my fire, I'd like to have some input from you. How would you like to learn? This is going to go out in a news update also, but I thought I'd write it here and get your responses on the blog.

When I'm teaching, I use questions to get people to think about what they're doing and what their horse is doing. If I always just say 'do this' and 'do that', sure they can do it, but as I also frequently say, 'I don't want to be your babysitter. I want to teach you how to do it when I'm not there by analyzing and adjusting to the situation your horse presents at the TIME!'

Here's the plan: I'm starting a Member's Site.This is not going to be a re-hash of training videos out there. I won't be explaining the basic skills and techniques, but I will be using them and pointing out how to use them in that moment. I'm going for a deeper understanding of...

the concepts along with a refinement of movement in both the horse and person.

Each month it's going to have a video of something going on. While I'm capable of just explaining what exactly is going on under the surface, I'd like to know what you guys are seeing and what you're missing. I want this to be an interactive group that helps each other. For some reason, I've noticed that horse forums get snarky, so I'll be monitoring that. (Yes, of course I get to be snarky, it's my site. Kidding... maybe some. You know I mean that in a nice way.) So, I'm thinking of posting a video that will be the topic of the NEXT month. That way you can post your observations and thoughts and then we can cover the bases better and see how people think in addition to what they think. Yes???

I'm also going to have interviews with other trainers and horse associated people in all breeds and disciplines. I hope to figure out how to have them be audio downloads. I'm toying with the idea spy technology or something that records phone conversations that I can then put in the computer. I'll probably have to figure out how to use Skype. And there may be some times where I just will have to transcribe the conversation or get it by email and then post it. Any ideas there? I'd really appreciate it.

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Comments  

 
#2 Cara 2011-05-07 00:30
I am interested in deepening relationship, improving communication, and refining true softness through feel. Your humor is a big plus too
 
 
#1 Von Pilkington 2010-11-18 13:00
Have started many horses over the years but have never got any of them to what I call a really finished horse. Collection & canter & head set. This would be the area I am interested in. Thanks, Von
 

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