Sandy Collier “Rounding” the Circle In the exercise, Baseball Diamond, you worked on steering by leaving out a base and cutting across to overcorrect a drift....
When you meet a new person, you begin learning things about him or her immediately. You ask questions, you talk, you listen. The longer you know...
Al Dunning – To teach your horse to move off a neck-rein while keeping proper form is a mindful process. It requires that you, as the...
Photos Courtesy of Ross Hecox Dick Pieper I’m going to be able to establish this attitude of willingness and cooperation in almost every horse to a...
Monty Bruce – I get asked the question often: What size of arena do you prefer to train in? My answer: The bigger the better. In...
Sandy Collier – Reining patterns typically call for large, fast circles (executed at a gallop), and small slow circles (at a controlled lope). Circles on both...
Pat Parelli – I am going to give an interesting History lesson. Today, most riding drops itself into either English or Western and we have leisure...
Craig Cameron – Patience is a huge key in life and in horsemanship. To me, patience is waiting without worry. I can’t get out there with...
As I write this article I’m about half way through my annual travel for horse fairs and promoting our camps in South Dakota and Arizona. This...
In past training issues, we discussed starting the turnarounds or spins on our young horse and starting them on cattle. In this issue, I am going...