We all know that a performance horse performs to the best of their talent if they are soft to our hands. Their body softens, they can...
In this fast paced life, we strive for control and things to go at our “speed”, whether it’s our automobiles, our businesses, or our lives in...
Photos Courtesy of Darrell Dodds The horse’s personality develops from the combination of his genetic tendencies and his life experiences, the training and handling he receives...
Richard Winters, After over thirty-five years of horse training and working with thousands of horses, I’m convinced that there’s nothing more important than understanding equine psychology....
In the Working Cow Horse classes, you must turn the cow on the fence once each way. What separates the quality turns from the average or...
My guidelines below are for the type of horse I’ve found to be the most trainable and the most able to excel in any range of...
Collection is something we may hear a lot about, but what is it? What does it do and how do we get it? There are two...
From the circle-turn exercises, it is an easy transition to teach your horse the spin. At this point, your horse has learned to follow his nose,...
Once you’ve considered genetic traits of the sire, consider the traits of the dam, based on her breeding. With those two criteria you can, with a...
I don’t think there is a set answer to that question. It definitely depends on the individual horse when they are ready to start. I have...