Training Aids, Part 2 America's Horse Magazine articles are presented courtesy of the American Quarter Horse Association from Bob & Suzanne's ongoing series. "Is It My Horse or Is It Me?" AQHA ... | read

I see a lot of trainers using devices. should I be, too? America's Horse Magazine articles are presented courtesy of the American Quarter Horse Association from Bob & Suzanne's ongoing series. "Is It My Horse or Is It Me?" AQHA ... | read

Mounted Exercises can supple and loosen our muscles America's Horse Magazine articles are presented courtesy of the American Quarter Horse Association from Bob & Suzanne's ongoing series. "Is It My Horse or Is It Me?" AQHA ... | read

Yes … You Are a Horse Trainer Sometimes in our horsemanship clinics, we’ll ask the audience, “How many of you are horse trainers?” Usually only one or two hands will go up. When we then ask, “How many ride, feed, groom or otherwise handle horses?”, almost all hands are raised. That’s when we’ll say remind them all that everyone who raised their hands either time actually are “horse trainers”... | read

Bridling Your Horse the Easy Way If you've ever had to walk backwards the length of the barn aisle on your tiptoes in order to bridle your horse, please know that there is a better way... | read

Why does my Horse Buck in the Canter America's Horse Magazine articles are presented courtesy of the American Quarter Horse Association from Bob & Suzanne's ongoing series. "Is It My Horse or Is It Me?" AQHA ... | read

From agony to ecstacy. How to teach your horse to accept grooming Equine Wellness Magazine articles are presented courtesy of Redstone Media Group and Equine Wellness Magazine. EquineWellnessMagazine... | read

Sour Attitude. Is your horse barn or buddy sour? Equine Wellness Magazine articles are presented courtesy of Redstone Media Group and Equine Wellness Magazine. EquineWellnessMagazine... | read

Collection – What Is It and Why Do We Want It? Defined by Webster as “the act of gathering together”, this is a term often misunderstood in the horse world. Some refer to it as a “frame”, others see it as a head set, and some believe it is the act of compressing the horse into a shorter length... | read

Points of Partnership We teach a form of natural horsemanship Bob developed that we call “Partnership Training for Horse and Rider”. The term “Partnership Training for Horse and Rider” is twofold in meaning. Firstly, we must treat our horses as partners, not pets... | read

Trail Ride Preparation Trail riding is the reason many of us started with horses in the first place. It’s still our favorite horse activity. There’s no pressure to perform, no judges and no clock; just your trustworthy mount, you and Mother Nature. Although Mother Nature can play tricks on us at times, we can minimize the effects with good trail ride preparation... | read

Making your horse a "good citizen" Does your horse evade you by raising his head when you’re trying to bridle him, or give you a dirty look when you tighten the cinch? Does he walk into you, step on your feet, push you around while trying to scratch his head, refuse to let you pick up his feet, or pull you over to the next patch of grass against your will?... | read

The All Important “Go Cue” In order to teach our horses anything we must have movement, so all horses must be taught to move forward on cue. Some of you might say that your horses have too much movement or start moving even before you finish mounting... | read

Bargain Horses – Are They Really? Many years ago, Bob bought a horse that no one else seemed to want. They called him “yesterday’s goods”, too hot to handle, too small and not very athletic. Translation: all used up at the very old age of 5 years... | read

Instructional Videos – A Survivor’s Guide Most people who love horses want to learn as much as they can about riding or training. One way to go about gaining this knowledge is by watching video tapes offered by famous trainers, clinicians or riding instructors... | read

Be Your Horse’s Advocate Most of you taking the time to read this article love horses. We would also like to think that people who own horses will take care of them in the best way they can... | read

“Bee” Prepared on Your Trail Rides As we enter the latter part of autumn, we need to remember that this is the season when bees or wasps are most aggressive and defensive of their nests... | read

Get Off the Rail! When riding in an arena, whether indoors or outdoors, most often you'll notice a shallow rut located about one to two feet off the rail surrounding the entire arena... | read

Helpful Hints on Long Distance Trailering We’ve traveled across the country many times with our horses and would like to share some tips to make your journey a safe and enjoyable one... | read

Natural Horsemanship What is natural horsemanship? Well, you’d probably get as many different answers to this question as the number of people you asked... | read

Regaining Confidence after a Riding Injury The worst thing about getting hurt is not always the physical injury itself. Most of the time the physical portion of the experience heals long before the psychological element of fear can be dealt with effectively... | read

Saddling Your Horse Have you ever gone to the barn, full of anticipation for a great ride, only to spend half the time attempting to saddle up as your horse dances around... | read

See Through Your Horse’s Eyes! Over the years, people have often asked questions about specific problems they were encountering with their horses and we’ve tried our best to provide them with the answers they sought... | read

Should We Go To Clinics? The simple answer is yes... | read

Teaching the Stop We start by walking the horse forward, and then pick up the left rein, start taking the slack out of this rein while actually turning our bodies to look at the horse’s left hip... | read

Teaching the Turn on the Forehand Wouldn’t you like to be able to have your horse’s hindquarters move as the front end stands still... | read

Trailer Loading We’ve all been there; we’re meeting our friends at the park or the show, we’ve got to be there fifteen minutes ago and this *!-* horse just won’t get in the trailer... | read

Variety Is The Spice In Training Motivating ourselves and our equine partners is a key aspect of achieving consistency in our training... | read

Articles listing

Training Aids, Part 2

I see a lot of trainers using devices. should I be, too?

Mounted Exercises can supple and loosen our muscles

Yes... You are a Horse Trainer

Bridling Your Horse the Easy Way

Why does my Horse Buck into the Canter

From agony to ecstacy. How to teach your horse to accept grooming

Is your horse barn or buddy sour?

Collection

Points of Partnership

Trail Ride Preparation

Making your horse a "good citizen"

The All Important “Go Cue”

Bargain Horses – Are They Really?

Instructional Videos – A Survivor’s Guide

Be Your Horse’s Advocate

“Bee” Prepared on Your Trail Rides

Get Off the Rail!

Helpful Hints on Long Distance Trailering

Natural Horsemanship

Regaining Confidence after a Riding Injury

Saddling Your Horse

See Through Your Horse’s Eyes!

Should We Go To Clinics?

Teaching the Stop

Teaching the Turn on the Forehand

Trailer Loading

Variety Is The Spice In Training