Showing posts with label schooling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schooling. Show all posts
December 21, 2021

Getting On With Getting On

Y'all.  This lil' Mousey...this is a Real Good Horse.   But I'm getting ahead of myself.  I can't quite believe it's alr...

November 21, 2020

The Meanwhile Rides: Part II - Finding My Seat

Next came Hunter -- in his late teens ( I think? ), this rangy 17 h TB sets a new bar for quirky.  I don't have a picture of him right n...

November 17, 2020

The Meanwhile Rides: Part I

I think we can all agree that there is never a good time for your horse to hurt himself.  However, throughout the course of Echo's trava...

May 23, 2020

Solo Steps In & Other Updates

Thank you again to all who took the time to share compassion & kindness for the loss of our dear friend.  I miss Richard very much.  I m...

March 8, 2020

Two Suppling Exercises For Any Gait

Echo & I are just doing sporadic walking with occasional short trot spurts ( less than 10-15 steps ) currently, as I wait oh-so-impatien...

December 23, 2019

So You Think You Want A Young Horse? Part 1

There are many tempting factors about bringing along a young horse:  training the way you want, the theory of having more years to play with...

August 17, 2019

Riding The Rail: Baby's First Bareback Ride & Learning Some Laterals

It might surprise you that I haven't gotten on Echo bareback yet, but more than anything, I was waiting until he had a little more body ...

August 5, 2019

Introducing Whips To The Sensitive Horse

In case you missed it, Echo is Sensitive Horse.  Alert to everything HE thinks is interesting or surprising, but without being scary about i...

July 11, 2019

How To Add Suspension To Your Dressage In Five Minutes

Are you wishing you could add some more spring to your horse's trot in the dressage arena?  We've all spent countless hours trying...

May 18, 2019

Progress And Setbacks

Because you can't have one without the other, at least when it comes to horses. As I mentioned in my last post, Echo recently got a pr...

April 14, 2019

Baby's First Lesson & Other Stories

Echo the Baby Monster has been busy -- sometimes even with things I actually want him to do.  More often, eating, more eating, finding ways ...