Parelli Natural Horsemanship: Approach and Retreat
Learn this method to keep your horse feeling confident. Read more >>Parelli Natural Horsemanship: The Seven Games
What are the seven games? Pat Parelli explains. Read more >>Parelli Natural Horsemanship: Video Demo of the Friendly...
If you don’t think you have time to try Parelli techniques, or if you think all that groundwork takes too much time, here is a no-excuses approach. Each tip requires a maximum of 10 minutes a day. Even if...
Teach your horse to pick up and hold his own feet: How do you pick up your horse’s feet? Do you pinch the tendon at the fetlock to get him to wince just enough for you to grab his...
I think we can all agree that a good scratch is worth its weight in gold. Notice if your horse tightens his tail and muscles against your touch – can you get him to relax and let you move...
How would you feel if a friend were to walk into your house at any hour of the day or night, without knocking, and went straight into your bedroom to start moving furniture around? My guess is you’d be...
How would you feel if every time you and a friend got together it involved work? Isn’t that what we do with our horses? We walk into the stall, slap on the halter and drag them out. Try this...
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Handbooks describes the jog as “a smooth, ground-covering two-beat diagonal gait.” Sounds straightforward, right? But what then sets apart a spectacular jogger from the rest of the pack? Dave Whitaker, the director of...
Great equitation is...
Football players wear them. Same for major league baseball players awaiting a pitch at home plate. Even bicyclists and many professional skiers consider them part of their standard attire. So why do a large percentage of equestrians continue...
You’re in the midst of a hotly contested hunt seat equitation class. Thankfully, your horse is listening to your aids and you’re zipping along confidently at the posting trot. And then the judge calls for the sitting trot. Gulp....
