It’s like a miracle!

Remember Pamela the, 6 year old gaited, mare I started working with several months ago? The quick recap, you can read earlier blog entries for more details, is she was very worried and tense which caused her to want to run back to the barn as soon as her beginner owner got on.

Michele riding Pamela bareback.

I actually had two simultaneous objectives. One was to help Pamela get more OK with being ridden so that she could offer a safe and pleasurable ride for her owner. The other was to help her owner, Michele, become more confident [more...]

July 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Clicker training, Horsemanship, Journeys, Restarting a TWH Show Horse | 3 comments

Hard to Catch

I have been working for the last couple/few months with a 6 yr old gaited mare named Pamela. The mare is owned by a lovely, but mostly inexperienced, older couple who are so tickled with the change in their horse. When we started this mare was so not OK. The slightest sudden move would have her leaving just as quick. Even though this mare had been ridden before (in fact had been a ’show horse’) it was full of tension and worry. As soon as the rider mounted the mare was… outta there. The [more...]

February 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Clicker training, Journeys, Restarting a TWH Show Horse, Solving Problems, Starting/restarting, Videos | One comment