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3 keg shod natural beasts in the line up
03/13/2024

3 keg shod natural beasts in the line up

03/07/2024

2023 was a successful year full of great ponies! Some of which went home, are still here, will come back, and even some new faces for this season so bring on 2024 🤠

2023 season has officially kicked off! We have an exciting and promising group of horses this year - stay tuned!
03/30/2023

2023 season has officially kicked off! We have an exciting and promising group of horses this year - stay tuned!

Nuttin like a clean barn, smell of fresh shavings, and sparkling water in clean buckets
02/18/2023

Nuttin like a clean barn, smell of fresh shavings, and sparkling water in clean buckets

Horses don’t learn by force or fear. What teaches a horse is a partnership. There’s a time and place for everything - a ...
02/08/2023

Horses don’t learn by force or fear. What teaches a horse is a partnership. There’s a time and place for everything - a time for discipline and correction, a time for praising, a time for extensive work, a time for rest and relaxation, a time for consecutive days of training, a time for a couple days rest. If you do everything at the correct times the horse is a smart enough animal to where he will easily be able to comprehend what his partner is asking of him. There are horses who make this easier said than done but that’s where patience and repetition comes in. Some horses catch on quick and are willing while others are more stubborn and require more extensive work, discipline and consecutive days but NEVER ever forget the importance of PRAISE. Praise your horse when he does something correct. Praise him with a nice relaxed loose reined walk, a big rub down while your standing and giving him a break, or simply end your workout for that day. Always end on something positive. This applies to gait training as well. If you’re teaching a horse correct gait and that horse gives you the correct gait for 100 yards then stop, praise, and give a break. The next time he may give you 150 yards. Then the next 200 yards. Start small and work your way up. Never ask too much of your horse right off the bat. I can confidently relay this to my fellow equine friends because I have once been that immature trainer who, at times, tried to force my horses to obey me or rush my training job. I don’t want my horse feeling like he is my slave. I want him to have a good time and know that I am his partner and not his enemy but at the same time I do want him to know I’m in control. I don’t want to have to force my horses into giving me the result I want. I want him to CHOOSE to respond to my pressure.
Jacob Parks Gaited Horsemanship

When it comes to improving a gaited horse’s consistency and purity of gait TIMING and FEEL is everything - knowing insta...
02/03/2023

When it comes to improving a gaited horse’s consistency and purity of gait TIMING and FEEL is everything - knowing instantly what you feel and timing it to where you nip it in the bud right away instead of letting your horse take 8-10 bad steps before a correction. Whether it be a canter, pace, or trot you have to figure out what it takes to set that horse back in his evenly timed four beat gait whether it be applying pressure to a single rein, throwing your weight over to one stirrup, picking his nose up, slowing down, speeding up notch, applying slight pressure in the mouth, getting him behind the bit, etc. The best way to achieve this is to work with different styles of horses and set on as many green ones as you possibly can. Eventually, after years of different feels from different horses, that natural training instinct kicks in and you can prevent the major hick ups before they even happen because you know what’s coming and what to do to prevent it from happening.
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