Horsekeeping and backyard training, pets and art by Connie Moses
BROKE 6 year old Haflinger Gelding, registered with the American Haflinger Registry. At 14 - 14.1 hands, Pea-Eye moves like a horse. Extremely smooth at the walk, trot or canter. He is versatile and well-rounded, having participated in Open Ranch Versatility shows, Cowboy Races (Champion in the green and open divisions), English and Western Pleasure. [...]
Found this little review of a Buck Brannaman clinic in California last August, discussing Buck’s training style (if you let the horse push you around, you are teaching the horse to push you around!)– it is on Ride Magazine. Buck is a renowned cowboy “natural horsemanship” trainer/horse whisperer a la Ray Hunt. This reminds me [...]
It may be that Hubby and I often do things DIFFERENTLY with our horses…
Our two horses we bred and raised were ponied beside their mom starting at 2 weeks old– introduced to streets and forest trails and other horses, being trailered and being beside carriages and bicyclists, even going into parades as babies.
Arabian Eventer fine [...]
For once, I find myself struggling for words. Something is happening which is difficult for me to describe. I experience it with and on a horse.
I have always felt a strong connection with Glendale, our youngest Arab-Percheron. Glen is quite personable, so tuned in to people and to me in particular, so responsive and interactive. [...]
When daughter Emmie visited in mid July, I asked her to give me a riding lesson. After falling off Glen during Tom Curtin’s Clinic in June, I decided I needed some coaching to begin developing a more secure, independent seat. Emmie was going to lunge Willy mare while I rode without stirrups or reins. (Thank [...]
As I did with Glendale’s initial driving training, I am now following our sessions with the two brothers preparing them to be driven together as a pair. If all goes smoothly, we hope to first hitch them together in July, with help from a professional. We now have pairs harness plus a pole for our [...]
HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC DAY 3
My analysis of Glendale’s previous issues (see previous– Day 1 and Day 2):
He had been shut in a stall the whole time he wasn’t in class, so probably had some pent-up energy since he is normally used to 24-hour turnout
He is insecure in a brand new situation, especially around unknown horses (having [...]
Tom Curtin is an itinerant cowboy horse trainer, with ranches in Montana and in Florida. He and his wife Trina travel around the country coaching horses and their riders, and about a year ago we gave our deposit to take Glendale into his Horsemanship clinic on June 21-23. Tom comes to Gelinas Farm every summer [...]
As each horse topic below is covered, links are added onto this page for your reference. I will also publish YOUR family-oriented horse and pet pictures and stories, so please do EMAIL me!
NATURAL HORSEKEEPING PRACTICES and BEHAVIOR:
24 hour turnout in New Hampshire
alpha horse behavior, aggression
barn management
barefoot/bare hoof horse care
chewing, wood chewing: trees, fences, wood
cribbing
fencing: electric, [...]
I would describe the basic concept of natural horse training as teaching the horse in a non-punishing, non-threatening way, using language the horse can understand (body language and cues,) to respect and trust the human as his herd leader.
At the start of my 15 years as a horse owner, I was extremely lucky to find [...]
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