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Alternative Horsemanship Clinics in southern California

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After 12 years, the 5-part, 6-day Oakzanita Ranch winter clinic series has come to an end.  Please click HERE to learn about the future plan...

Are your good intentions creating a dysfunctional horse? Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

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 Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series Is the Horse Training building the horse's trust or creating a dysfunctional, fearful, anticip...

Helping the Defensive Horse

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 Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series  Helping the defensive horse  Watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos ar...

Tips for Riding out, Building Confidence for the Timid Horse Rider

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 Tips for the Insecure or Timid Rider What about building the rider's confidence for riding out?

Reactive Riding - Horse Help & Tips

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 Reactive Riding When people sit down in that saddle their brain tends to focus solely on themselves. Instead, if they treated their horse-l...

Horse Skills Tips - Misconceptions of a Circle

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One of the most misused "techniques" I have found is how people present asking the horse to move around a circle.

Horse Behavior- After the session assessment

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How often does your focus "leave" as you are nearing the end of a session with the horse? Mentally moving on to something else?

Horsemanship: Reviewing The Release

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As with everything, there are many interpretations when it comes to the terminology associated with horses. I try to be clear and precise in...