Tips for Improving Horse Skills & Refining Aids

I teach three stages of communication with the horse to help equine enthusiasts learn how to slow down, be mentally present, refine the quality of their skills, improve their timing, and create interaction that has value to the horse. To do this, I break down the communication offered to the equine into beginning, middle, and end stages.

Improving your Horse Sense- Understanding Equine Behavior

The Three A's

Assess(ment)- Of the horse to evaluate the mental availability, emotional state, and physical softness. Assessing is a foundational key to building a partnership with your horse because it gives the human a "starting point" of what needs to be addressed to help the horse.

Horse Tips : Hard to Catch Horse

 Help- "I have a hard to catch horse"

There are multiple aspects in working with a difficult to catch horse that we must consider.

Alternative Horsemanship Clinics in S California

 ATTN So CA folks! Here's the latest update on future Alternative Horsemanship Clinics -

Learn about Full Immersion, Private, Individual, Demo Clinics and more HERE!

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Quality, Horsemanship & Horse Learning

 What does Quality with the horse mean to you? 

What do you consider as Success?

How often do you consider how the horse's mind and emotions influence his physical responses, versus fixating on containing his movement?

Where is your focus, and are you mentally present and available to acknowledge and address the horse?

Are you willing to let go or adapt your original goal whether temporarily, short or even long-term, to prioritize building trust, try, and willingness in the horse?

Alternative Horsemanship Clinics in southern California

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 plans and updates for Alternative Horsemanship clinics in southern CA sharing clinic options, host details, and more.

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

 Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series

Is the Horse Training building the horse's trust or creating a dysfunctional, fearful, anticipative equine? 

Many horse enthusiasts struggle with finding the balance in how to work with the horse. In this horse learning video, Alternative Horsemanship the Remote Horse Coach discusses how the human's lack of clarity in their communication can leave the horse struggling and resorting to unwanted behaviors. This episode addresses the common horse rider's problem of passively interacting with the horse diminishing his willingness and try.

Click the link to watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel.

Helping the Defensive Horse

 Dear Sam: Horse Help Horsemanship Series 

Helping the defensive horse 

Watch on the Alternative Horsemanship YouTube Channel. New videos are posted every Friday.