Posted in Misc on Mar 3rd, 2009
Hello again. The wonderful thing about the internet is that you can reach people all across the world and never have to leave home. If you have read my blog for a while, then you are probably familiar with my friend and student, Stina, who is Norwegian but lives on the island of St.Vincent in the Caribbean.
Stina got in touch with me towards the end of 2007 and started have coaching by phone and email. The results for her and her herd of wild horses have been astonishing, for which I must give Stina huge credit.
Stina was recently featured in Hesteliv, the main horse magazine in Norway. The magazine interviewed 4 Norwegian horse trainers including Stina and I thought it would be fun to show it to you and to read what Stina had to say.
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Posted in Advice on Aug 27th, 2008
Continuing on from Monday’s post, I would like to give some tips for amateur trail riding.
It is often more beneficial to grain your horse out on the trail than at home to help barn-sour horses. If the horse tries to go home faster, turn him around after an eighth of a mile and ride him back to the spot you grained him and give him some more grain. You can repeat this several times on a daily ride. This could fix your horse from wanting to get home in a hurry. It is so much fun watching the horse change his mind and reconsider his options.
Another tip is to always walk your horse home. Do not trot and canter. Many beginning trail riders enjoy playing ‘pony express rider’ on their ride home but it builds up bad habits in the horse to allow the horse to run home as well as to build bad habits in yourself.
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