Posted in Advice on Feb 23rd, 2010
I have just got a new dog. It is a Lowchen; his coat is gray, he is one and a half years old and weights 14 pounds. He belonged to someone that was at Hap Hansen’s show barn, which is not too far from my ranch; I go there to work with a couple of [...]
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Posted in Stories on Dec 29th, 2009
This is one of my favorite stories from my own experiences growing up with horses. This is a quick version of a story that will be out in my next book, a how-to book on the Waterhole Rituals.
The story offers a formula in “How to get what you want from a horse”. Let’s say you [...]
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Posted in Observations on Nov 3rd, 2009
Years ago, when I was a kid at a horse show, I took a stand that was way before its time, and way ahead of anyone’s comprehension of what I wanted to show the world.
I was riding my Western Pleasure mare Rizeta, her nick name was Lover, and I had hung her bridle on [...]
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Posted in Misc on Oct 27th, 2009
It looks like we might not be running the ‘In a Box’ Program this winter after all as the weather looks like it will be too cold for most people, so I may end up postponing the course till sometime late spring. If this happens, those who have prepaid will have their tuition fees returned.
This [...]
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Posted in Misc on Oct 13th, 2009
Hello. Well today at last I am delighted to be able to tell you about the brand new Waterhole Rituals ‘In a Box’ Program for Winter 2009/10.
Now, I know some of you have been waiting for the full Insider Circle Program to start up again and therefore may be disappointed to hear that I [...]
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Posted in Misc on Oct 8th, 2009
I am back from my presentation to a group of equestrian women that gather each year with their horses to celebrate and promote community activities on horseback. Julia Felton from the UK, a working student for the past four months, went with me as my coordinator and personal assistant. This year the group had 51 [...]
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Posted in Advice, Misc on Sep 22nd, 2009
I remember years ago, a lady came to take lessons with me. She had traveled all the way from Florida to learn the Art of Horsemanship. She had all the right clothes and a great deal of enthusiasm. However, on her first day she became disappointed with all the details she would have to learn [...]
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Posted in Observations on Sep 3rd, 2009
Hello. My great passion with horses is dressage. This may surprise some of you but as always, it’s about approach and application.
There is little difference between a classical dressage rider and a competitive rider in the hands of a master, but the methods of training are very different. The two methods are different from the [...]
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Posted in Stories on Aug 20th, 2009
The other day I was telling you about how I started to use music to train my horses and so I wanted to tell you a little more about my experiences.
When I trained to music, I found that the horses responded more quickly to my spontaneous direction. We became united as a team beyond anything [...]
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Posted in Misc on Jul 28th, 2009
Julia and I worked with Stoli today. First, we kept him company to start our daily work. He is now feeling a bond with both of us and even enjoying our company.
We are working on body releasing techniques to get him to release any bad memories that could get in the way of his [...]
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