I often see the term natural horsemanship used as some elusive philosophy that you have to be born with the gift of whispering to horses...

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned training horses, is the importance of a horse giving you two eyes - especially when you...

There are a lot of things that go wrong when people lack the knowledge and desire to address the root cause of a problem with a horse. A...

Don't ever give up.

No one will keep a horse around that is aggressive and disrespectful for safety reasons, but a lot of people own and tolerate fearful...

Real horsemen are a dying breed. When I was young, the horsemen I was fortunate to learn from always had really nice horses. What made...

One of the most valuable lessons I learned as a horseman is the more you are affectionate to a horse without ever asking him to move his...

Keep in mind, horses don’t know right from wrong or good from bad behavior, they only know what they’re allowed to get away with. That’s...

The importance of getting your horse to use the thinking side of his brain vs. the reactive side of his brain before you ever swing a leg...

A well-trained horse is easy to work around and a sign of truly good horsemanship. You can have the supposingly most expensive,...

A solid foundation on the ground is often skipped or half-assed at best. When a horse is taught how to be soft, supple and respective on...

Horses think and react differently on each side of their brain, so it’s important to train each side as a separate horse.

Ignoring a horse’s pushy, disrespectful behavior now, means that it’s not if, it’s just when and how bad that horse hurts someone. People...

Don’t aim for perfection, aim for better than yesterday. You’ll be amazed at the progress you make with a horse by simply knowing when to...

Trying to protect a horse from something that he’s afraid of only makes matters worse. The more you approach a horse with an object that...

A valuable lesson I learned working with horses is you cannot apply human emotions to training them. Horses have their own set of rules...

One of the most valuable lessons I learned wanting to better train horses and just be around them, is that until you understand what...

One of the most valuable lessons I learned training horses was not quitting too soon, but even more so, quitting the split second I...