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Explore ways to create a brave and safer horse with reward based methods. Learn how to increase your horse’s confidence in various situations in hand and under saddle. Gain your horse’s confidence with a water obstacle, sparklers, llamas, and a dragon! Corvallis Oregon. See event info here: https://horsesource.org/event/click-to-confidence-equine-clinic PressNews from … Read More
Prepare with a Pre-ride Checklist and Practiced Training We’ve all been there: headed down the trail and our mount suddenly decides to exit the area, posthaste. How we respond to that event determines whether the ride is over or if it’s no big deal. My bestest boy mule, Ruger, encountered … Read More
USPC Isn’t Just For Children and Ponies by Elizabeth Moyer, USPC National Office Staff What’s in a name? The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (USPC or Pony Club) isn’t actually for ponies. When Pony Club was originally founded in Great Britain in 1929, the term “pony” was used generally to … Read More
How horses learn and how many people think they learn are often at odds. SALIDA, Colorado, May 31, 2022–Julie Goodnight sheds light on how horses learn from every interaction with a person–for better or worse–in the latest episode of Ride on with Julie Goodnight. (JulieGoodnight.com/Podcast) “No one sets out to teach … Read More
Find a Horse’s Present Skills to Set the Right Training Goals for the Future SALIDA, Colorado, May 26, 2022—It’s hard to know where you’re going without knowing where you’ve been—and where you are right now. Nothing is more true when it comes to training horses. Julie Goodnight developed a revealing … Read More
Q: I have a mare that has a lot more go than anything else. After riding for 30 or so minutes, she calms down some, but is still a fast walker. When going through trails, she doesn’t slow down to take the time to take the best path. I don’t … Read More
Q: My question has a bit of a back story. I have one mare and one gelding. They’ve been together for four years. I had the gelding first (he is 16 and my mare is 9). I bought the mare as a four-year-old. They’ve never been apart. I show jump … Read More
