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Training Tips
September 23, 2025

Training Tip: Must-Have Obstacles: Curtain

Having obstacles to work your horse over keeps training sessions fun and interesting for you and him. Plus, it allows you to work on practical skills you’ll need when you’re out exploring trails. If you’ve got a set budget to work with or only a limited area in which to build a course, there are […]

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Training Tips
September 16, 2025

Training Tip: Handling a Horse’s Legs

Question: Do you have any tips on getting a young horse to stand for the farrier? I’m training my 3-year-old gelding on my own and he does not like his back feet being touched. He tries to kick out.

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Training Tips
September 9, 2025

Training Tip: Must-Have Obstacles: Small Gully

Having obstacles to work your horse over keeps training sessions fun and interesting for you and him. Plus, it allows you to work on practical skills you’ll need when you’re out exploring trails. If you’ve got a set budget to work with or only a limited area in which to build a course, there are […]

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Training Tips
September 2, 2025

Training Tip: Horse Tosses Her Head When Backing Up

Question: Every time I ask my mare to back up, she throws her head everywhere. It makes me unable to get her to back up most of the time. How can I fix her throwing her head up and get her to back up nicely? Answer: I’d go back to the Fundamentals Series and make […]

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Training Tips
August 26, 2025

Training Tip: Must-Have Obstacles: Log Circle

Having obstacles to work your horse over keeps training sessions fun and interesting for you and him. Plus, it allows you to work on practical skills you’ll need when you’re out exploring trails. If you’ve got a set budget to work with or only a limited area in which to build a course, there are […]

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Training Tips
August 19, 2025

Training Tip: Adding Speed When Backing Your Horse Up

Question: How would you get a horse to back up instantly with a little pressure? My horse backs up so slowly and won’t back up unless I give a lot of pressure or use a whip to guide him. Answer: It sounds like it’s time to enter the Do It Now Stage of training. When […]

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Training Tips
August 12, 2025

Training Tip: Let Your Horse Spend “Friendly Time” on the Trailer

To help your horse get comfortable on the trailer, practice putting him on the trailer and letting him stand tied in it without going anywhere. We do this with our horses at the ranch all the time. After their training sessions, when they’re cooled down, we load them on the trailer. We tie them up […]

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Training Tips
August 5, 2025

Training Tip: Dumped On the First Ride

Question: I just tried to put the first ride on one of my mustang mares, but after I mounted and did flexing (both of which she stood still for), she suddenly bolted around the roundpen until I flew off. I have been practicing all the groundwork in the Colt Starting Series every day for the […]

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Training Tips
July 29, 2025

Training Tip: Take Your Horse’s Backing to the Next Level

In the Fundamentals Series, we teach our horses four methods of backing up on the ground. Each method of backing is designed to teach the horse a different concept and is important to building a solid foundation. You’ll often hear me say that the better you can get a horse to back up, the more […]

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Training Tips
July 22, 2025

Training Tip: Doing Rollbacks on the Fence With a Blind Horse

Question: I had just completed the Intermediate groundwork with my mare and things were going great. Unfortunately, she got an illness that caused her to go blind rather quickly. Her confidence was shot.

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