Question: What recommendation can you give me to work with a Paso Fino horse? Answer: When we take horses in for training, we treat them all the same. All horses need the same basic foundation, which is covered in the Fundamentals Series and progresses through the Intermediate and Advanced Series. Once a horse is trained […]
For the first time ever, our must-have halters and lead ropes are available in a gorgeous hunter green! The rich color pops on horses with lighter coats, such as palominos, greys and buckskins, and compliments the darker hues of bay, black and sorrel. Clinton loves the new color on his roan cow horses! The limited-edition […]
As a young boy, Brett would lie in bed reading the latest issue of Western Horseman, dreaming of someday being a horse trainer. Growing up in western Colorado, he helped friends and family on their ranches. “The earliest picture of me is as a 3-month-old sitting in the saddle with my dad while he’s out […]
Training Tip: Get Out of the Concept Stage of Training With Your Horse
Once your horse understands what you’re asking of him, enter the “do it now” stage of training. When you first teach a horse something, it’s called the concept lesson. In the concept lesson, your goal is to get the general idea of the lesson across to the horse. For example, if you’re teaching your horse […]
Uncut and Real Raw With Clinton Anderson Podcast off to a Blazing Start
Clinton’s foray into podcasting is off to a great start thanks to all of you! He released his Uncut and Real Raw With Clinton Anderson podcast last Monday with two episodes featuring Melanie Smith, the owner of Solo Select Horses. According to reports on podcast download numbers, the average podcast receives 141 downloads in its […]
Born into a family of horse lovers, Bo started riding as a 3-year-old. When it was time for a horse of her own, her parents got her Ned, a Gypsy Vanner. The easygoing gelding was the perfect horse for Bo to learn with and grow her horsemanship skills. The two started out taking English riding […]
Training Tip: Don’t Hang Out in a Shade of Gray With Your Horse
Be black or white with your horse. He’s either responding correctly or he’s not. Don’t be wishy-washy with him or inconsistent about what you consider acceptable and unacceptable.
Clinton Releases the First Episode of his Uncut and Real Raw Podcast
On Monday, Clinton officially released his podcast: Uncut and Real Raw With Clinton Anderson. With the podcast, Clinton aims to interview successful entrepreneurs each month and share the conversations he has with them. “Everyone has a unique story, and I’ve always been fascinated with people who start from nothing and through a combination of hard […]
Maren was born with a love for horses. Everything about them fascinated her, but growing up behind the Berlin Wall in West Germany made it difficult to follow her passion. Dogs became her go-to horses so to speak and she contented herself with visiting stables any chance she had. “My dad would even go to […]
Training Tip: Get Quick About Reading What Your Horse Needs in the Moment
Good horsemen are always reading their horses and making adjustments according to what the horse needs to succeed in any particular moment. This tip has two parts to it. The first part is for people who go into training sessions fixated on working on one or two particular exercises and focus solely on the exercise […]