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August 7, 2018

Developmental Orthopedic Disease

By Standlee Premium Western Forage What is it? Developmental orthopedic disease (D.O.D.) can be loosely defined as any musculoskeletal disorder that occurs in the young animal as a result of growth and maturation. Invariably, it is         related to the process of endochondral ossification and the maturation of cartilage to bone in the developing skeletal system.

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Training Tips
July 31, 2018

Training Tip: The Reactive Side will Always Exist

No matter how great a trainer you are you will never be able to completely eliminate the reactive side of your horse’s brain. We’ve never been able to train the reactive side of the horse’s brain out of him, and we’ve never been able to breed it out of him. It’s always going to be […]

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Academy
July 31, 2018

Realize Your Full Potential at the 2019 Clinician Academy

Just a month and a half after the conclusion of this year’s Clinician Academy, our 2019 roster is already filling up! The seven-week program is dedicated to helping horsemen passionate about the Method fine-tune their skills in the Fundamentals level and attracts horsemen from around the world. Horsemen enter the program with varying goals, some […]

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Clinton Anderson Clinton Anderson Horses Downunder Horsemanship - General
July 31, 2018

Happy Retirement, Diez!

This spring, Clinton officially retired Diez from traveling on the road with him to take part in tours and expos. The 18-year-old Quarter Horse gelding is now enjoying life just being a horse turned out in the pastures at the ranch. Currently, he’s turned out with the broodmares and foals … a great role model […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General
July 31, 2018

Our Warehouse is Relocating

We are in the process of setting up a new warehouse in Farmington, Arkansas at a facility that is better equipped at handling day-to-day inventory, shipping and receiving tasks than the building we’re currently working out of. The process of moving the warehouse is taking place now and will hopefully be completed by the first […]

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Method Ambassadors
July 31, 2018

Meet Method Ambassador Ashley Andersen

Ashley Andersen grew up on her family’s ranch in Idaho and competed successfully on the American Quarter Horse Association circuit in western and English pleasure for most of her life. “I trained under multiple trainers, cleaning stalls and doing odd jobs around the barn in exchange for lessons,” Ashley says. Although she enjoyed competing, as […]

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Clinton Anderson Clinics
July 31, 2018

Important Information to Know About the Fundamentals Clinic in Canada

In a couple of weeks, Clinton and our clinicians will be heading north of the border to put on our first clinic in Canada in over a decade. During the three-day Fundamentals Clinic, Clinton will teach horsemen groundwork and riding exercises that establish a foundation of respect and trust with their horses. While participant spots […]

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Clinton Anderson Downunder Horsemanship - General
July 31, 2018

Sharing Information and Squashing the Rumor Mill

Ever since we announced that Clinton would be focusing more on his performance horses and his personal goals as a horseman at the beginning of the year, rumors have been plentiful, and in many cases, downright entertaining (like where do people even come up with this stuff?!). We’re sharing the most popular comments we’ve heard […]

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No Worries Club
July 31, 2018

Find it on the No Worries Club Website: Saddling a Wild Brumby

In the 2014 spring edition of the No Worries Journal, Clinton explains how to safely saddle a horse for the first time in the article “First Saddling.” Throughout the article, he works with Bundy, a 10-year-old brumby stallion he’d captured a few days prior in the Outback. Read the article now by logging on to […]

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Training Tips
July 24, 2018

Training Tip: Introducing Obstacles From the Ground Up

Teaching a horse to negotiate an obstacle from the ground gives him the opportunity to think through the situation and keeps you safe. He can carefully pick his way over and through the obstacle the first few times, until he learns to pay attention to where he is putting his feet. A lot of people […]

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