An invisible barrier seems to exist in people’s minds between competitive and natural horsemanship. Natural horse trainers shatter that myth with increasing frequency in the worlds of dressage, reining, eventing, hunter-jumpers, and others.
Natural horse trainer Stacy Westfall rocked the house with her winning bridleless freestyle run at Quarter Horse Congress in 2006.  This video […]

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When natural horsemen bring up vaccinations, controversy flares up. Some owners argue in favor of bucking the modern convention of vaccinating

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Today’s question is from Jeannie and Chris of Hedgesville, WV.  “If a horse isn’t a natural leader (on the trail), can you train him to be one?”

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Water. All horse trainers know water is not only natural, but necessary. Water is a source of life to all organisms–except when it carries death.

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A French study recently reported that use of food rewards in training horses leads to faster results and a better relationship with people.

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We just found this old English World War II poster. I’d like to hang it in our arena!
 
As explosive as it can become on occasion, nothing the horses can conjure begins to approach the threat of a bomb raid. If civilians could keep calm and carry on in the face of destruction and death, […]

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