It being about a year from my first natural horsemanship and rope halter experience, I walked into the arena for a lesson with our usual gear – rope halter, snaffle bit, treeless dressage saddle (what a combo!) This would be the first lesson I had in 4-5 years, I was nervous, but confident. I walked Annie to the middle of the arena and we started [...]

My lesson on Annie with Dr. Nicholson (who is our clinician for our upcoming clinic) went great! There were already two lessons before me, so I saw a little bit of how she worked. The first thing she asked me is what my goal was with this horse. I liked that. If you’re training a [...]

I was unsurely getting ready to work with a 2 year old appaloosa stud colt. He hadn’t seemed to realize he was a stallion yet, but he was a good 15hh, healthy, strong, and slightly uncoordinated. It was extremely hot out, and my confidence was lacking, this being the first young horse I worked [...]

As the breed name implies, the belgian horse originated from Belgium, a country in the area of Western Europe. It was in this area that the great black Flemish horses originated from which the belgian horse, and many other draft breeds trace back to. The belgian horse first came to [...]