At the end of July my family and I took our four horses camping up at Three Creeks Horse Camp in Sisters, OR for an extended weekend. It had been at least five years or more since I had been horse camping at this site and I was excited to get back to the area. My memory of the campsites and corrals was one of lots of shady… Continue reading this POST
Archive for September, 2009
My John Lyons Experience
Recently I had the most wonderful opportunity to spend the day watching and learning from one of the great horsemen of this era – John Lyons. It really was a stroke of luck. I was surfing around the web, looking for some horse-related piece of information this past Friday, when I stumbled on the John Lyons site. I love the man, having once had the privilege of watching him work… Continue reading this POST
Why Round Pen Work
The round pen serves as an important tool in the initial stages of training a horse for these primary reasons:
- it provides a secure enclosed space where you have optimal contact with your horse.
- its lack of corners prevents the horse from positioning its hind-end at you and locking that position.
- it allows you to establish communication with your horse, teach body cues, work on moving