A blog about training trail horses.
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
What a sweet face and what a beautiful head. We got this 3 year old TWH in about three weeks ago. He is one of our finest. A beautiful red roan that has a personality to match his looks. What a fine ride he is too. Took him out on the trail today and he [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
Talk about beautiful. And what a nice ride! Jazzy, now called Jazz, (because Jazz music is relaxing to me) came to me to become a super duper trail horse and she is it, baby! I have ridden almost every day since she came to me. The owners have not been able to afford the time, [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
This is actually going to be an extremely good carriage horse. Woodrow has won my heart. I have been training him to drive for a few weeks and if you have read
Learning to pull
my previous blogs about him, you will know that he started out a little nervous about people in general. Since he has [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
Midnight came to me to learn to pull a carriage. What a treat to teach this horse, she is compliant and very smart. She has never been under harness with an actual cart before as far as I can tell. She was a little wary of the poles the first time I attached them. But [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
Own a gaited horse and can’t quite get the beat? Try counting with the hoofbeats to get the rhythm. You can always take a metronome out with you and once you get the beat, memorize your horse’s speed.
It is much easier to learn this by first getting used to the walk. Sounds elementary, I know, [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses on Oct 7th, 2009
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We recently purchased Woodrow, our 5 year old TWH at an auction in Shelbyville, TN. Love the horse, he is a wonderful ride, real sweet, loves to be petted and does anything you ask. However, it took Woodrow a couple of weeks to
settle in at our farm and get over being afraid [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Oct 7th, 2009
I have been training trail horses going on 17 years now and have always been rather surprised at the ability these animals have shown. Training can be such a rewarding experience for both trainer and student (the horse). I used to be just an instructor and trained only my own personal trail horses and those [...]