Short N Sweet Ranch

Kanida & Allysa

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Short N Sweet Ranch
Templeton, California

Hi! Welcome to the new home page for the Short N Sweet Ranch!

At the Short N Sweet Ranch, we believe that people should relate
to horses in a positive, caring way. This positive, caring approach,
combined with good horse sense & reasonable limits, creates
happy secure horses that want
to work for us.

At the Short N Sweet Ranch you can learn to ride, solve problems or re-connect with the horse you have now, or maybe even purchase one of our Short N Sweet Icys!

All of our "School" horses are Icelandics & we also breed Icys (on a small scale), so we sometimes have horses for sale to approved homes. Our Icys are not "perfect show horses"...they are just horses that we consider "perfect"! We cherish their individuality!

Like most gaited horses, Icelandics need no special tack to hold their gait.

In this picture a young beginning rider is riding Kanida (Bunny) at a slow tolt. Note that she is riding bareback with only a halter!

At Short N Sweet, our lessons are mostly taught bareback so students learn to follow the movements of the horse.

We also use halters for beginning riders as we believe bits are used for refinement which is an advanced concept.

Triton is a perfect example of how sweet Icelandic horses can be when trained with loving kindness & understanding.

Triton has been taught to lie down on command as well as several other tricks. In this picture he has been asked to lie down so a brand new rider can sit on a horse for the first time secure in the knowledge that it won't hurt if she falls off! You can't get much lower to the ground than this!

Heather & Michelle with Triton