Everyone who comes in contact with a horse is training it! They can either train the horse things we want it to learn or they can train the horse to do things we don't want it to learn! One of my main goals is to teach owners/handlers/riders to consistantly promote "good" behaviour in their horses.
My love for horses started as early as I can remember. I didn't get my first horse until I was 11 years old...he was just 18 months & I received a "crash" course in horse training over the next 5 years! Trial & error in the "School of Hard Knocks" was my introduction into horse training. I survived it & developed an overpowering desire to learn all I could about horses & how to influence their behaviour.
A turning point in my life was meeting Pat Parelli. He was just starting to give clinics at the time & the information he gave me then & has continued to share with me over the last 20 years has been invaluable to me! (Thank you Pat!). I have also studied (books and/or live clinics), Ray Hunt, Margarart Dorrence, John Lyons, Sally Swift, Dennis Reis & Mark Rashid. All of these people are wonderful with horses & I have benefited greatly from their instruction & words of wisdom.
I am a small woman . . 5'2", so I needed methods that would enable me to communicate with horses...I am certainly in no position to "muscle" them around! I treat horses with love, kindness & respect for them as horses. In return, my horse students show me respect & love & obedience. |
