Your first objective every time you are around a horse is to get yourself emotionally neutral. When you approach a horse in an emotionally neutral...

As our baby horse progresses up the training tree, we’ve given him a solid base of trust. We work with rhythm and relaxation doing anything we...

Horse-logical heeding involves showing the horse new things that are only one step, or two at most, away from what he already understands. When we...

Do you own a reining horse or young reining horse prospect? If so, this article is for you.For this discussion I’m going to assume you already...

 Let's start with snaffle bits.Most colts should be started in a snaffle bit. And, many older horses that need fixing should also be schooled in...

Over a decade ago I represented a client who happened to be a world champion junior bull rider. I had several occasions to watch him ride horses and...

In the last issue of Caution:Horses we began to introduce the Secure Seat(sm) method of teaching a beginner to sit securely on a horse. The method...

Correct riding is safe riding. If we pay attention to the rule books for the various associations we see that each suggests “the seat” as...

Back in nineteen forty-something I rode everyday during the summer in Colorado with a man named George Soule. He and his wife, Adele, had a string of...

How hard should I beat my horse and how often? Sometimes I wonder if that is really a dumb question. The opposite might be this. How dangerous should...