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From the time we enter
school we are taught that the attainment of success
is directly proportionate to the degree of struggle
we expend on it. We are told to study harder to get
better grades and run more laps to make the football
team. Then, we climb onto a horse, a timid creature
of flight, which knows nor cares anything about the
puritan work ethic, and we drive him crazy. The
very act of trying brings tension and rigidity; the
horse responds to our stress with his stress, and
the downward spiral begins.
Here at
 , our goal is to lay the foundation
for an emotionally sound horse. As John Lyons says,
“The better trained a horse is emotionally, the more
safe he’ll be to work around.” We prepare our foals
to be willing and relaxed students by developing a
relationship based on a self awareness and
understanding that is natural and non-threatening to
a horse.
We’ve studied many
training techniques such as those taught by Dr.
Robert Miller, John Lyons, Pat Parelli, Mike Kevil,
Brenda Imus and many more natural horse people.
We fully
IMPRINT TRAIN
our newborn foals intensely during their
first two weeks of life. After that, they get
to be just a horse for awhile. This gives them the
opportunity to crave human attention as they observe
the rest of the herd interacting with their people
friends. Soon, the foal will decide for itself that
s/he wants what the other horses have; submits to us
and “joins up” as Monty Roberts would say. At this
point, we have captured their heart and a strong
bond of trust is formed. This bond will ultimately
transfer to all future people friends. Over the
course of their first year, using a relaxed but
clear approach, we gently expose our babies to many
things.
When you purchase one
of our foals you’ll enjoy a safe and trusting horse
that simply needs basic ground work training
continued and good nutrition maintained and of
course, lots of loving care! When your colt
is physically mature enough for performance
training, s/he’ll also be very emotionally mature
making the transition to performance demands less
stressful. It’s very rewarding and lots of fun
working with the youngsters – they are so eager to
please!
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