Foundation

This is the workshop for you if you:

• Have a colt you’re excited to start on the right path.
• Tired of the old "chase the horse around the pen" routine.
• Own a new horse and really want to get to know them, their strengths and their struggles.
• Restarting an older horse or one that has moved to a new career.
• Working through challenges with a horse dealing with anxiety, fears, or trust issues.
• Ready to discover a thorough, relationship-centered approach to starting your horse.

Discover who your horse is and learn how to train with them in a way that meets their needs and forms the foundation for a successful future.

Ensure your horse has a positive understanding of all the essentials required for riding and a confident relationship.

Everything we do with a horse requires a relationship based on leadership and trust.  Every horse, like every human, is unique.  It's essential then, instead of putting every horse through the same old steps, that we discover exactly who your horse is, what their strengths are and where they struggle.  We learn exactly what to help them with and precisely how to support them.  In doing so, not only do we eliminate any potential snags, but we cause our horses to look to us for answers, to depend on us and have faith in following.  

Just like a young human, we can help shape the thoughts of a young horse.  We can develop their enthusiasm, their ability to try and experience success, their desire to be with and follow us.  We can show them alternatives to fear and anxiety so we'll never have to deal with that in the future.  Thus, our eventual transition to riding can be seamless, as our horses will have an understanding of everything they need to know by the time we swing a leg over for the first time.

Clinic Focal Points

• Developing a solid relationship with your horse that will last a lifetime
• Showing your horse how to follow your presentation - a fundamental component that transitions directly to riding
• Discovering who your horse is: what they excel at and where they need help
• Becoming a trusted, dependable leader for your horse
• How to use play and games to develop curiosity, try and pride
• Common manoeuvers such as lateral exercises (sidepass, turn on the haunches, etc.) and gait changes
• Complete the steps required for first saddling and that wondeful moment - a first ride!

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