Functional Horsemanship
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Restarting Monte, Part 5

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When we started with ground work on Monte, I introduced him to following a feel on the lead rope moving to be able to control a foot with ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Restarting Monte, Part 4

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Once in the saddle, beginning on Day Two of Monte's restart, I worked on lateral flexion and untracking his hind end using as minimal...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Restarting Monte, Part 3

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Although this is part 3 of Re-starting Monte, I began untracking him on the lead rope around his hind end on the first day of ground train...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Restarting Monte, Part 2

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Continuing with Monte, I worked with him to understand the slight differences in asking for a front foot to step out and being sent follow...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Restarting Monte, Part 1

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Monte is a registered Arabian from Polish Arab stock and was used an on the track racehorse before my late my wife bought him when he was ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Correcting my own mistakes

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I was riding a few weeks ago and realized that I was pretty much solely focused on the performance of my horse. At some level I was aware ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

The Time, Place and Reasons for Lunging

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I received two questions these past couple weeks relating to lunging. Kathy wrote "Do you still make lunge lines? I have been using ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Lateral Flexion in a Colt's first few rides

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I picked up a 2 year old sorrel gelding last year at a sale. I was really happy to have the winning bid on him, kind of surprised that he...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Getting on with Living

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After losing my wife to cancer 5 months ago, a terrible disease that came back on her with a vengeance that took us all by surprise, and th...
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Saturday, November 30, 2024

Giving Thanks

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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgivng and was able to spend with those people in your life that are important to you, be it family and/or ...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

RIP Susan Kay Guile 1961-2024

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I haven't been very active on this site for the past year or so as my wife was in her 12th year of fighting cancer. That battle ended...
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Friday, August 16, 2024

The Evil West Texas Goathead plant

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If you live in the desert Southwest you are invariably familiar with the Goathead Plant, which is actually an obnoxious weed that grows re...
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

National Day of the Cowboy 2024 - 20 Year Anniversary

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Today, 27 July 2024, marks the 20th anniversary of the annual National Day of the Cowboy. While many Americans think of Cowboys as what t...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Keeping a horse straight or changing his mind

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25 years ago I was discussing with another what we really needed in a horse and I remember saying something to the effect that I really va...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

The Power of Petting Horses

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I recently had a discussion with a lady who asked me if I thought petting and rubbing horse would create a pushy, spoiled horse. She told...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Tying Up Young Horses

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Sometimes people will contact me and ask about the Functional Tie Rings, sometimes just to make sure they are still available or they are ...
Friday, May 31, 2024

A Horsemanship Epiphany on Patience

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Webster's Dictionary gives the following definitions of an 'epiphany': "a usually sudden manifestation or perception of ...
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