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Editor’s Postcard: It’s Event Season!

August 11, 2022June 21, 2022 by Kim Roe

Be Sure Your Equines are Ready for Their Outings After two years of COVID, and a winter that felt like it was two years long, I’m itching to get out to some shows, trail rides, or clinics. Though I’ve been to horse shows wearing my judge’s hat and I regularly …

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Unclear is Unkind: Approach Training from the Horse’s Perspective

June 22, 2022June 16, 2022 by Press

How horses learn and how many people think they learn are often at odds. SALIDA, Colorado, May 31, 2022–Julie Goodnight sheds light on how horses learn from every interaction with a person–for better or worse–in the latest episode of Ride on with Julie Goodnight. (JulieGoodnight.com/Podcast) “No one sets out to teach …

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Take Julie Goodnight’s Quiz to Learn your Horse’s Skill Set for Training

June 8, 2022June 6, 2022 by Dana Willett

Find a Horse’s Present Skills to Set the Right Training Goals for the Future SALIDA, Colorado, May 26, 2022—It’s hard to know where you’re going without knowing where you’ve been—and where you are right now⁠. Nothing is more true when it comes to training horses. Julie Goodnight developed a revealing …

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Travis Logan of Clear Cut Horsemanship – Creston, Washington Trainer Keeps it Simple while Giving Horses and Riders a Solid Foundation

August 2, 2022May 4, 2022 by Kim Roe

“I believe in keeping things simple and clear for both horse and rider.” - Travis Logan. All photos by Clear Cut Horsemanship

There is one sure way to be successful in business: provide people with something they need that’s in short supply. In the horse business, that “something” is capable colt starters. Throughout the Pacific Northwest (and beyond) owners of young horses are discovering how difficult it is to find a trainer …

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How to Find and Own the Circle – Try to Try, Part 4

April 19, 2022 by Steve Rother

Photo by Cara Crain

Over the last few months we’ve discussed training your horse in a way that encourages him to “try to try”. We want to train in a way that influences your horse to choose the thinking part of the brain rather than the reactive part when faced with everyday decisions. At …

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Sally Saur – Showing Students Their Superpowers

April 13, 2022 by Kim Roe

Photo by Jeni Jo Photography

What is your name and the name of your business? Sally Saur of Saur Training Stable What do you do? My husband, Roger Saur, and I give a limited amount of lessons. We are available for clinics and training as well. We give clients lessons on their own horses …

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It Takes Two to Tango – Sometimes We Have to Change Ourselves for a Successful Partnership

February 26, 2022 by Kim Roe

Photo by Kim Roe

Relationships are complicated. Whenever two beings come together both good and bad things can result—sometimes at the same time. Problems arise with horses (and people) when we think ownership allows us the right to change the essence of a horse to make him do or be whatever it is that …

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Book Release – From the Horse’s Point of View

January 13, 2022 by Northwest Horse Source

For years, Andrea Kutsch filled stadiums with spectators as she demonstrated remarkable transformations in problem horses using the Natural Horsemanship training methods she’d learned from leaders in the field. But something was bothering her—a feeling that had been with her since her childhood days, watching Icelandics in a field and …

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Mind Games – Create a Horse Who Thinks and Looks for Direction

January 3, 2022 by Steve Rother

The key to getting in sync with your horse’s mind is to resist the human instinct to stop when faced with something unexpected. Photo by Cara Crain

In this article, we discuss how you can influence your horse to choose the thinking part of the brain rather than the reactive part when faced with everyday decisions. The mind of the horse is very powerful and is a key component in creating an all-round partner. In our previous …

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Ty Friedrich and Broke-N-Rode Ranch – Livingston, Montana Trainer Focuses on Faith and the Three Rs in Training

December 22, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Photos by Sarah Friedrich

Name? Ty Friedrich Farm or Ranch Name? Broke-N-Rode Ranch (BNRR) Where are you located? Livingston, Montana What aspect of the horse business are you involved with? We specialize in Western riding, equitation, performance; also, basic reining, cutting and cowhorse as well as trail and obstacle work. We …

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