Horse desensitizing ideas

Enjoy the fun of a horse trail obstacle course - and more - at the recent CMA horse campout at Montana de Oro State Park.

Horse obstacles

Great obstacle idea!

Is your horse shying and spooky too often? Try these 10 tips to de-spook your horse from guest writer Trixie Hodges: 1. Touch your horse everywhere. This might seem a bit strange when we’re trying to…

Bombproof is a term used in the horse world to describe a horse that isn’t afraid of anything; the idea is that a bomb could go off a few feet away from the horse and it wouldn’t even flinch. The way to make your horse bombproof is by putting them through desensitizing training. Desensitizing is […]

Sometimes you can't ride. Sometimes you don't want to. Here are 31 fun and useful things you can do with your horse - other than riding.

Obstacles for horse training. Great ideas for clicker training and horse agility, or just to desensitize your horse to things you might encounter while trail riding.

I come across many horses that have soundness challenges or general “hind end weakness” during horsemanship lessons and training. The majority of these horses are in the prime years of their life. At 10-15 years old, they still have many good years ahead if we can assist them in developing better balance and strength. Conformation

Build Your Horse's Confidence - In the previous article Build Your Horse's Confidence Part 1, I demonstrated how to build confidence around a horse’s personal space bubble by dragging a post with my new seven-year-old Canadian Warmblood named Bellagio, or “Geo.”