Adult Onset Horsemanship

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Dr. Benjamoin Sykes never intended to be a horse vet and somehow wound up one of the world's leading researchers and experts in Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome. Dr. Sykes attained his BVMS in Australia. He moved to the US and continued his education while teaching. He then moved to Finnland and continue...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I don't think that title is enough to describe Lee McLean. She's authored 2 books, "Horse Woman: Notes on Living Well & Riding Better" and "Love & Rules: Life Lessons Learned With Horses". She's trained in just about every discipline you can imagine. She's an...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. If you're in the horse world and haven't come across clips of the AMAZING Endo the Blind, you must be living under a rock. Endo is the Appaloosa gelding who is missing both eyes and hasn't been held back at all. He knows all sort of verbal commands, rides obstacle courses bareback and bridle...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I have very little experience with horses pulling wagons, carts, or anything. That can't be said of our guest this week. Brandt has been involved in heavy drafts pulling heavy things his entire life. He's written many articles, been on RFD-TV, and even has a video series produced by Rural Heritag...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Here's our next quarterly Q&A episode with Nicole Schoup. Nicole is a board member of the Best Horse Practices Summit. She also teaches horsemanship classes for THE Ohio State University.  We talk in this one about things to look for when buying/leasing your first horse.  We get into building conf...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. We had Kerri on the podcast last year and it was one of those conversations that could have gone on for a long time. So, we had her back! I was also privileged to be a recent guest on her podcast, Compass Conversations. That's a podcast with 6 guests that doesn't begin with a topic until we'...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Lynn Acton has been certified by CHA (Advanced English / Intermediate Western) since 1994. In addition to conventional lessons, she founded and taught for several years in a therapeutic horsemanship program for at-risk youth that got national recognition. Her diverse interests led her to lessons in jumping...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. This one's long, but very good and has lots of stuff people need to hear. Jillian Kreinbring is a Functional Anatomy expert and charming to boot. She's been studying this stuff her entire adult life, has a M.S. in it, and has been running the roads teaching it for over 20 years. Her goal is to te...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Mark Rashid is an internationally known clinician, author, screenwriter, musician, luthier, and Aikido master. He's also developed his own blend of Aikido and horsemanship called Aibado. Mark is a go with the flow kind of guy. He doesn't get his feathers ruffled too easily and is a wealth of grea...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. If you've listened to the podcast very much, it'll come as no surprise to you that Jim Masterson is one of my favorite people in this business. Since we have such a good relationship, he asked if he could flip the script and interview me and even do the sponsor for the episode. He did not disapoi...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Josh is a friend and has been on the podcast before. He's from Alberta, and like all Canadians that I've met, is a very nice and good natured guy. He's got a heart to help people and a very thoughtful perspective. He understands that this is a lifelong journey, as evidenced by his tag line,...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info.  This episode is turned over to you. Last week I made the offer of doing a live Q & A over zoom. It went quite well and they kept me busy answering their questions for a couple of hours. We'll be doing more of these types of Live Q & As, so make sure you're on our email newsletter list. ...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Kerry Thomas never meant to be in the horse business. He started out observing animals in a biological research way and had the chance opportuntity to observe mustangs and predators. He's also colorblind and that changes the way he literally sees horses, which lead to him seeing them differently, figu...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Gretchen Deane is an accomplished rider. She's an accomplished bodyworker with experience and training in both The Masterson Method, and Reiki healing. She's also a trained and practicing neuromuscular equine dentist and an overall cool lady. This is a must listen episode in my opinion. Equine de...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I do like the format of doing Q&As, but it does seem awkward at times to just be droning on by myself for an hour. So, Nicole has agreed to help me do these occasionally. Please let me know how you like these. Nicole is a trainer in her own right. She also teaches Horsemanship Classes at The Ohio State...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I met Sara this past February at Buck the Trend . This was a mental health conference put on by Maddy Butcher and Best Horse Practices for the ranching, horse, and agriculture industry professionals. As Sara talks about in this episode, that conference had a profound effect on her. Sara has owned a horse m...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I've known Amy Lang for over a decade and she's a treasure within our industry. She's been a collegiate equestrian, trainer, has a masters in Equine Management, ran a massive lessons program at a huge public stable, has been a vet tech, and is now running her own marketing firm aimed at help...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Dave Duquette is a Marine, Horse Trainer, and Emmy Winner. He has also been fighting for the agricultural industry and particularly the horse business for a long time. He used to work at Protect the Harvest and started Western Justice several years ago. Western Justice has the mission to fight animal extre...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Dave Duquette is a Marine, Horse Trainer, and Emmy Winner. He has also been fighting for the agricultural industry and particularly the horse business for a long time. He used to work at Protect the Harvest and started Western Justice several years ago. Western Justice has the mission to fight animal extre...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Ben Longwell trains horses in the vaquero tradition. His business name is True West Horsemanship. He lived for 11 years in New Zealand, where his wife is from. They moved back to Oregon a couple of years ago with their 4 children. Ben's well experienced at doing clinics and presentations. He's al...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Kerri Lake, whose business is Generation of Harmony, is all about Being Human Differently. She teaches interspecies consciousness and human evolution. Her primary vehicle for awakening and personal evolution in this life has been relationships - with family, with animals, with partners, with Creator Consci...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Mrs. Noche Miller thought that I wasn't giving positive reinforcement training and trick training their just due, so she wanted to come on and offer her perspective. She trains horses and cows to do tricks, owns a Guiness World Record for most tricks performed by a cow in one minute (video in the link...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Will Friday is both a Masterson Method Practitioner and nutrition advisor for Legacy Equine. We met at Jim Masterson's Gathering last January and I thought he'd make a good guest. We get into his past career in the outdoor industry and that he's only been doing the horse thing for about 15 y...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. It's just me this time answering your questions. I hope that's enough, but I'm open to feedback here. If you want more Q&A's, let me know. If you just want interviews, let me know that too. In this episode I touch on the topic of tongue sensitivity that I heard a bit fitter discuss...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Dr. Shelley Appleton has a PhD in Human Learning, is a pharmacist, and horse trainer/clinician in Australia. She uses her understanding in how humans learn to show them better ways to get along with their horses. This episode is destined to go down as one of the best ones we've done. We get deep into...