Putting the Horse 1st

Send us Fan Mail “I love my work and I love the horses. I envision a day when those people who really understand how to care for a horse - from their hooves and diet to their need to live in a herd and be free from confinement - will be the majority of those responsible for these creatures. We need to throw out the molasses-laden feeds and supplements, get rid of the alfalfa, remove the shoes, tri...

Send us Fan Mail https://havenequine.com/ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horsemanahiphaven From her website. “Emma Jenkinson, a seasoned horse trainer and riding coach based in Northern NM. With a rich background in dressage and equestrian vaulting, and over 10 years experience as a professional. Emma dedicates her expertise to utilizing the positive reinforcement quadrant of operant cond...

Send us Fan Mail https://www.kudaguru.com/ From Ashleigh’s website “Many experienced riders begin to focus on the exercises or patterns, and, if they feel they are stagnating in their progress, start to look for more elaborate, complicated exercises.  My approach to teaching is bringing the focus back to the rider’s position, biomechanics and awareness.  Horses constantly give us feedback on how w...

Send us Fan Mail Alissa Mayer is a  Certified Equine Hanna Somatics® Educator and the Co-Instructor of the Equine Hanna Somatics Professional Training & Certification Program, and Creator of the FEEL-Embodied™ System. https://alissamayer.com/what-is-equine-hanna-somatics/ https://www.facebook.com/alissamayer We discuss the vast complexity of the nervous system, pandiculation, posture versus pe...

Send us Fan Mail Christina Krueger and host Isabeau Solace discuss communicating with your hoof care practitioner, advocating for your horse, the nutritional component of healthy hoof development, addressing training of your horse for hoof care, and addressing pain and behavior issues that interfere with that care. The course on nutrition mentioned should be available March 2024.   There are other...

Send us Fan Mail Steph Bradshaw is a positive reinforcement & force free, ethical equestrian coach and trainer living in Missouri. In part 2 of our discussion Steph explains her SKE  jackpot method for training cooperative care, dealing with emergency care situations, building and respecting consent cues, training disengagement, syringe and oral meds delivery, how the horse controls the size o...

Send us Fan Mail Steph Bradshaw is a positive reinforcement & force free, ethical equestrian coach and trainer living in Missouri. In part 1 of our discussion Steph begins by  sharing her childhood and college experiences with horses and animal training.  She explains what she learned about positive reinforcement working with zoo animals, her start with horse rescue, and what she learned from...

Send us Fan Mail https://www.facebook.com/FaceUpTraining Alyssa is a Lyons Legacy certified trainer.  She operates her business, Face Up Training and Colt Starting in New Freedom, PA.   Alyssa and I discuss her experiences becoming certified as a Lyons Legacy trainer.  And what it means to her to put the horse first in her training. I hope you enjoy our conversation and thanks for listening.

Send us Fan Mail Michelle and I had a wonderful talk about her experiences coming into horse ownership as an adult.  After lucking into a “free” horse, she eventually got more horses, her own property, and whole heartedly embraced every milestone and failure that came her way. CONTENT WARNING :  there is one mention of childhood sexual trauma

Send us Fan Mail https://helenthornton.com/?fbclid=IwAR2itqNAnHpfKqWdnOwftSdayc0w-OhZX2BbDYbcsMo1toAINah3i_AEO60_aem_AaXIzL0tydTjiJOEa_IY-6S9aSQEJ6noswJtrm_34aIH5o7sbF_sjZ8Au7jaYjbJQ8g Helen is a registered member of the International Association of Animal Therapists.  She lives in the UK where she offers PEMF for horses and humans. https://helenthornton.com/about-pemf She also offers a 2 day hors...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast I refer to Emma by her Facebook handle, Emma Lemon.  Emma Jenkinson is located in New Mexico and offers virtual coaching.  You can reach her on her website. https://havenequine.com/ If you have an interest in vaulting the company in the USA that can supply barrel covers, custom kits, and practice barrels is LB Vaulting Barrels. https://www.lbvaultingbarrels.com/ Yo...

Send us Fan Mail Naomi Kahlich talks about her back ground as a dog trainer and how that education in R+ worked with her mustang Juno.  We also discuss the issues surrounding the management and round up of wild mustangs. Feedback and questions can be sent to puttingthehorse1st@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Isabeau Solace and Clare Frost discuss Clare’s Equine Breathing method.  You can find more information, resources, and products on Clare’s website. Enter www.equinebreathing.com into your browser or click the link below. http://www.equinebreathing.com If you want to reach out with feedback or questions about the podcast, you can reach me at  puttingthehorse1st@gmail.com Thanks for...

Send us Fan Mail Debbie Watts and Isabeau Solace discuss how we use Straightness Training and Positive reinforcement (R+/clicker training) to put the horse first. Callie Klein has bowed out as cohost.  But I am grateful for the help she gave me getting this podcast project up and running. If you want to reach out with feedback or questions, you can email puttingthehorse1st@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is Cindy Roragen the founder of BixRo Horse Haven.  Cindy discusses with us her evolution from a rescue to a haven organization.  The ways that an owner can prepare their horse to do well when sold on to a new home.  And how we can support rescues and havens that are providing an educated and safe home for unwanted horses. This is Callie Klein final episode with the podc...

Send us Fan Mail Part two of our discussion with Hannah Cooper.

Send us Fan Mail Isabeau Solace and Kelly Klein chat with Anna Jabateh, who owns and runs a Riding school in Poland.  She tells us how, and why, she developed her riding school program that puts the horse first.  And how she explains her priorities to her students.

Send us Fan Mail Callie Klein and Isabeau Solace have a chat with Hannah Cooper.  Hannah lives in NJ and talks to us about her experience with horse rescue and rehoming.  

Send us Fan Mail Isabeau Solace and Callie Klein cohost a podcast on putting the horse first.  We will interview guests and talk about what it means to us to ‘put the horse first.’  We will discuss what we see in the equestrian world that has changed for the better, and the worse.    Callie Klein owns a boarding barn in Las Vegas Nevada. Isabeau Solace is a barn manager in Maryland. They met while...