Ep. 54 Dr. Shelley Appleton, Calm Willing Confident Horses

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 accomplished sidesaddle rider and repairer of those old saddles. She's even raced sidesaddle in the Calgary Stampede. Noteably, Lee also h...

3 Mars 2h 27min

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 bridleless, and even jumps. Morgan tells the story of his beginnings with her from halter breaking to the loss of his eyes and...

24 Feb 1h 12min

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 Heritage on how to harness and use big draft horses. Brandt has been a competitor and announcer for the draft pulling cont...

17 Feb 2h 54min

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 confidence in new riders. I give a few tips and strategies on anxious riders or those who are too ...

10 Feb 1h 18min

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've all been talking for a little while and it develops organically. That was episode 21 if you care to listen. It was on...

3 Feb 3h 24min

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, classical dressage, western, Centered Riding, ground work, natural horsemanship, dressage musical frees...

27 Jan 3h 36min

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 teach you how to keep your horse working for longevity and vitality. She began flipping ponies for the local sale b...

13 Jan 4h 53min

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 great insight. Mark's known for his ability to understand the horse’s point of view and solve difficult problems with c...

6 Jan 2h 28min