It's all relative. One of my favorite clients has used that phrase frequently and I’ve found myself using it as a good reminder the last year and a half. It’s so easy to get caught up in ourselves, what we feel, what we want, what we aren’t getting. I’m not sure about you all,
We are once again accepting interns at SWPH! We had the most amazing intern earlier this year, Brianna Brodowski! I asked her to summarize her time here to encourage new interns; I'm late in posting it but I sure appreciate her input! Thank you Bri and we can't wait to see you again in October!
Sometimes, things just don’t work out Every once in a while, a horse comes into a training program that doesn’t end up working out for whatever people needed it to. Not because of anything the horse actually did, sometimes that horse just doesn’t grow enough, sometimes the family decides not to be as involved as
"You can't teach feel, you have to experience it” -Bill Dorrance So much of exceptional horsemanship is feel. We can be told the right thing to do but without feel behind it, we won’t be effective horseman. It’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t grasped the idea of feel for themselves… there’s no
This month has given Rebekah and I a good amount of time working together on some training horses. Rebekah has been learning how to start horses and how to look for success and progress in her young horses in order to quickly move further in their training on her own, rather than wait for me
Horse show season is upon us yet again and we are back in full swing! Samantha Walker Performance Horses just wrapped up two days of showing at the POA Southwest Regional Show hosted at Chaparosa Ranch. Our riders had a great time and the ponies were their wonderful selves! From an outsiders perspective, all you
Our November Student of the Month is Kaydin Pfeiffer! Kaydin has been riding with us for about a year and a half now! She was leasing Cowboy for most of that time and came so far on him! She had just started learning how to jump over the summer and she was a natural! She
Our student of the month for October is John Reich! John is another adult student of mine, one who has been riding with me for over 5 years now! He started out riding English and jumping a thoroughbred I had at the time, then quickly realized he wanted to stay closer to the ground. So
I have been slacking on my blog posts lately! It’s been a busy spring which led to a busy summer and to top it off Michael and I found out we are expecting a new addition to our household (in human form this time!) So I have been trying to catch up on everything possible
I recently read a Facebook post of someone asking advice for how much to push their daughter to ride. At the young age of 6, her horse accidentally shook her off and scared her from riding. The mothers concern was just how much should she push her to get back on now that she has
