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Trail Riding Natural Horsemanship Style
This article was written by Lindsey Forkun, Equine and Natural Horsemanship Expert, and author of the book Natural Horsemanship Answering the What, Why, and How for ALL Disciplines. Email: lindsey@bittypaws.com Read Lindsey’s other posts On July 7th we had a trail riding clinic at the farm. The purpose of the clinic was to help riders and horses become safer and more confident out on the trails using natural horsemanship. Some things we learnt to help set a horse up for a safe trail ride: 1) Desensitize the horse to various objects like umbrellas, dogs, bikes, tarps, plastic bags, etc so that the horse understands to stop, think, and wait for your cue instead of...
Read MoreGetting Started with Natural Horsemanship
This article was written by Lindsey Forkun, Equine and Natural Horsemanship Expert, and author of the book Natural Horsemanship Answering the What, Why, and How for ALL Disciplines. Email: lindsey@bittypaws.com Read Lindsey’s other posts Over the June 23/24 weekend we had a get started with Natural Horsemanship clinic and learning to advance your skills clinic. The Saturday focused on learning to get really good basics with your horse. It is really important to have really crisp, clear, and easy to understand body language between you and your horse. This is because if your horse can understand very precisely to back up, move just the shoulder, move just the...
Read MoreChica’s first trail ride – learning to lead
This article was written by Lindsey Forkun, Equine and Natural Horsemanship Expert, and author of the book Natural Horsemanship Answering the What, Why, and How for ALL Disciplines. Email: lindsey@bittypaws.com Read Lindsey’s other articles A couple weeks back I took Chica for her first trail ride. It is always a fun and exciting experience to take a horse for their first trail ride – but I always want to make sure it is a safe and positive experience too. To help get Chica ready for her first ride I: - did some ground work for desensitzing like going over logs, tarps, and in between tight spaces like between too barrels or jump standards - did some...
Read MoreWeighing the options | Pet insurance
This post was written by Claudia Gale Email: claudia@bittypaws.com Read Claudia’s other posts Growing up in a family that always included our furry friends, yet that never forked over the pricey premiums for pet insurance, has left me skeptical and conflicted. I want to provide the best care possible for my two senior kitties (with health issues), but find myself paying an arm and a leg for each visit to the vet or each case of prescription food. Is pet insurance the solution? Sitting down to weigh the costs (I’m both in denial and bad at math), most plans have an upper limit on benefits, restrict coverage for certain conditions, and have increasing premiums and...
Read MoreGetting a Good Saddle Fit
This article was written by Lindsey Forkun, Equine and Natural Horsemanship Expert, and author of the book Natural Horsemanship Answering the What, Why, and How for ALL Disciplines. Email: lindsey@bittypaws.com Read Lindsey’s other articles This past weekend Merlin, one of the horses in for training, As most of you may already know, getting a saddle that fits your horse is extremely important. Without a properly fitting saddle your horse can develop physical problems like a sore back, tight muscles, etc, but they can also be in pain so they do negative things like swishing their tail, reluctance to go forward or jump, or even buck. Yesterday I had Jim Ward...
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