Posts made in June 27th, 2012

Merlin goes for his trail

Posted by cheryl on Jun 27, 2012 in Equine Care | 0 comments

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, went for his first trail ride. We’ve been working on a lot of things including steering and speed control in the ring. One of things we also worked on was emotional control and confidence building so Merlin could be safe out on the trails. Some exercises we have done to help Merlin become confident: - Going over poles both forward and backward - Stepping in...