True West Horsemanship

True West Horsemanship – Purpose vs. Progress

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Why do those without a job to do with their horses often take too long to make progress, and those having a job to do with their horses often rush the progress instead of taking the necessary time? I commonly see these two extremes in my work with horses and their owners. As with most things, it’s important to recognize […]

True West Horsemanship – Haltering

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How can we mess up something so simple? How is it so many folks end up showing horses how to do the exact opposite of what we are looking for? You would think it is a fairly straightforward thing – and it is. But we have a tendency to get the cart before the horse in a lot of ways. […]

True West Horsemanship – A Wet Saddle Blanket

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How many of you have heard the old adage “It takes wet saddle blankets to make a good horse”? It’s one of those common old sayings that most of us have heard at one time or another, if you’ve been around horses very long. Like many colloquialisms, it’s intended meaning can get distorted or lost depending on how it’s used […]


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