All Blog Posts Tagged 'buck' (5)

Vulnerability in Horsemanship

There is so much talk about vulnerability, authenticity and self-acceptance these days. I love it. In case you haven’t seen the (by now famous) TED Talk by Brene Brown yet or want to see it again, I'll post the link below.

The process of becoming a horseman is the epitome of the vulnerability, authenticity and self-acceptance trifecta. Living the truth of it……

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Added by Emma Kline on April 21, 2015 at 11:30am — No Comments

Truth and consequences

Well, my trainer had her second ride on little Maggie yesterday. Maggie tried her patented move, 'The Maggie', a clever combination of buck, leap and rear. Now I've never really managed to enforce a consequence with that move, you know, laying in the dirt, with my ankle dislocated, bleeding, it wasn't something I was up to. Maggie found out about consequences!

And today was ride #3. Well well, someone's a very smart horse! She was very good, very gorgeous and very contrite. My…

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Added by MagsNMe on September 29, 2010 at 12:02am — No Comments

Practice Makes Perfect with the Waterhole Rituals™

As you might have guessed, I’m a very practical person. I learn by doing. Ultimately though, we all must learn by doing as there is no alternative and this is especially true with horses. I do hope that you enjoy watching my DVDs and reading my book but I have to tell you that unless you get out there and put them into practice, you will never know what sort of results you might get. I recently had a lovely email from a lady called…
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Added by Carolyn Resnick on August 25, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

OMG Finally :):):):)

well i have only been trainin my horse for eight long and painful months now or somethin close to that.. lol... went and did some trainin yesterday since the weather was nice. first time in 4 months that i have been up on his back or had the saddle on him or anythin like that... no buckin, or fightin... i even got the bridle on him wit out a fight!!! so pleased wit him. lunged him for bout 20 mins under saddle.. got up on him and started workin on steerin and goin and stopin… Continue

Added by Meghan Rainey on August 18, 2010 at 10:15am — 2 Comments

Percheron Nostalgia

I wrote this several winters ago.

 

It's 52℉ outside (unseasonably warm by about 20℉ ) and wind is gusting to about 60 mph, with a constant force…

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on July 17, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

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