Category Archives: Goals
Course Checklists
Each Kandoo Training Course now contains a Course Checklist. The checklist will lead you through each detail of the course, ensuring you don’t miss anything, and allow you to chart your horse’s progress. It is often hard to see how well the horse is learning and how quickly it is improving when we are right…
Riding Roadblocks
I recently put a survey out to riders to find out what was holding them back, the things they were having trouble with and where they felt they could use some help. The most interesting results came from the question about roadblocks. The word cloud below represents the answers given (200+) to the question: “What…
Why Some Horses Just ‘GET IT’
I’ve had a few lesson clients this week that have had wonderfully successful training results – horses that are unrecognisable from one week to the next (or in some cases fortnight, depending upon how often I see them). Here’s what the DIDN’T do differently: Work any harder Work any longer Had more experience than others Rode…
Feel Not Flood
As with anything, there are different ways of achieving all our horse training goals. So how do we know which is best, most suitable for us as riders and best for our particular horse? I think we need to ensure that we present new material to the horse in the calmest and best possible way.…
Member Spotlight – Dione
Kandoo Club Online Training Member, Dione, tells us about her journey with the lovely Bayley. As I think back to the last 12 months I am amazed at how far we have come! In December 2014, I bought my first riding horse in literally 15 years. While I’ve always had horses, I was breeding and…
One Buck Does Not a Bronco Make!
I always say that the main purpose of long-reining is to see if your horse is ‘ready to ride’. With the young horse we can use it assist the horse in the development of top-line to carry the weight of the rider later. With a horse that has been out of work for a time…
10 Essential Steps to Confidence
Watch this free webinar today! 10 Essential Steps to Confidence In this webinar you will learn: How to approach a lack of confidence from a psychological point of view How your horse learns How foundation training gives both you and your horse confidence How to find the right trainer for you and your horse The…
Achieving Riding Goals
It is time to really think about what we want to achieve with our horses in 2015 and how we are going to do that. I am thrilled to say that I have found some brilliant software for helping you do just that! Click here to learn all about it!