Category Archives: Q&A
Scared of Ropes
The question: Hey Kate, Quick question for you regarding my stock horse that is afraid of ropes (had a bad start in life prior to ending up at the sales as a young one and then someone did way too much ‘natural horsemanship’/rope work with him). Once caught, he’s fine and you can throw the rope all…
Picking Up Feet
Teaching your young horse to pick up his feet safely, quietly and confidently. This was a recent question I received: “I have a brumby that doesn’t like picking his hind feet up for trimming and has been hurt in the past from a farrier and is now very evasive and just keeps turning in circles…
Avoiding Problems When Using the Round Pen
The Round Pen – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Some years ago I made a video about how to use the round pen as a training tool. This is now used as a teaching resource at Charles Sturt University in their Equine Science course. Yesterday I received an email from one of the…