The Klimke Approach to Dressage

training a very young horse, an eventer or a high-performance dressage horse, his training was always based on three principles: • Keep variety in the training. • Take small steps….

Equine Spook in Place Training

…it, and a tarp. This Is Not Sacking Out! While both sacking out and “spook in place” training involve working with distracting, possibly scary, objects, these two training techniques are…

Dressage 101

…to work on with your horse. Training and advancement is based on the training scale, also know as the “pyramid of training.” The scale originated in Germany and was meticulously…

Small-Space Training with Your Horse

Training Reinforcement Horses don’t forget their training, but they can get a little rusty if they haven’t performed a routine for a while. The following tips will reinforce skills for…

Sandy Collier’s Western Horse Training Secrets

…either training or untraining him. If you’re picking out his feet and he’s leaning on you or dancing around, don’t let him get away with it–that’s setting an “I’m the…

Horse Clinic Cafeteria

…down other trainers or training styles? Or are they looking to build the rider’s confidence? Subtle things like that can tell you a lot about a person and their training