If you don't have your horses focus, it is hard to get much done. In this presentation, Warwick will help you see how to influence your horses focus, both online and off, so that you can make the most of your sessions.

Because of the horse I’m not the person I used to be.

Born in Australia, Warwick Schiller moved to the US in 1990 at the age of 23 to pursue his dream of becoming a horse trainer. His passion at the time was for the sport of reining. He was heavily involved in reining for 20 years, during which time he discovered his next passion, teaching. 

In 2010 he started a YouTube channel, wanting to share the idea that if you can understand how horses think, and what causes them to do the things they do, you can eliminate common issues and have a more harmonious relationship with your horse. That YouTube channel now boasts over 18 million views, and spawned an online training website than now contains over 230 hours of real time training of all...

Introducing dressage movements to your horse can feel intimidating. Jim Hicks demonstrates how you can prepare your horse for a shoulder in and put this useful movement to work for your horse in a slow relaxed way. He covers basic mechanics of what he is doing with his aids, and also the feel and timing of what he is doing to complement those basics.

Because of the horse, I'm a better human.

Anna demonstrates how she connects the language of the horse to our spoken language. Through teaching a horse to "come on command” you have a partner who wishes to be with you vs. catching or chasing them. You will discover the value of giving your horse a voice during the training. Anna also covers how to properly use food as reward and the concept of the “jackpot”, the importance of visualization in training and why short and sweet can often be the best approach.

Anna is an International Equine Linguist, Natural Horsewoman, Clinician, Speaker, Animal Communicator, Holy Fire®Karuna Reiki Master and the founder of Reach Out to Horses®. She is recognized in the industry for her unique and effective, collaborative training methodologies. For more than 2 decades she has brought her highly successful, gentle approach to thousands of people and horses from all walks of life and equine disciplines. She has conducted clinics, classes and training sessions across...

Anyone who has worked on their groundwork can relate to feeling overwhelmed by it. The balancing of moving feet, hands, watching expression; it’s all a bit overwhelming. Johanna Redmond takes a handful of her young students through their pre-ride groundwork paces, focusing on safety as well as fun.

Lateral Flexion

Bridling Practise

This episode starts with teaching your horse to back away from you. This is a great exercise to do with horses that have learned to be pushy or rude. Learn how your body language and presence is the deciding factor in whether your horse chooses to respect you or not. 

The next exercise works on lateral flexion. Teaching your horse to give softly through its head and neck on the ground will become so important later on when you ride your horse.   

This episode concludes with bridling practise. Learn both how to teach an untrained horse to accept a bridle so that there never is a bridling problem and learn how to fix the bridling issues you may have with your older horse. The bridling process is broken down into as many steps as possible to make it as easy to accomplish as possible.

Because of the horse I have a lifelong goal – to work every day at becoming a better horseman.

Because of the horse I have been able...

If you are not familiar with Josh Nichol and his unique "Relational Horsemanship" approach to working with horses, this is the place to start! Josh explains how his background, doing everything from cattle work to Dressage, led him to find a path that is not about dominance or "respect", but is instead about meeting the horse's relational needs, which he defines as Mind, Space, and Pressure. Josh will also introduce you to the idea that the feedback we receive from the horse can be a priceless key to our own growth, both as horsemen and as human beings.

Because of the horse I have a deeper understanding of how my presence is received by the world around me and that understanding challenges me to grow every time I step into the arena of life.

Driven by a lifelong passion to connect with horses on the deepest possible level, Josh Nichol has been honing his unique Relational Horsemanship approach to horse training for over two decades. In his early years, Josh studied in the U.S....

If you are not familiar with Josh Nichol and his unique "Relational Horsemanship" approach to working with horses, this is the place to start! Josh explains how his background, doing everything from cattle work to Dressage, led him to find a path that is not about dominance or "respect", but is instead about meeting the horse's relational needs, which he defines as Mind, Space, and Pressure. Josh will also introduce you to the idea that the feedback we receive from the horse can be a priceless key to our own growth, both as horsemen and as human beings.

Because of the horse I have a deeper understanding of how my presence is received by the world around me and that understanding challenges me to grow every time I step into the arena of life.

Driven by a lifelong passion to connect with horses on the deepest possible level, Josh Nichol has been honing his unique Relational Horsemanship approach to horse training for over two decades. In his early years, Josh studied in the U.S....

Discover the most common issue that slows down your progress. You will learn a simple principle that most riders overlook yet makes a huge difference. You will be able to get your horse to relax more, pay more attention to you and get scared less often.

Because of the horse you can discover who you truly are.

I was fascinated by horses since the first moment I have first seen one. I don't remember how old I was, but I knew I have to get involved with them. At first the closest I could get to "riding on a horse" was going on a kids carousel in a park in the center of Prague. My grandmother used to take me there. To me the horses there felt almost real because they were a lot bigger than me. Soon I started dreaming about riding on real horses. I was able to start riding on real horses when I got 12 years old. When I was 16 I started competing. First I used to ride parkour, a lot later I switched to western. During that time I had all sort of coaches and learned with many different...

If you have a horse that is getting scared of everything and often refuses to go to places that you want him to go, watch this video. You will see how I worked with a problematic horse and what it took to transform him. Learning these principles can save a horse from becoming too dangerous to ride.

Because of the horse you can discover who you truly are.

I was fascinated by horses since the first moment I have first seen one. I don't remember how old I was, but I knew I have to get involved with them. At first the closest I could get to "riding on a horse" was going on a kids carousel in a park in the center of Prague. My grandmother used to take me there. To me the horses there felt almost real because they were a lot bigger than me. Soon I started dreaming about riding on real horses. I was able to start riding on real horses when I got 12 years old. When I was 16 I started competing. First I used to ride parkour, a lot later I switched to western. During that time I had all sort...

 Desensitize Your Horse To A Rope 

In this episode we first show how to teach a horse to circle its handler. More importantly,how h we sow to fix problems that always seem to show up when a person first teaches this to a new horse. 

Next, we work on desensitizing a horse to a rope in a number of ways. The first one is how to get a horse used to something spinning over its head. The second involves using the rope to get a horse used to pressure around its belly (very good to do before introducing a young horse to a cinch or helping to fix a cinchy horse) and accepting pressure in other sensitive areas. After that we cover how to get a horse used to having its feet handled using the rope to make things as safe as possible for the handler.

Because of the horse I have a lifelong goal – to work every day at becoming a better horseman.

Because of the horse I have been able to go to some really interesting places and meet some great people.

Jason along...