by Lily Leitkowski | Feb 20, 2022 | Barb
Barb has a very strong sense of justice, so if you fail to release her immediately when she does the right thing, or add pressure that’s not meaningful, she’ll resent your poor timing. When you time up correctly and have good consistency of your feel and movements,...
by Lily Leitkowski | Feb 19, 2022 | Otto
Check out this video of a training session with Otto as he works on giving to pressure through the use of a rope:
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 29, 2021 | Pepper
Pepper was quite busy during Joel’s last visit to SAFE, for not only was she my companion in the groundwork portion of the clinic, but she was also present in the colt start. Because she’d worked so hard in the days prior to our groundwork sessions, she was a little...
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 15, 2021 | Cameron, Domino, Mac
When many imagine an active horse, they envision great feats of athleticism: horses cavorting around courses and launching themselves over jumps taller than children, horses dancing around arenas with grace and finesse, horses racing around barrels with speeds...
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 8, 2021 | Coco, Minnie, Sundae, Teddi
Coco blew out the candles on her 6 month cake at the end of last month, ushering in a new era of her young adulthood. Coco: the baby, is still visible — those high-pitched whinnies and acrobatic feats that come especially easy to young things remain front and center —...
