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Do you ever feel as though you just cant get with the movement of your horse? Like you are just …
Posting trot is a gait many riders struggle to learn and struggle to do well. It may feel difficult to …
We all know the frustration of riding the so called “lazy” horse. No matter how hard we kick or cluck, …
I love working with the so-called “problem horses”. They are the ones that have always made me better as a …
Ever wondered why horses can behave so differently for different people? Perhaps you’ve been having a problem with your horse, …
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Horses can do many things that are annoying, frustrating, or downright dangerous. Take Finn, the young horse who likes to …
When we are riding or working with horses, is it important to “be the boss?” Do we need to establish …
“Get back on the horse” isn’t just advice for riders, it’s become a saying for not giving up, being brave, …
When we climb onto the back of a horse with a mind and behaviors all it’s own, we are always …
You’re out on a trail ride, walking through the grass along the fence line when your horse spots it – …
You’re about to go into the canter. Your instructor has asked you to trot to the far side of the …
Think of a time when you were completely immersed in what you were doing. You lost track of time and …
Safety is important for every rider. Even the most experienced among us can still have accidents. But there is one …
Have you ever finished grooming or bathing your horse, then turned them back out in their field only to watch …
What do you do when you are stressed? Scratch your head, crack your knuckles, fidget with a pen, rub your …
Accidents do not only happen while riding. They can happen at anytime, sometimes while doing the most mundane of tasks. …
It's an unfortunate part of horse care and ownership, but horses do get sick and injured. When they do, the …
Blanketing is a tricky topic in horse care. As owners, we want to provide our horses with the best care …
We've all had the pleasure of needing to give a dewormer or other type of oral medication to our horse …
What is connection? A word that is so commonly used, yet so widely interpreted. It is essential but can be …
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The first time you find these thoughts in your mind can be gut-wrenching. “Is this ever going to work?” Maybe …
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Horses have a lot to teach us. They teach us how to be good observers and listeners, they teach us …
I signed up for the Balanced Riding course after watching Callie on YouTube. I’ve learned so much from this course. As you start riding when you’re young, you learn the fundamentals, but then you drift so far away from them in different skills that you’re learning that you sometimes kind of forget or don’t appropriately utilize those fundamentals anymore. And she’s really brought me back to that level of understanding specifically how to ride with the seat. And I think that’s kind of the most powerful thing you can learn to do as a rider, is to sit your horse appropriately, not have to rely so much on your reins. So that’s been huge, just completely changed the way I ride.
I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the comments and positive comments I have read while on this site. I have taken many of the free courses offered by CRK training over the past few months and it has help with my confidence. I actually rode my daughter’s horse for the first time outside in the ring since she came home from a free lease September. I have practiced many of the lessons and watched many videos. It was just at a walk but I felt confident with every thing I have learnt so far, plus I have learnt that I am not the only one who gets nervous and that it is okay to be nervous and thanks to Callie’s lessons I have learnt to take one day at a time and work though the times I feel nervous.
As a new horse owner and rider I wanted a training series that would walk me through each step of equitation for a beginner. That is exactly what I got with the CRK Balanced Rider Series. Callie King is a talented horse trainer and accomplished rider and it shows through each of her videos. She is clear and concise when discussing her insider knowledge of horse care, training, and riding.
As with all of the work Callie does, this program is informative, thoughtful, evidence based. The course provides good resources on horsemanship, managing fear, developing confidence. The videos of “how to” help your horse manage his fear were particularly good (in that) helping my horse manage moments of fear, helps me to manage mine.
This is why I so enjoy your videos and webinars. Your approach is so positively based and therefore so kind and gentle while still being very effective. You work with the horse and not against him.
THANK YOU!
