Is your horse lazy?
Have you ever stopped to consider that maybe your lazy horse really isn’t lazy but he is biomechanically undeveloped. This means that he...
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Naomi Rutter
Nov 28, 20232 min
Abduction vs the cross over in the pivot
When people teach the pivot to a horse whether it be on the saddle or on the ground, they tend to focus more on getting the cross over...
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Naomi Rutter
Jun 9, 20232 min
barriers and
Using barriers can help a horse feel safe to respond with softness, vulnerability and intimacy to our physical touch.
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Naomi Rutter
Jun 8, 20231 min
Redirection.
Redirection is about helping your horse feel safe when they are anxious. Redirection is not a correction. It’s just bringing the thoughts...
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Naomi Rutter
Jun 7, 20231 min
Leading shouldn’t be this difficult
Have you ever thought how many components there are to proper leading? If we break it down, there are a lot of them and it is just as...
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Naomi Rutter
Jun 6, 20232 min
Liberty - it's about everything!
People who say horses aren’t emotional really haven’t taken the time to be around them then as they are creatures driven by emotion and ..
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Naomi Rutter
May 17, 20232 min
Using abduction to help us in our turns….along with other benefits.
Abduction-moving or taking away from the body. Adduction-adding into or towards the body. I just began understanding more of this since...
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Naomi Rutter
May 12, 20232 min
Straightness….it’s misunderstood and under used.
We are overbending our horses too much. I used to think being bent meant being soft, and you need to bend in certain things but being...
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Naomi Rutter
Dec 30, 20222 min
It’s ok to feel overwhelmed!!
There is so much information out there on how to work with horses. The right way, the wrong way, different techniques for different horse...
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Naomi Rutter
Dec 29, 20222 min
What to do when a horse spooks
Your horse spooks in the corner of the arena or kick out on the lunge.....what do you do? Should you react or just let bygones be...
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Naomi Rutter
Dec 29, 20222 min
Correct hand positions for riding
The position of our hands holding the reins is extremely important to how we signal our horses mouths. And whether we ride English or...
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Naomi Rutter
Dec 1, 20222 min
How to help our horses learn to be comfortable and happy
The longer I train horses (which in reality really isn’t that long), I hear so many different and conflicting arguments of which way is...
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Naomi Rutter
Nov 22, 20222 min
Health benefits for your horse while riding long and low
Long and low....yes I know it’s a dressage term, but we need to not think of it only in that context. We need to realize all the other...
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Naomi Rutter
Nov 1, 20222 min
“My horse doesn’t need to see a chiropractor, he just needs more training.”
I hear it time and time again. “My horse doesn’t need to see a chiropractor, he just needs more training.” “He doesn’t need to see the...
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Naomi Rutter
Oct 17, 20221 min
How do we know how hard to push our horses and when to back off?
When training for a big event that is a question we all need to ask ourselves. We need to remember that our ego is not the important...
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Naomi Rutter
Oct 16, 20221 min
Hanging Hay Nets
I often get asked why I have hay bags hanging in my barn. One is that it does help keep the horses quieter and happier and gives them a...
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Naomi Rutter
Oct 16, 20222 min
The 3 C’s
Commitment, Communication and Connection! These are the 3 things I think are essential to building a relationship with your horse....
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Naomi Rutter
Oct 16, 20222 min
The “one rein stop”-is it helpful or harmful?!?
The one rein stop was created by the natural horsemanship world to help give riders as ability to stop a run off but, it is overused and...
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Naomi Rutter
Oct 16, 20221 min
Teaching your horse to canter on the lunge line - Part 2
One of the biggest issues I see people having with cantering on the lunge line is the horse is completely in dysfunction biomechanically....
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