So I have to apologize for being absent for so long. It seems that winter has finally ended and I can put the hip waders used to make my way through the mud to do chores away for a little bit I hope I’ve been working on some special training for a client and it too has been taking a lot of time, but has also been a lot of fun. I thought I’d share with you a short video from one of the teaching sessions. This video shows you what happens when you go through all the necessary s

To shape a hind leg lift for hoof cleaning, I use the same basic idea as I did for shaping the front leg lift. This time I will place my hand on the stifle so that I can feel when the muscles engaged to start to lift the leg. Once again, I will take the smallest try from the horse and gradually wait for a bit more and more until he is readily lifting and holding the leg in the air. At the point that I think he feels comfortable with me ‘holding’ the hoof, I will very lightly