Have you ever heard that expression? “Monkey See – Monkey Do” My mother used to say it a lot. Even though she was talking to my father about watching his behavior, she was talking about me. Because growing up I would follow my father around and do exactly what he did. I wasn’t doing it because I was trying to irritate ...
This week I want to have some fun. Balance, you know. Your horse needs to have some play time to balance out training and so do you. So, here is something to have fun with. Whorls. What’s a whorl? A whorl is a patch of hair growing in the opposite direction of the surrounding hair, usually in a pinwheel fashion. It ...
A very nice horse woman said something this week that really resonated with me. And I think there are a lot of people out there that may feel the same way she does. She said, “I don’t have the confidence in myself and my horse knows it.” She went on to say, “I know my horse feeds off of my insecurities ...
This is a continuation of the previous blog post so if you haven’t read that yet, please click the link below… https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/how-do-you-achieve-a-peaceful-partnership-with-your-horse-part-i/ In this post I’m going to explain lessons 4-6 of How do you achieve a peaceful partnership with your horse?: How to put an end to any resistance between you and your horse, no matter how long you’ve been ...
Why can’t I get my horse to listen to me all the time and do what I want? Is the $64,000 question I get in one form or another all the time, which is why I set out to help answer it in these 6 short lessons. I’m going to go over lessons 1-3 in this post and then you can ...
I got a shock last week and it has really affected me for some reason. One of my friends that I play pool with every week told me that his wife left him. After 27 years. He said that she came home and said, “I love you but I’m not IN-LOVE with you anymore.” And then she walked out and moved ...