Train Your Own Horse with Stacy Westfall

Put yourself in the role of the horse

Mar 25, 2020

Ep 71: How are you doing? Before you answer that question, I'd like you to pretend that you are a horse. What's the first image that comes to mind? An Arabian? A racehorse? An overworked driving horse?
During this podcast, I share with you my idea that maybe it is helpful if we view our situations from a slightly...

Using More Leg on Hot Horses

Mar 18, 2020

Episode 70: Question: After warming up and we're beginning to work, I have a really hard time keeping his gait consistent, usually start out slow and easy. But as we continue on, he has a tendency to increase his speed and will tense up and occasionally throw his head. Whenever I ask for a change of gait,...

Training Horses for Others vs Training Your Own.

Mar 11, 2020

Episode 69: Question: “I was wondering how you keep your motivation for riding your own horses when you are training other people's horses. I feel like I have to have a lot of motivation for everyone else's horses to keep them going and keep them working towards their goals. But I have a lot of trouble working...

How to Teach a Horse to Spook

Mar 4, 2020

Episode 68: How to teach your horse to spook, in three easy steps!

1) start with a horse with lack of experience or holes in the training
2) try not rock the boat…
3) when the horse has doubts, reduce the pressure or request

Thanks for humoring me there.
Sometimes when I’m thinking about a subject…I try to...