Articles from December 2009

Difficulty Getting On Your Horse

What do you do when your horse dodges away from you while trying to mount? There are several possible reasons why this happens. In this post I address what some of those reasons may be and provide one way to counter this misbehavior in a horse as well as shed light on some other reasons your horse may be doing this.

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from Black Horse Blog!

When Your Horse Dives To The Center Of The Arena

An article on how to stop a horse from diving toward the center of the arena when riding on the rail. There are training techniques to combat this as well as behavioral tactics, such as establishing leadership, you can take with your horse to encourage him to make choices that will work well for both of you.

How To Correct Counter-Bend in a Horse

How do you correct a counter-bend in a horse going around in the arena? Read this article for some suggestions on things you can do to help your horse bend correctly, carry you in better balance and become supple.

Good Ride – Rough Trip!

On the weekend after Thanksgiving we headed to Stub Stewart State Park to meet up with our friends, Marvin and Jodi Pierce, and ride the trails. Unfortunately we weren’t being blessed with the glorious sunshine from the day before but at least it wasn’t raining! We loaded the 4 horses in the trailer and set [...]