Silence Speaks More

3 Educational Video Series that take you through entire training sessions with hours of instruction with youngsters that have already handled and the never before touched. Foals from Haltering to Leading Weanlings & Yearlings From Haltering to Lunging... Kelly will teach you how to work with your youngsters and get them started right. You will Learn how to get your youngsters to give to the halter and lead through to lunging. Each video shows complete training sessions and Kelly gives you tips and hints on what to watch for, what to do at each stage, and the milestones you will achieve. Never get mad at these young horses. Use patience, stay quiet, and always be consistent while your working with them. Videos ship within 24 hours and will be delivered by Canada Post http://www.silencespeaksmore.com/store//Video_Training.html For those that wish to use e-transfer or PayPal please private message me.

A very talented 2 yr old I'm working with.

Harmony and Partnership - The Elusive HOW TO Into the Saddle Into the saddle and REPETION is essential. All cues and body positions for both horse and rider m...ust be muscle memory automatic. A Shaolin Priest once said I am not afraid of the 10,000 moves my opponent has practiced once. I am afraid of the 1 move that my opponent has practiced 10,000 times. To be a master of anything it takes doing it 10,000 times. 10,000 circles, 10,000 jogs up the center line, 10,000 halts. Each movement must be automatic muscle memory for both you and your horse. Not all of this needs to be done in a ring. Get out on the trail or in the field and PLAY there. Here miles are important. While building that PARTNERSHIP, build STRENGTH and STAMINA in you both. Every before and after picture is the same. The before picture is a lazy, disinterested horse with dull eyes moving through their dreary day with no interest whatsoever. The after picture shows a strong, confident, capable horse doing a job they love with a PARTNER they wouldn’t trade for the world. Let your horse learn to go to the letter. Let them listen to the caller and put words to the pictures in their mind. Allow them to do their part and respect their contribution. You will be rewarded beyond anything you ever dreamed possible. The amazing thing about all this REPETION is that your horse will develop the art of following your cues when you think them. You’ll find yourself moving less, adjusting less, and spending more time working within the connection with your partner than actively cueing your horse. If you have never heard the words move your cue from your foot to your calf, to your thigh, hear them now. By all means discipline has its place as well. Some days we just don’t want to play, your horse feels the same. When a mistake is made first look to yourself. Has the lesson been taught completely? Are there parts that my horse doesn’t understand? If all that is well in hand discipline is required but only for that instance. Reprimand once and move on. Never ever met out more discipline than the mistake requires. We all push the line but never want to hear about it over and over. Lack of respect will last far longer And is far more difficult to overcome than a quick jab to get their mind back on track. Let it go and get back to work. By putting in the HOURS and MILES building a real RELATIONSHIP and PARTNERSHIP with your horse from the ground up you will achieve 9s and 10s in Harmony and tests that FLOW Like Water with incredible scores. The PARTNERSHIP you cultivate will take you to heights you will never dream possible. Coming out of a test with tears in your eyes because of a connection you never dreamed possible. A PARTNER that would take you to the end of the earth and jump if you ask. To me there is nothing more rewarding. Remember your horses are like teenagers with no peer pressure or access to social media. They don't worry about what your thinking. They don't need a friend. They need a mentor and partner that will set boundaries and bring out the best in them. Horses weren't put on earth to stand in a pasture and be a horse. They love their jobs and love to do them well. Just like us all, they want to be acknowledged for their hard work and contribution. They will develop a different relationship with each person in their world. Good Luck, Work Hard, and above all Have FUN. This is so much bigger than 9's and 10's on your tests. Take this step and your world will never be the same. Guaranteed. See you in the ring!!

In so many posts the question comes from the point of the rider. "What can I do?", "What technique can I use?", How can I MAKE my scores better?". The answers... come back related to the rider's point of view. After all we'll just MAKE them better. The ART of Western Dressage or with any Equine Discipline, the focus really needs to be to the horse and how you, the Rider, can help the TEAM to work better. You and your horse are a team. Each team should seek harmony first and the scores will follow. Ride your horse to your best ability while growing your skills and competence. Your horse knows naturally how how to do everything you will ever ask of them. God gave them the ability and the intelligence. It is your responsibility to learn to work within THEIR gifts. After thousands of miles and wet saddle blankets you will both flow through the movements with muscle memory, just thinking and it is done. The key from the beginning is to relax into your saddle and build strength and connection. If you can't feel your horse you will never be able to connect and being a team is impossible. Before you begin every ride sit a minute in your saddle, take a deep relaxing breath, exhale and clear your mind, smile and go to work. The same at the beginning of each test. Clear your mind and smile. Your scores will follow - Guaranteed.

Harmony and Partnership - The elusive HOW TO - Where to Start This series of posts will not give you the proper EXCERCISES necessary to achieve Harmony. As long... as you consider your horse as being no better than a motorcycle with a brain that you have to coerce into doing what you want while you put each of their body parts into the proper position, Harmony will be as elusive as the wind. This current attitude of horses and horse training is the result of the last 30 and more years of making cookie cutter show horses that have to fit an exact model in order to place. They have been made with pain and fear and if you look into their eyes there is nothing there. There in lies the biggest problem today. People have to relearn allowing horses to move as god intended while looking into their horse’s eyes and see the thinking, caring, individual that lies within. If you are truly interested in achieving Harmony and Partnership with your horse it takes MILES, TIME, REPETITION and a true RESPECT of the individual those eyes you can look into and see your soul. Without these 4 things a 10 in harmony will be impossible. Harmony is the RELATIONSHIP you develop with your horse. That RELATIONSHIP is what makes a PARTNERSHIP possible. Without mutual RESPECT that special PARTNERSHIP that leads to HARMONY is impossible. Before we even go into the barn take a look at your life. How are your relationships? Your horse is a mirror to how you interact in your own life. At one clinic we did one lady was having nothing but trouble with her horse from the minute she entered the arena. Total lack of attention much less respect. Within 5 minutes I walked up to her and asked her how her life was. She said she hated her job, her boyfriend was a jerk, and her whole life sucked. 6 months later that same lady attended another clinic. She and her horse were really clicking and working together, again, from the minute she entered the arena. There was attention and respect from them both. I asked her how her life was now. She had quit her job and found one much better, dumped her boyfriend, and bought a condo of her own. She was feeling confident and secure and her horse’s interaction with her reflected the difference in her life. Something to think about. Please spend the next week looking at your life and the partnerships you have. Look from the space of respect. Find the person that you do respect. What is different about that relationship? What does the respect in that relationship bring to your life? Partnerships are not built with specific exercises or pat set in stone techniques. They are built over time and nurtured to become a living entity in it's own right. How is your horse treating you?? Are you satisfied with your life or does it suck?? Harmony begins with you. In the next post in this series we will enter the barn and look towards building your ultimate partnership with your horse and incredible harmony in your tests.

Thank you everyone that has supported us this past year with our videos and posts. We have tried to say in our posts that the gifts we have are learned through our experiences and these life lessons are important to share with others. In our lives the one thing that we have loved the most has been our relationship with horses and the unique lessons that can be learned from their honesty and majesty. Cowboys (and cowgirls) are not necessarily people who own horses but have a truly unique frame of mind. In 2021 we will be spreading the lessons we have learned from these truly incredible animals and hope that you will share this journey with us. Heidi and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and incredible 2021. Thank you kindly for listening to this old Cowboy. Talk to you in the new year.

Harmony and Partnership - The elusive HOW TO - Where to Start This series of posts will not give you the proper EXCERCISES necessary to achieve Harmony. As long... as you consider your horse as being no better than a motorcycle with a brain that you have to coerce into doing what you want while you put each of their body parts into the proper position, Harmony will be as elusive as the wind. This current attitude of horses and horse training is the result of the last 30 and more years of making cookie cutter show horses that have to fit an exact model in order to place. They have been made with pain and fear and if you look into their eyes there is nothing there. There in lies the biggest problem today. People have to relearn allowing horses to move as god intended while looking into their horse’s eyes and see the thinking, caring, individual that lies within. If you are truly interested in achieving Harmony and Partnership with your horse it takes MILES, TIME, REPETITION and a true RESPECT of the individual those eyes you can look into and see your soul. Without these 4 things a 10 in harmony will be impossible. Harmony is the RELATIONSHIP you develop with your horse. That RELATIONSHIP is what makes a PARTNERSHIP possible. Without mutual RESPECT that special PARTNERSHIP that leads to HARMONY is impossible. Before we even go into the barn take a look at your life. How are your relationships? Your horse is a mirror to how you interact in your own life. At one clinic we did one lady was having nothing but trouble with her horse from the minute she entered the arena. Total lack of attention much less respect. Within 5 minutes I walked up to her and asked her how her life was. She said she hated her job, her boyfriend was a jerk, and her whole life sucked. 6 months later that same lady attended another clinic. She and her horse were really clicking and working together, again, from the minute she entered the arena. There was attention and respect from them both. I asked her how her life was now. She had quit her job and found one much better, dumped her boyfriend, and bought a condo of her own. She was feeling confident and secure and her horse’s interaction with her reflected the difference in her life. Something to think about. Please spend the next week looking at your life and the partnerships you have. Look from the space of respect. Find the person that you do respect. What is different about that relationship? What does the respect in that relationship bring to your life? Partnerships are not built with specific exercises or pat set in stone techniques. They are built over time and nurtured to become a living entity in it's own right. How is your horse treating you?? Are you satisfied with your life or does it suck?? Harmony begins with you. In the next post in this series we will enter the barn and look towards building your ultimate partnership with your horse and incredible harmony in your tests.

Thank you everyone that has supported us this past year with our videos and posts. We have tried to say in our posts that the gifts we have are learned through our experiences and these life lessons are important to share with others. In our lives the one thing that we have loved the most has been our relationship with horses and the unique lessons that can be learned from their honesty and majesty. Cowboys (and cowgirls) are not necessarily people who own horses but have a truly unique frame of mind. In 2021 we will be spreading the lessons we have learned from these truly incredible animals and hope that you will share this journey with us. Heidi and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and incredible 2021. Thank you kindly for listening to this old Cowboy. Talk to you in the new year.

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