Double A Training
Working with your horse made easy!
About the Trainer

I have been riding for over 21 years . I have ridden hunt-seat most of my life. I started riding western on trail rides and then moved to western pleasure, gaming, a little reining, some dressage and lots of jumping.

 

My first horse was a paint mare. She and I did NOT get along. I tried everything I knew at the time and was talked into selling her. I wish I still had her, knowing what I know now, I would like to see how our relationship would be different.

 

My next horse was a 15.2 Arab gelding; he was soft and spirited but good with kids. He was PERFECT. He taught me patience and did everything I asked him to do, when I asked him correctly.

 

 I also got Apple around this time and learned a lot by training him. (He was one year old at the time and a pushy stud colt.) I picked up everything I could where ever I went. If I saw a demo or something that was “cool” or different, I went home and worked with Apple until he did it. Some of these trainers include Buck Brannaman, Dave Seay, Beth Canup, Nora Cannon, Pat Parelli, Craig Cameron, Clinton Anderson --anyone and everyone I could see.


I then started taking the pieces that I liked and leaving what I didn’t. I started putting them together for what worked for me and the horses that I worked with. I tried to find every type of horse to work with. I worked with stuck, mean, lazy, hot, and every other type of horse I could find. When someone told me that a horse was crazy or un-trainable, that was the one I wanted to work with. I always took more away from these horses than what I came with.   

 

 

I believe that softness, timing and respect are the biggest factors of training. When you work with a horse, you have to be ready for anything. Some horses will show you a HUGE difference in a short time and others will give you what they can. That doesn’t mean that one is better than the other, both give you what they can when they can. This is what is the most fun about horse training; meeting the new horses and seeing what works for them. All you have to do is listen and they will tell you everything you need to know. While I believe there is an underlying guideline you can follow, it changes and evolves with every horse I work with. The order is different with every horse. They all get to the same place they just take different paths.

 

It is much easier for us to learn their language than it is for them to learn ours. Things tend to go a little easier when you try to learn the language of the foreign country you are visiting.  Working with horses isn’t much different.

I then started taking the pieces that I liked and leaving what I didn’t. I started putting them together for what worked for me and the horses that I worked with. I tried to find every type of horse to work with. I worked with stuck, mean, lazy, hot, and every other type of horse I could find. When someone told me that a horse was crazy or un-trainable, that was the one I wanted to work with. I always took more away from these horses than what I came with.

 

You don’t have to have a round pen, a special stick, or anything with my name on it to work with your horse and get results. All you need is patience and a desire to learn.  Your horse and I will help you through the rest. You CAN have the willing partner that you are looking for with your horse.  You just have to commit to learning with them. 

 







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