Sue and Dale from DL Equine get together for a chat about Sue’s training, coaching and horsemanship methodology
Finding your tribe!
It isn’t always easy to find the perfect place to keep your horse, being surrounded by supportive people who either share your thoughts on training, riding and horsemanship or at least allow you to have the space to navigate your horse ownership journey.
Everyone has an opinion, making it tricky to filter through the information to find what is relevant and will work best for you and your horse.
I often wish I could have a huge barn and farm then all my clients could bring their horses to stay!
Currently, I have two wonderful clients that agist/stable/graze their horses at my property in Norwest Auckland, New Zealand. Both of them came to be here for different reasons.
Because each horse is different we change and tweak their living environments, feed and management to ensure that they are kept in a way that will benefit them the most long term. A couple of the horses require restricted access to grass, they are kept on a simple version of a track system.
One of the clients brought her horse to mine when she first purchased him. The intention was to support her through the transitional phase of the new partnership.
Buying a new horse can be an overwhelming experience in itself, let alone when you get your new horse home! I’m grateful that she allowed me to be part of the purchase process. Whilst there were concerns around this horse he did tick loads of the boxes and the ones that he didn’t were trainable with time and patience. They are hopefully heading out to their first competition soon!
It is extremely rewarding for me to be part of all my client’s journeys with their horses! I love that they are all individuals and have similar but different needs.
In the webinar In the webinar I mentioned the Snowman exercise, it is a super, versatile exercise. Suitable for most levels of riding, it can also be done in-hand and poles could be added too!
If you would like to know more about how to ride the Snowman exercise and have additional support with your riding and horse training, I’m launching a monthly membership programme in the next couple of weeks.
Each month you will be emailed an exercise, with details on how the exercise can be utilised starting from a basic foundation level through to more advanced movements. It will also include additional info to improve rider and horse biomechanics!
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