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Sit The Spook

Sit the Spook Learn how to sit the spook on trail for safety and control with top trainer/clinician Julie Goodnight. All horses are capable of…

“Despook” Your Horse

…spooky to trusting and willing if they have a confident leader. I’ll teach you how to help your horse through a spook and help him…

Avoid An On-Trail Spook

…proven otherwise, your horse assumes that an unidentifiable object may kill and eat him, which can lead to nervous, spooky behavior. Your horse also has…

De-Spooking Shadow/ Update on Episode 909

…turns and bolts–into you if you’re leading him, or carrying you off if you’re mounted. Worse, what spooks him one day might not spook him the next. Then, the day…

Riding Skills: How Do I Get A Secure Seat To Ride Out Spooks?

…Unfortunately, when my horse spooks and jumps like that, I look and feel like “Whiplash” the little monkey they strap on to the Border Collie’s…

Issues From The Saddle: How To Relax A Spooky Horse

Issues From The Saddle: How To Deal With A Spooky Horse

…have a 10 year old who was born on my farm who from day one has been an ADD/spooky horse. He has been a challenge…

Riding A Spooky Horse

Ask Julie Goodnight: How Do I Handle Riding A Spooky Horse? Question: Dear Julie, I usually ride some type of warmblooded horse (not exactly sure…

My Horse Spooks At Traffic

…her to bits but it scares me because I don’t want her to get spooked and have her get hit by a car. I don’t…

Issues From The Saddle: Nervous To Go On Trail

…quiver/jump, he spooked in place. He continued to feel as though he was ready to spook at any moment, full of fear. I dismounted, and…

Issues From The Saddle: Nervous Horse On Trail

…quiver/jump, he spooked in place. He continued to feel as though he was ready to spook at any moment, full of fear. I dismounted, and…

Managing Fearful Behavior in Horses

…to “spook-proof” or “bombproof” a horse, but by using my de-spooking techniques, it is not hard to teach them to gain confidence by converting their…

Ponying With Confidence

…the new horse can learn and experience spook-inducing, wide-open country before a rider accompanies him on the journey. You might also pony a horse that’s…

Fearful Trail Horse

…We stopped by a silo. He kept peering around the corner, and all of sudden he did a full body deep quiver/jump, he spooked in…

Issues From The Saddle: What To Do With A Horse That Bolts, Runs Off With Rider

…him almost 5 years. He has always been on the tense, spooky side but all spooking was usually in-place or a short-lived minor scoot. I…

Overcoming Fear: Coping With Fear Of Horses

…issue with your horse. If you make a commitment to his training, you can teach him not to spook or to spook in place. There…

Guest Blog: My Top 3 Lessons From The Julie Goodnight Yoga & Riding Retreat

…time we passed a speaker and Julie’s voice boomed out of it, Yukon bolted sideways–Spook #1. But that’s also when I learned Lesson #1. Golden…

The First Season Of Horse Master

…a mostly white face with one blue eye. It may come as no surprise to some of you that this is a spooky horse and…

Fresh Start

…on a horse that’s excited, scared or feisty. Be prepared for spooks. A nervous or excited horse is more prone to spook, spin and bolt….

Winter Workouts – Ride Right With Julie Goodnight

…horse needs to be focused on you. Your horse should get in the habit of reacting to your cues—instead of looking for something to spook…

Ground-Work Exercises

…your cues, rather than looking for something else to focus on — and possibly spook at. Your horse needs to look at you and think…

Saddle Fit Guide

…the saddle’s pressure points,” Goodnight says. “In the worst cases, horses try to communicate their pain by acting out. I’ve seen horses bolt, spook and…