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…
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“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…
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: 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…
Issues From The Saddle: How To Relax A Spooky Horse
…spook or scoot coming on, just gently fall into this exercise until you feel her soften and focus, then let her go straight.” Copyright ©Julie…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Managing Fearful Behavior in Horses
…safer, more effective and can better relate to the needs of your horse. Get Your Video Desensitizing vs. De-spooking Often people confuse desensitizing and de-spooking….
Fresh Start
…that’s excited, scared or feisty. Be prepared for spooks. A nervous or excited horse is more prone to spook, spin and bolt. Mange your rein…
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…
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…
Fearful Of Riding My Thoroughbred
…that was a year ago. He spooks so easily and I just get sick to my stomach when I ride him! He spooks and I…
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…
Stupid Human Tricks
…mind that there’s no such thing as a horse without a flight response. Something can spook a horse that you may have no control of….
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…
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…
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…
Issues From The Ground: 2 Y/O Gelding Acting Aggressively
…he gave no forewarning. My trainer said that she never felt the lead pull, he wasn’t dancing around and she never heard him spook she…
Episode 909 – Afraid of Your Shadow
Julie Goodnight teaches a spooky horse to investigate what he’s afraid of….
Master Each Gait
…canter on some flat and well-groomed trails and you want to know that you can control the faster gaits in case your horse does spook…
Cinch Up Your Horse Saddle Right
…takes a step when the saddle isn’t properly secured, he may feel a shift or roll, and spook. If your horse becomes entangled in the…
Never Say Never
…does he do when he spooks?” My answer, in a moment of stupidity, was, “He never spooks.” Of course, you can imagine what happened less…
Kentucky: The Horse Capital Of The World
…this lesson thoroughly, having been periodically humiliated by horses all my life. But just the other day, I found myself saying, “this horse never spooks.”…
Desensitizing
…spooky response well-engrained into her, she responded very well when we switched techniques. She’s a smart little horse and was only acting spooky because she…