Whether your young horse is ready for saddle training, or your adult horse needs to be restarted, has developed undesirable behaviors, or is ready for a higher level of training, there may come a time when you consider sending them to a professional trainer. There’s a huge investment in time and money when a horse […]
Artificial Aids: Training Tool or Crutch?
Horses are amazingly adaptable creatures, and over thousands of years they have partnered with us and found ways to make themselves invaluable to human society. Since before horses were even ridden, humans have attempted to find effective ways to train them to perform an array of different jobs. Horses are lightning-fast learners, and they can […]
August 2020 Horse Report
June 2020 Horse Report
Slower is Faster with Horses
Let’s face it, we’ve become a society of instant gratification. From fast food, to fake nails, we like immediate results. This quest for instant results carries over to horsemanship, too—from flying lead changes, to side-passing, to collection. These are skills that riders everywhere hope to master, yet aren’t willing to “do the time.” Horses […]
Mastering the Canter
Everywhere I go—whether it’s to clinics, expos, conferences or just riding with friends—there are riders working on mastering the canter. Whether it is a novice rider just figuring out how to cue the horse and keep it going, a rider trying to slow down the gait and smooth out a wild ride or an advanced […]
Note from Julie: October 2015
Teach The Stand-Still
Horses That Kick
Left Brain, Right Brain
Making Smooth Gait Transitions In Horses
Clinician Julie Goodnight tells you how to use pre-signals and breathing techniques to improve your horse’s transitions between gaits. Are your horse’s transitions between gaits as smooth as glass? Or do you hold your breath and hope for the best as your horse hops on his forehand to slow down and lurches forward when asked […]
Become A Professional Riding Instructor
Horse Tip Daily #59 – On The Hard To Catch Horse
Quick Tip: Western Shopping
Western Shopping with Julie Goodnight http://www.pinterest.com/pin/506232814334548497/
Shut Down
Jealous Little Girl
Raising A Breeding Stallion
How Do Rope Halters Work?
The Different Types Of Bits
Horse Master How To “Get it Straight” Helping a frustrated rider find the right bit and cue her horse to move straight ahead By Julie Goodnight In the Horse Master episode we named “Get it Straight,” master bit maker, Dale Myler, joined me to help a horse and her frustrated rider move ahead with relaxation—and […]
Quick Tip: How To Handle Horse’s Mouth, Prep For Vet
Quick Tip: What To Have In The Roundpen
Quick Tip: When to Mount from the Right
Quick Tip: Rein Aids For Ex Racehorse
Quick Tip: Training Library
Quick Tip: How A Rope Halter Should Fit
Quick Tip: Your Horse Should Stand Still On Command
Quick Tip: Help Your Horse Collect with Natural Pressure
Issues From The Saddle: Tossing Head And Bucking
Question Category: Issues from the Saddle Question: Dear Julie, We have just begun working on a property that conducts trail rides and have a horse here that we discovered to have the problem of bucking. After investigating this behavior, we also noticed that he hates any kind of contact on the reins and will begin […]
Issues From The Saddle: Rearing Horse
Question Category: Issues from the Saddle Question: Dear Julie Goodnight I am writing to you in regards to my horse’s problem with rearing, as someone that is experienced in horse behaviour I can not find the cause that is triggering the behaviour, it’s like one minute is his normal self which a good natured, relaxed […]
Issues From The Saddle: Horse Won’t Stand For Mounting
Question Category: Issues from the Saddle Question: I ran across your website while searching for an answer for a behavior problem with my daughter’s 7 year old quarter horse mare. We have owned this mare about 2 1/2 years. The mare is very sweet and was well behaved when we first got her and would […]
Building A Better Relationship: My friend Is Making Bad Mistakes With Her Young Horse
Question Category: Building a Better Relationship Question: Dear Julie, I have a really good friend to whom I give horse advice, since she just purchased her first horse. This horse is a nice gelding, young– only going on three, and I see potential dangers in how he reacts to her training approaches with him. Keep […]