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How can I get my horse to focus on me instead of what is going on around her?

Q. Hi Chelsie…love your website. I have an 11 year old mare who is basically well trained but green as to experiences…home bound for all her life.  She gets real excited around other horses. We’re working on the level 3 in the Reis program..she knows all the moves and even responds when in the excited [...]

Rider lost confidence after horse accidents

Q. Chelsie, I wish we had someone like you here to help me…. I am 40 yrs old next month and I have been riding since the age of 6. I have always been…horse crazy. My dad who passed in ’96 always told me from a young age that I had a way with animals. [...]

Horse sets back, or pulls back when saddled; also has started shying and snorting at everything.

Q. Hi Chelsie, I have a 15yr old quarter pony who will set back when tied, at first only once in awhile, he’s getting worse and now is doing this more often.  When you saddle him he tightens up and sets back and snorts and acts like he’s about to be killed.  I haven’t owned [...]

How much of your training techniques apply to mammoth riding donkeys?

Mammoth Donkey, 'Coffee Hollow French Roast'

Q. Chelsie, How much of your training techniques apply to mammoth riding donkeys? Bob J. from Carmel, CA A. Hello Robert, Thanks for the email.  All my training applies to Mammoth Donkeys! In fact you have to be light and take your animals feelings into consideration. You can not do this and push yourself on [...]

How to catch and halter train a horse for the first time

"Chelsie Natural Horsemanship" Rope Halter and Lead

Q. Chelsie, I am helping a friend work with a 3 year old gelding. The horse has not been halter broke. We have been working with him for a couple of months on and off. I have refused to try and load him until we can get a halter on him. I need some advice [...]

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One Horse Kicks and Bites..Other horse skittish

Q. Dear Chelsie, I have two, two year old fillies. One tries to bite you, and turn her butt to you to kick you. The other is really skittish and it is hard to get close to her, but once you do she will stand still. Do you have any advice?  I would love to [...]

How to Teach Your Horse Lateral and Vertical Flexion

Q. Chelsie, I cannot remember the exercises to help my horse to collect her head.  There were two I believe- one that brought her head to the side and one that made her nose perpendicular to the ground.  Can you please tell me again? -Monika L. from Phoenix, AZ A. Hello Monika, The first one [...]

Horse Attacks Owner…

A. Hey, I’m back again, but not for my horse… it’s for my friend’s horse.   I have never seen this before in my life! I have been working with my friend’s mare for a long time now and she was doing really well.  But now, they may have to sell her. You see, my [...]

Saddle Fitting Problems with Arab…White spots…Saddle slips

Q. Hi Chelsie,   I have an arabian horse,Benny. I’ve had him for about a year and a half. I have two saddles and both give him white spots on his withers and the one always slips. I think the bars are to big and was looking at a classic equine esp pad that one [...]

Trailer Loading Problems…

Q. Chelsie, I’m from the UK! .. I’ve had my horse nearly a year now and every time we travel her its after a long few hours of persuading her to go in. She will walk in right away .. then shoot out backwards! .. if i try to give her some pressure on the [...]

…Horse afraid of everything…Spooky…Bolts…

Q. Chelsie, I have a 4 1/2 Halfinger I rescued from Arizona.  He is afraid of everything.  He has a bolting problem because of his fear.  I tried a tainer who took me for a fool and didn’t help the pony at all.  Instead of teaching him they led him around on a quad.  I [...]

…Horse has Developed White Hairs on both Sides of his Withers…

Q. Chelsie, I have a horse that developed white hairs on both sides of his withers. This is in the area at the front of the saddle, front of the bars. I have read about and tried a built up pad. I talked to a local saddle shop. He advised cutting out the pad, in [...]

Horse was stolen….when I got him back…traumatized…

Q. Hi Chelsie  I am a 56 yr.old vet on disability.   I have worked colts for 30 years up to 4 years ago… [My horse] was stolen a year and a half ago. When I got him back he was a real handful. He tried to buck me off 3 times and I rode [...]

Chelsie and Nizhoni “Let’s Talk.”

Chelsie and Nizhoni "Let's Talk"

Chelsie Cantering Nizhoni Bridleless

Chelsie Kallestad of Chelsie Natural Horsemanship cantering Nizhoni Bridleless

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Chelsie and Nizhoni at a Natural Horsemanship demo in Chino Valley, AZ

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Horse panics when pasture-mates are out of sight.

Q. Chelsie, I have just brought a haflinger mare named Barbl. She is a pleasure to have around although she becomes very distressed and starts leaping around every time her two other feildmates are out of sight. I was wondering how to reassure her to make her feel happy and secure without the two other [...]

Is it OK to use a Martingale to train your horse?

Q. Hello Chelsie My name is Cassandra i was hoping i could ask you a question. My horse this is my first time breaking a horse. I ve done shows when he was a baby and he has gotten reserve grand champion. I want to become a professional trainer and horse breeder. I just finished [...]

Can you teach a horse how to kneel so rider can just get on?

Q. Can you teach a horse how to kneel so rider can just sit on ? It’s coming the day I am afraid I may need my horse to do that. He is a 5 year old Peruvian Paso and saddle trained and such a good boy.  I can get on him from anywhere so [...]

Horse gets in a hurry and spooky on the way home…

spirited TWH

Q. Hi Chelsie, I love your website.  I am an older rider and my horse is a 13 year old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding.  He is great for me.  I live close to the state forest land, and most of the time I just ride from my home.  My horse is wonderful on the trail, [...]

How can you stop a horse from jumping out of his pen?

Horse jumping fence

Q. I was keeping a 2 yr old after it was gelded for a friend.  He did really well,  and the methods we use on Jenny he picked up perfectly.  One day he was feisty and was running around the stall which is 16 x28.  He  jumped the stall panel which is 5 five [feet] [...]

What should we do with a blind horse?

Q. Do you have experience with blind horses? Has anyone you know owned or trained a blind horse? Blind Faith is a totally blind 14 hand mare, apparently between the ages of 8 and 15, who recently arrived at The Horse Shelter. So far, she appears in otherwise good health. All here, and friends, have [...]

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Breeding a Peruvian Horse to a Gypsy Horse

Gypsy Horse

Q.  Hi Chelsie, Say, we have two Peruvian Paso mares.  [We] just bought one [of the] mares.  She is 16 and has had 4 foals thus far in her life time.  [We] want to be very careful of our new mare as well as our other Peruvian mare who is 17 and only had one [...]

Horse gets frantic when asked to longe to the right

Bucking Horse

Q. Hi Chelsie, I have three horses on a small farm near Bonham, Texas. Two of them are mine and one belongs to my renter. The problem is with the renter’s horse, Blaze, a 4 yro quarter horse. Blaze has never been successfully ridden. She bucked off her owner the first time he tried and [...]

Rope Halter to Fit Very Small Head

Arabian head

Q. Hey Chelsie, I have a 2 year old Arabian filly  that is as sweet as they come but has no ground manners. I need to find a rope halter that will fit her tiny little head so I can start her ground work. The “horse size” rope halters that I have are way too [...]

Feeding Time Aggression

Horse Kicking

Q.Hi! I have a 4 year old gelding QH with some issues especially when it comes to feeding time.  It’s getting to the point that safety is becoming an issue with Zwie.  When he is eating his feed he will position himself to kick you if you get close to him…one time he even tried [...]

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Welcome to EquineOneStop.com, the directory for the Serious Equestrian. Having moved around the country with my horses over the past several years, I always had to search for the local feed stores, farriers, and equine vets and then through trial and error see if they fit my needs. What I did find was there wasn’t [...]

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Series – Gaited Horses – Part 1 – Description of the gaited horse’s gaits

Hello Everyone, I had promised in other articles that we would talk about the GAITED Horse gaits. I will be doing that this month. We are going to talk about most of the gaits today. I am going to make it as simple as possible. Gaited horses are not that complicated. People always try to [...]

Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 1 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Walk

At the walk

The First of a Series on how the horse moves its body and how riders can help their horses! Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART ONE – Footfalls of the Walk Hello Everyone, As you all know I am a Natural Horsemanship Clinician and Instructor. I [...]

Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 2 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Trot

Trot

The Second of a Series on how the horse moves it’s body and how riders can help their horses! Hello everyone, So last month we talked about Foot Falls. The Foot Falls are how the horse moves their feet. What foot goes when and then what one comes next. And last month we talked about [...]

Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 3 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Canter

Chelsie Kallestad and Nizhoni demonstrate the canter.

Hello Everyone, This month in the series we are going to talk about the canter foot falls and right and left leads. So let us first start with how many beats in a canter. The Canter has 3 beats. There are 4 legs and only 3 beats, so this means that 2 legs move together [...]

Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 4 – Application of footfalls to how we ask our horses to move

Hello All, Well last month I left you with that little question. ‘Is a gallop a different gait than the canter?’ Answer: Yes it is! The foot falls for the gallop are: In a right lead, LH, RH, LF,RF, and then in a left lead, RH, LH, RF, LF. So it goes hind, hind, front, [...]

Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – Part 5 – What is a Disengagement, and how knowing the footfalls in a disengagement can help our horse.

Hello Everyone, This month we are still talking about knowing how our horse moves so that we can better help them in their movement. We are going to talk about a Disengagement. What is a Disengagement, and how knowing what the foot falls in a disengagement are can help our horse. To disengage your horse [...]

Series – How the horse moves its body and how riders can help their horses – Part 6 – Turn on the Haunches

Hello Everyone, I am still talking about how if we know how our horse moves, we can better get them to do what we want. Last month we talked about the Disengagement. Now this month I am going to talk about ‘Turning on the Haunches’. What is a ‘Turn on the Haunches’? It is where [...]

Series – How the horse moves its body and how riders can help their horses – Part 7 – Canter departures and leads

Hello everyone, This month I am going to talk about canter leads and departures. We talked about the canter foot falls a few months ago. Knowing the canter foot falls is going to help us here in getting better canter departs and the correct lead. So to just recap, the canter is 3 beats. The [...]

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Eve began her journey in animal training to improve the relationship with her horse. The positive reinforcement techniques she studied were amazingly effective, and now she hopes to share what she has learned with others. http://www.examiner.com/animal-training-in-national/eve-alexander Email Eve at eve@tricknclick.com.  

Q. How do you teach a horse to back up?

I don't do backing

Q. [I am] working on [teaching my horse to back up.] My gelding’s feet will not move even after really putting energy in [my] rope.  Can I encourage him with [the stick] between the points of his shoulders?  He seems to want to move at least one pair then. -Carol N. in Munford ALabama A. [...]

Q. When we get in the round pen, all she wants to do is run, run, run! … I can not get her to walk.

Round Penning

Q. I have a 5 year old mare that I’m beginning to work with. When we get in the round pen, all she wants to do is run, run, run! When I release pressure she will stop and come to me but I can not get her to walk. I am working on the upwards [...]

Q. Along the lines of the “Barn Sour” question…my gelding gets very nervous away from other horses and it is a chore riding him out by himself…

Q.  Hi Chelsie! Along the lines of the “Barn Sour” question…my gelding gets very nervous away from other horses and it is a chore riding him out by himself.  I would gladly stop and just let him stand when he gets nervous, but what he does is he backs up, turns around, and starts walking the [...]

Q. Help! My horse is so hard to worm with a paste wormer syringe! What can I do?

Worming Horse

   Q.  Help!  My horse is so hard to worm with a paste wormer syringe!  What can I do? A.  First I will help you figure out how to worm your horse and then I will tell you how you can make your horse actually like being wormed. When worming, you want to hold your [...]