Quinn Family Horsemanship

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08/03/2024

✨✨WANTED✨✨

I’m just putting it out to the universe, we have someone who is looking for a first pony for young children.

Looking for something that is safe for young kids to be able to catch, lead, brush, pick feet up etc.

And in time tootle along around the cattle with Pete.

Great home assured.

Any leads send them my way!!!

08/06/2023

There were lots of people at the clinics interested in Pat and Deb’s saddles, well there are two trail saddles available now, without the wait! Contact The Disciplined Ride for more info…

19/05/2023

Some wise words from Ian…

Thought for the day:
I still get asked regularly if I can take a young or green horse to further it's training.
Often as not the request includes a story about how everything was going ok but then one day outside pressures caused it to act up.
The request is generally to enhance it's knowledge or change their mindset so that they can handle all types of scenarios and be calmer and better behaved.
Often these requests are never attached to an aside like "can you teach me how I should handle and ride a green or inexperienced horse?".
The onus is all on the horse to be able to carry (no pun intended) the rider through any situation that may arise and keep them safe.
That is too much responsibility for a young or green horse.
Your horse needs some support and help while it gains experience.
Regardless of your knowledge of horses or riding or a particular discipline you may find a green horse a challenge if you are inexperienced with them.
Many older horses can be much more forgiving of mistakes and have more experience of the world.
It takes more than a stint at a trainers to make an experienced horse.
Often there is a way through but it takes the help of people with the experience. Hands on help.
It also takes a little fortitude and the ability to not make your horse feel trapped with your hands or legs no matter what occurs.
Most of what is called acting up would not have occurred at all if the rider had acted the way the horse needed them to.
The first thing that it takes is the recognition that to ride young or green horses you may need to have yourself trained.

04/05/2023

We just couldn't be happier with how the clinics with Pat Puckett are going.
They have been very well received by participants and auditors alike. Auditors have travelled from far and wide, including Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, and one even drove 14 hours from Cobar just to watch one day!
So far we have covered Bridle Horse, Horsemanship, Stock Handling, and Ranch Roping. We have two to go this weekend, Horsemanship on Saturday, and Stock Handling on Sunday. So if you would like to come and watch, auditing is $40 per day, and the clinics are being held at the Gerogery Recreation Reserve, in West St, Gerogery.
We just can't thank PatnDeb Puckett enough for the effort they have put in to come all the way over here and spend their time so generously.

28/04/2023

Just a quick reminder to make sure that everyone is up to date with the venue change for our clinics featuring Pat Puckett! They are going to be held at Gerogery, NSW. See details below, and I will attach a map link in the comments. We can’t wait to catch up with everyone! It’s going to be a fantastic week.

25/04/2023

I’ll just leave this here…

Speak softly, carry a big stick?

I’ve often wondered how so many top professionals became so blunt, rude, uncaring and developed a total disconnect from their horsemanship to their behavior with others. They could preach softness in the arena, then cut down a person with one comment. It baffled me- until I had a public career for long enough.

You get criticized, stolen from, taken advantage of, questioned constantly by people who don’t want to learn but make you look bad. People come out swinging with the critique, and are incredibly hurt by any response- then you look like the bully. You get peoples opinions on every facet of your life from your parenting to your clothes. You have to be careful what you say and to who because you’ll get misquoted or misinterpreted - and people everywhere are looking for a crack to get in. It’s not just me, it happens to plenty of others.

Of course that’s the minority. Most people are not like that. But you have to read the hate mail, the comments, the criticism, defend yourself often enough that it’s easy to see how someone could become bristly, hard, rough edged.

It’s not really in my nature to be like that. I’m having to learn to cut people off, defend my work, pick up the big stick when someone steals from me- walking away isn’t always an option, so sometimes you have to defend yourself with every resource you have.

It’s pretty easy with horses. Every day I work with horses trying to bite, kick, buck- it isn’t personal, even if they’re coming after me. I just make my lines and limits clear, and move on. With people, it’s much messier. Horses don’t go home and tell their barn how nasty you were. Horses don’t tell one side of the story. Horses don’t ruin your work in an entire area because they had a “bad experience,” maybe being told they went over a limit and became offended.

There’s a line with people too- you can interact with me in this way; and no more. Learning it isn’t personal is the most important part - to not let yourself become emotionally triggered by it. It is the hardest lesson I’ll ever learn maybe, that no matter what someone says or does, I’m in control of me- I often fail, but I work hard at it.
First calm, then action, if needed.

I think it takes a lot of desire and personal effort to be open to the public and it’s fashions, trends, opinions, and criticisms, without becoming jaded. It would be extremely easy to be defensive, angry, and bristly.

It’s my desire to help, and that doesn’t come easily. I can’t help anyone if I don’t help myself. It’s a work in progress-

Photo by Laurie Lampe

24/04/2023

We can take one more rider in the April 30 stock handling clinic. So if you want an opportunity to ride with Pat in Australia this might be it!!! Contact me to secure your spot. 0417557959.

We are really looking forward to being able to do a couple of Stock Handling/Cattle Working clinics while Pat Puckett (The Disciplined Ride) is here in May. Pat has many many years (sorry Pat 🤣) practical experience ranching and working with cattle in the USA and we are very lucky to have cattle available, and have the opportunity to run these clinics.

WHO WILL THIS CLINIC SUIT:
- Those who are interested in learning more about reading cattle so you can put those skills to use in other avenues.
- A young horse that you want to get started on cattle in a manner that will build confidence in the horse.
- If you want to improve your horsemanship by giving your horse a job to do. Does stop really mean stop? Go really mean go? When we have a focus, our horsemanship exercises are put to a purpose, and also put to the test.
- People who are interested in learning how to work their cattle in a low stress manner. Stress means lost weight. Lost weight means lost money. Simple as that.

We have two Stock Handling clinics planned.
Sunday April 30
Sunday May 7

Contact me if you would like to join us, and I will send payment details for your deposit to reserve your spot.

23/04/2023

If you are planning on coming to audit the upcoming clinics with Pat Puckett, there has been a change of venue! Please see the information below…

19/03/2023

Well if Apples thought she was going to get Sunday off, she was in for a rude surprise! A full day of mustering and sorting cattle. But she really seemed to enjoy it! It is so good for the horses to get to do some ‘real’ work. To get an opportunity to put their training in to practice. And getting to feel good about having done a useful days work.

17/03/2023

A few pics from Rae and Loki’s lesson this morning….

09/03/2023

Pete and Leroy helping Floyd feel relaxed and comfortable about rolling up in to a canter.