Dreamscape Horsemanship

11/03/2026

The face of "we put on some miles today". Poor Smoke! Got to hang out tied with a cooler on and a got a good groom afterwards.

11/03/2026

This is a fantastic post! And hits the nail right on the head!
Also to add - if their feet are out of balance, poor angles or causing discomfort, if their teeth/jaw are causing discomfort, or if poor tack fit "blocks" them/causes discomfort, or anywhere else in their body, then they physically cannot soften properly, and build/use their bodies they way we need or want them to. No different than if you have a sore joint or soreness somewhere in your body and try to lift something, it is not going to be your best effort it could have been if you were not sore!

It's easy to look at a horse and focus on where his head is, how his neck is shaped, or whether his legs are reaching where we think they should.
But those are the result, not the starting point.
If the hindquarters aren't strong enough to carry more weight, if the back isn't able to stay supple, if the horse doesn't have the balance to organize his body, then putting him in the "right" position doesn't fix any of that.
Build the strength, balance, coordination, and understanding first.
When the body is capable of producing the movement, the position starts showing up on its own.

11/03/2026

Today's featured post - Bit Guards!
Your working tack doesn't have to be boring. A functional piece of working tack, bit guards are designed to help reduce the pinching or rubbing of a bit against the corners of a horse's mouth. But that doesn't mean they have to be boring or plain! Available as a stock item in assorted colours or tooling designs, or by custom order. Lace tie closures and sealed with a water resistant finish. Though our stock is often "average" horse size, we can make smaller ones for ponies or minis as well!

11/03/2026

Update to our DSH Tack Supplies and Leathercraft custom order policy -

Due to the constantly changing cost of materials, as well as the time to design product patterns, tooling patterns and so forth that often goes UNPAID, invoices and quotes are now only valid for 2 weeks!

Also - This is only a SLIGHT change from how we have been running our material deposit thus far. The 50% deposit on invoices will now be required BEFORE we spend the time and materials to design tooling patterns, product patterns and other designs needed. This basically "books you a spot" in our custom order books, no different than the deposit to book your horse in for training. The designs will still be sent to you as the customer for approval. Designs will only be done AFTER the deposit now, rather than before! Orders with custom features such as initials, brands, names, or very specific sizing or very specific product itself, are still required to be paid for in FULL before ANY work, design work included, will take place! All designs and patterns remain the property of Dreamscape Horsemanship.

We appreciate everyone's understanding in this crazy economy we are living in.
Pictured are just a couple little test pieces messing around with a new stamp for some new design options!

11/03/2026

BIG NEWS - the results from the APHA PAC World Championship are in!

This fall, the universe had given us every single reason to NOT partake in the PAC World Show this year. Between everything going wrong around the farm for haying, equipment breaking down, finances, you name it, there were obstacles. The repairs and upgrades needed around here was one of the main reasons we didn't show in ANYTHING else this year with the horses. But, we made it work with what little practice time we could scrape up. Sane people would have just said “you know what, we won't worry about all these things, we just won't worry about that horse show this year, and try next year.” But let's be honest.....we aren't that sane. ;) Proof that not giving up, showing up anyways even if its not exactly the results you wanted, and being willing to try can pay off! Overall, we had about 2 weeks worth of short sessions with both Thunder, and the 2 yearling colts. So considering we had every reason to give up throw at us and we refused to throw in the towel on those goals, the results were pretty good!

WH Midnight Traveler (Thunder) 3rd in the PAC World Championship Open Ranch Trail.

WH DareToBeAMisfit (Dallas) – RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION in the All Ages In Hand Trail, with Sam, with only about 2 weeks of short training sessions.

And last but not least! WH NoRoomForDoubts (Dawson) and Perry, under the guidance of Dreamscape Horsemanship – RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION Performance Stallions, and 4th in the All Ages In Hand Trail. This was Perry's first personal project, and first time showing in an in hand trail class as well. He had only ever shown at halter a couple times prior, and is still pretty novice to the whole showing thing, so way to go for those 2! Guess that also makes DSH not only a World and multi time Reserve World Champion trainer, but also a RWC coach. ;)

This also means that our stallion WH Midnight Traveler is a multi Reserve World Champion producer from his FIRST foal crop, and makes Sweet Pea (Dallas' dam) and Athena (Dawson's dam) also Reserve World Champion producers, with their maiden foal. Not a bad start to our breeding program. Proving the consistency in the trainability, temperament, ease of handling and versatility is there and we are on the right track!

11/02/2026

The northern lights the other night were glorious! Cash will be starting his training shortly, now that SOME things are wrapped up around here, and now that he is all settled in and ready to go. Flame is also featured in one of the pictures, with a beam of light coming out of her ear. ;) Smoke was too busy eating to want to look up for the picture.

11/02/2026

There is NOT much left of our BLOWOUT S.A.L.E, but until the specific stock is gone, it remains on sale! Tack sets pictured, and anything on the black pegboard rack either sold or NOT part of the s.a.l.e. All listed in the blowout s.a.l.e section of our Square store, link is the Shop Now button at the top right corner of the page. Contact us for shipping (not available through the store yet). Shipping available Canada wide at additional cost. We need to make room for new designs and new products coming over the winter! We only have a small 1 room leathershop and 1 tiny storage room for our inventory, and we are overflowing a tad. ;)

What is left -
One Ear Working Headstalls - big adjustability range, or average to "kinda" large horse - Deep/Navy Blue, Chocolate with brass buckles, crimson red with black buckles, deep pink with black buckles and purple with orange stitching/rainbow finish buckles. Forty Doll.ars per!

ONE Working Browband Headstall in Saddle Tan, now only Forty Doll.ars. Average horse size.

Remaining BILLET Bottle Holders - 2 size small (regular plastic water or pop bottle size) - one in crimson red/black, lion head tooling, the other in deep mahogany with horse tooled design. Forty per

Remaining BILLET Saddle Pouches - all pouches are 4"Wx6"tall x 2" deep on the gusset, with adjustable closure strap to give a bit more height adjustability - Deep Purple/Deep Pink with white buckstitch, our custom marbled red with gold painted wolf design, saddle tan with southwest painted tooling design, Mahogany with horse/horseshoe and saddle tan with floral/highland cow. Fifty per.

Remaining slobber straps - only 4 pair remaining - 2 lace quick tie - crimson red or medium brown and 2 "traditional folded" pair, one medium brown, one medium brown basketweave. Only twenty per pair.

Remaining pancake style knife sheaths - only TEN per! 2 "large" - can fit up to a 3.5" folded chore knife when knife closed - dark brown with black celtic wolf tooling, one medium brown with a buck deer. The other few are "small" to fit up to a 3" folded chore knife - mahogany with a black/blaze marking horse head (some mahogany rub off on the white blaze), dark brown with a horse head with blaze, and dark chocolate with painted cactus tooling.

Remaining DSH Mini Card Wallets with removable wrist lanyard, only 4 left - Forty per. 6 card slots each, snap closure. A dark chocolate/teal with tornado storm/coyote in the desert tooling, saddle tan with cartoon highland cow tooling, dark brown with moose/floral tooling and a deep mahogany with working cowhorse/paint.

And a FREEBIE with another purchase, or custom order FCFS as there is only 1 - a dark chocolate with floral/feather painted tooling - belt pouch. This one ended up a bit small with the fact they are CONSTANTLY changing phone sizes - 4"x5"x1" pouch, with belt loop, swing clasp closure. Great for a tiny card/cash (not coins) wallet, if you have a small phone, even as a tiny treat pouch, and kids have loved the design as a little chore pouch/wallet/toy belt accessory at a few sales, but just got told no from their parents. ;) Otherwise, this one is only Thirty if someone wants it without additional purchase!

11/02/2026

Flame got her turn for a pedicure earlier today and is ready for her last week of this training period before some time off for the winter to mature a bit more at home with her owner and family. For what was her 2nd trim since being halter broke, she did decent, just a bit unsure of the process and had some ants in her pants.

11/02/2026

Nothing to see here, just Perry profiling a sword. A wooden one at least. ;) An upgrade from our original so that we can play more with some medieval skills at arms and sword handling skills with a few of the horses, and just general practice. Not just meaning to look the part with our fantasy leather gear. Why? Because we are adults, that is why. We can do what we want! And that means making fantasy leather gear, and swords, and learning how to properly wield them. 😎

11/01/2026

With how quickly our "My Little Unicorn" tack set sold, its got us feeling in the "pony mood" for some new stock. What should we make next? We have some of our own ideas of course but want to hear from YOU!

And not just about pony tack sets either! Got ideas, drop them! In a couple weeks, it is our "winter season", which is time we generally spend in the leathershop working on NEW stock designs, learning some new skills for future bada** builds, and training our OWN horses from the Wolf Hollow herd! Tis the season for new builds, so let's hear them!

And please don't say hybrid halters (I realize they are trendy right now)- BUT, if you didn't know, we already partner with KC North Tack for that, we do not plan to be making our own, but since we do the leatherwork for KC North/Kendall, you can still have a DSH hybrid halter, just order through KC North's store page. Still a Canadian/Albertan, woman in ag owned small business, with Canadian sourced materials!