Lizzie O. Horsemanship

11/29/2022

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10/20/2022

Still looking for a good reason to leave Guanajuato tomorrow

08/26/2022

Happy National Dog Day! Two wonderful months of adventure with this little bug! 🐕 ❤️

08/19/2022

01/26/2022

These two ❤️

10/24/2021

One of the proudest moments in my New Zealand summers was starting this little mare, Gracie 🦄 for at

A home-bred, she was a pretty blank slate and known quantity, something we don’t often get in the horse world. But it didn’t mean she was was any less hesitant about people and the idea of being ridden.

My methods of relationship-based horsemanship focused on building a foundation of trust before anything else. In just a few days I was riding her - ba****ck in a rope halter at first and eventually in a saddle and then a bridle.

Ensuring that her first experience was one that encouraged trust, confidence, and taught her how to successfully manage new situations and ‘asks’, set her up for a successful and competitive career and meant she was an absolute pleasure to work with!

09/24/2021

'Swallow your pride and make changes. It’s not your horses fault.'

Every time you think:
My horse is lazy
My horse doesn’t want to work
My horse is not listening
My horse is stubborn
Or anything along those lines stop and ask yourself:

What are you doing to block your horse from doing what you want? Horses are not people, and don’t have sinister agendas. As put by ray hunt, “they are either doing what they think they are supposed to do, or what they have to do to survive.” Your horse is mirroring the truth about your communication and partnership. It might hurt. Swallow your pride and make changes. It’s not your horses fault.

Photo by Melinda Yelvington

09/16/2021

Chui was the first horse I met in Mongolia - and it was love at first sight. Warned that he was headstrong, prone to bolting, and unreliable with anyone less than confident, I was eager to get to know him. My beloved friend and trusted steed for the next three summers, Chui was fast and fearless, gentle and sweet, and looked out for me as much as I looked out for him.