The Equestrian Center of Naples

12/30/2022

Please see Triple V Ranch Equestrian Campground for info on Triple V

01/20/2022

We now have Rv Horse Camping !
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10/29/2019

08/01/2019

Trainer Christian Baier of the Naples Riding School demonstrating how to mount from the ground (with a twist 😉)

06/26/2019

This is a great article written by McKrell Baier from the Naples Riding School! Please share.

http://infohorse.com/relaxation_and_suppleness_in_horse_training.asp?fbclid=IwAR0TqcyRQWIZOvydJfxu-phZn6pxqNkD6JkHObK6yZZAyir5rtHQoFaR1ew

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06/17/2019

Check out this event offered by the new Naples Riding School. Please share and spread the word.

July 3rd!!!

05/08/2019

In case you are wondering who the founders and trainers of the new Naples Riding School at the Triple V Ranch are here are their bios: (Click to open)

04/14/2019

Hilarious....

04/13/2019

Our little guy is getting frisky!

04/11/2019

Day 2, turned out with mom. 💗💗💗

04/10/2019

04/09/2019

So funny..

04/09/2019

BlogsBarn LoungeBarn Rats Over Mean Girls: Life Lessons from Growing Up in a Barn April 4, 2019 Photo courtesy of PonyMomAmmy BY PONYMOMAMMY I feel like I am constantly trying to justify the expense of the horses to my husband. I get it. It’s not cheap, and it doesn’t ever end. My go-to defense ...

04/08/2019

There are many roads to Rome, but when I get a horse there, I want the journey before we arrived to have been travelled with respect for the inner psyche and spirit of the horse.

I want the horse to have learned in a manner that motivates him to want to learn more, to be relaxed and curious about the process occurring between us and result in a trusting form of communication. Dominance and submission is not necessary for this to happen. Horses don't need a person to be dominant, they need a person to be understanding. There is a way to get a horse safe and easy to handle and relaxed in a more sophisticated way than flooding techniques used by some horsemen/women.

Those techniques will get results, but at the sacrifice of the horses dignity, which above all else should always be preserved. There is no subtlety in the flooding process, and horses are so very susceptible to subtlety. They are sensitive enough to feel a mosquito land on their ass, a slight breeze through their whiskers and they are perceptive enough read/feel energy coming from clear across a field. Why shout instructions and demand obedience, when a soft conversation is enough to open lines of mutual conversation that is a two way thing?

Yes, horses need to be desensitized, they need to be able to control their own minds which then means they can get that control down to the feet. I feel able to give my opinion on this as I was once on the path of this style of training, but I studied, travelled alot, met many exceptional horsemen and women world over and refined what I thought I knew.

What I now have come to realise is that there is a quicker way to get the results that keep dominance and coercion out of the remit and the results are actually waay better than anything I ever got before I learned more.

Dominance = control of the horse. I prefer to help the horse control him/herself in the presence of humans and the environment we put them in, and for me to control myself and then for us to walk together on a path of mutual understanding. Training a horse brings up huge moral questions. In the extreme, it's actually very arrogant of us as a species to want to assume power over such an amazing creature to such a level that we are able to bend their self preservation and will to the point we can ride them and have them do our bidding.

If we are going to one day swing our legs over their backs and ask them to do all manner of things they would never do if given the option then it is our responsibility to do so in a way that preserves their integrity as much as possible at all times.

Picture credit: Slow Loris (see comments)

04/07/2019

Opening day of the Naples Riding School at the Triple V Ranch was a big success. We are so lucky to have professionals the caliber of and Christian Baier come to Naples. Their school horses are exceptional and the school will fill a big void in Naples for a riding program for non horse owners providing excellent school horse mounts. Big welcome to Naples Christian and McKrell and we wish you much success in your riding program.
Big shout out to Don and Linda Coulter who graciously came over to meet them and welcome them to Naples. Gotta love Don and Linda!