Breezy Acres Equine Services, LLC

06/20/2026

Every year we have killdeer nests. I love watching the eggs and then suddenly the eggs are gone and the babies are off and running!

06/20/2026

Another great post from Amy!

People will often ask what can I do when my horse does this or that.

I’ve heard Amy say countless times that getting them balanced will erase most of the this and that. Ive seen it first hand. A balance horse is a happy horse.

Amy has an amazing library and great online course.

What makes a horse safe to ride?

When I first started training horses, I thought a lot about exposure—getting horses used to all kinds of stimuli and situations.

I thought a lot about installing “safety buttons”: a one-rein stop, a reliable stop, ways to shut down movement when things went wrong.

I still think exposure has value, and emergency measures certainly have their place. But over time I’ve become less interested in stopping movement and more interested in helping horses move well.

Because many of the things we do in the name of safety can give us a false sense of security.

What really makes a horse safe is balance.

One of the most dangerous byproducts of training horses to be “safe” is that we often create locked-up shoulders. We teach horses to tolerate pressure, tolerate stimuli, and suppress movement without giving them the tools to organize their bodies effectively.

When a horse’s shoulders are locked up, we’re often riding a ticking time bomb.

As long as conditions are favorable, everything may appear fine. But add the right ingredients—bad weather, a new environment, separation from other horses, physical tension, fear—and suddenly there is very little available to us.

A horse cannot be truly relaxed, physically or mentally, when the shoulders are braced and immobile.

To me, safety looks different now than it once did.

I want a horse that can move. A horse that can rebalance. A horse that can step, bend, yield, and reorganize itself when pressure arrives.

So these days, one of my highest priorities is creating mobility in the shoulders and balance throughout the entire body.

Because balance gives a horse options.

And horses with options feel less often the need to panic.

06/20/2026

And the mares, they all looked at the flag and then came over to see if I had something better for them! Dottie was the only one who showed some interest!

06/16/2026

Our daily hike out to the pasture!

06/16/2026

I’m so excited to be a part of this event! Tickets sales coming soon!

Ticket sales coming SOON!

06/15/2026

Many of you remember my mare, Babe. I got her when I was 15 and she’s the reason I have always been a “mare person”. There’s just something about a mare. Even though she was a solid bay, she was breeding stock Appaloosa.

When I was in college, she had a baby. The baby was the barn owners and ended up getting sold. I kept track of her over the years and kept in contact with the owner.

Over the winter, I received a phone call that she was looking for a place to board her. Of course I said, yes!

When I was young and still living at home, my number one goal was to buy property for Babe for her to retire on. She took care of me for so many years and it was such an honor to take care of her in her retirement years.

Now I have the honor of taking care of her baby, Misty in her retirement years. They look the same and act the same. When I feed, Misty gives this low nicker and it feels like Babe is here again. She used to do the same. I smile every time I look at her.

06/12/2026

I’m very excited to host Natalie Fuller at my barn for Intro to Liberty on August 15th!!!! Contact Natalie to sign up.

Here’s my clinic schedule for this year!

June 28th - Horsemanship Clinic at Riverwind Ranch in Merrill, WI - Participant spots available! Contact Tammy at [email protected] to sign up!

July 19th - Intro to Liberty Clinic at Carly Rae Horsemanship in Oshkosh, WI - Participant spots available! Contact Carley at 920-376-2613 to sign up!

August 9th - Intro to Liberty Clinic in Hager City, WI - Participant spots available! Contact me at [email protected] to sign up!

August 15th - Intro to Liberty Clinic at Breezy Acres Equine Services in Oconto, WI - Participant spots available! Contact me at [email protected] to sign up!

I will be releasing dates for clinics at my home farm in Pittsville, WI soon, keep an eye out for those dates! Topics to include Intro to Liberty, Horsemanship, and Obstacles.