• Teach Your Horse to Stand

    $75.00

    This is by far one of my most popular classes. Standing is one of the most universally important skills you can teach your horse.

    Not only does this training make your horse safer and easier to be around, it improves your horse’s responsiveness to all other forms of training as well.

    If you are having any behavior issues with your horse, this is the first line of training I recommend!

  • Runaway!!

    $75.00

    My carriage horse is running away with me! What do I do??

    The decisions you make in the first 3 seconds of a runaway are the most critical. It can make the difference between a scary moment, and an outright disaster. In this class you'll learn where to put your priorities, and what the most effective techniques are to stop a runaway horse. You'll also learn important safety information for reducing your risk of an accident in a runaway, and measures you can take to prevent a runaway from occurring in the first place. Add this class to your cart to get 6 months access to the online class page where you can view the class and download the course materials and videos.    
  • Outside Rein

    $75.00
    The outside rein is one of the most important tools to help shape and balance your carriage driving horse’s movement. This class will help you easily understand the outside rein, and give you instructions to put it to use with your horse. Don’t pass up this chance to improve your horse’s movements!
  • Driving Past the Spook

    $7.99
    It can be pretty intimidating when your horse spooks in the carriage. Employing the right strategies can keep a simple spook from boiling over into a full-blown runaway. This article gives you the tips and tricks get past the spooks and keep them from turning into something worse.

    * 2019 Revised Edition ~ With more info and illustrations

    Receive this lesson plan free with your purchase of the online class "Drive Past the Spook."

  • The half halt is one of the most critical tools in your carriage driving reinsmanship. A well defined half halt can improve your horse's balance, engagement, and movement in all gaits. But what is a half halt, and how should it be implemented? This 12-page downloadable article explains the half halt in detail, and how to train one into your everyday driving. *Get this article for Free when you enroll in the online class "Building A Half Halt."   
  • Lengthening is more than just a movement that a horse is, or is not capable of. It's a coordinated movement of balance and impulsion.  Learn more with this in-depth article.
  • This is an easy weekend project that requires few tools and minimal skill. All of the parts can be acquired at your local home center with the exception of the reins.
  • Training for cones courses involves more than randomly driving from one set of cones to another. This lesson plan helps develop skills that can be applied to any cones course with any horse or pony.
  • Long lining is easily the most valuable tool that I’ve ever learned and continued to develop as a horse trainer. This invaluable tool has helped bring horses from green broke to elegant mounts for both riding and driving. You may never lunge a horse again once you've learned to longline!

    Get this article for free when you purchase the online class Long Lining 101!

  • It doesn’t matter if you handle one rein in each hand as a rider, or all four reins in your left hand as a four-in-hand driver, there’s one rein that is, and always will be the most important rein. That one rein that can make all of the difference for bending through turns, square halts, or picking up the correct lead.  It’s the outside rein.
  • Harness care and maintenance aren't just a matter of vanity. Regular maintenance of your harness can save you from costly breakdowns that can have disastrous results. This is as important for synthetic harnesses as it is for leather.

    Bonus Download

    When you purchase this lesson plan you'll also get my guide to polishing leather harness for free.
  • This is a core lesson plan that many of my other lesson plans are built upon. Use it on its own, or as a warmup for other work.
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