Books with Spirit - Horse Riding

At the last clinic at Tanjil South, ‘cos of late cancellations, we took in at the last minute, a young lady who was suffering from really severe clinical depression for a healing with horses program running at the same time as our Spirit of Horse clinic.  As you may be aware, I’ve worked with lots of people with depression in my alternative therapy clinic.  We also brought the very talented “healer” and all round good horsewoman and dear friend, Sheila Angeloni, in to work one on one with her.

It was young Boot n Scoot our 4 year old hand reared orphan foal that chose her to work with (and yes I did notice what I said - he was MOST insistant!) This girl didn’t know the back end of a horse from the front, only came on her friend’s recommendation as an alternative to imminent hospitalization.

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Yoshi is a handsome little pony lucky to have an owner as dedicated as 13 year old Mary is to his physical and emotional welfare.  They came in to the clinic with a bond already developing.  Even though in extreme fear, this plucky little horse had been careful not to hurt Mary.  In 4 short days of a Spirit of Horse clinic, the increase in that bond was absolutely awesome.

Mary won the Horseland Warragul competition for a Spirit of Horse clinic – that’s the clinic based on Bobby’s Diaries.  In her entry she said she wanted to give her ponies a better life by understanding them better and she certainly did achieve that objective – in spades!

Mary and Yoshi enjoyed riding at pony club together, but she mostly couldn’t catch him, he reared up when being saddled, was difficult and occasionally impossible to bridle, jumped around while she was trying to get on, wouldn’t stand still, he didn’t enjoy any touch on his body and severely disliked  anyone touching his legs or feet (forget shoeing!).  A simple bot fly caused him to bowl straight over the top of the nearest human.  Altogether the ideal pony club mount (yes, that was a joke!)

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I have my horse working with me as a willing co-operative partner who is teaching ME how to get the results of the gifted rider - when no way am I anything of the kind!

Click here to find out how Bobby is teaching me to have fun and reach for the advanced dressage movement of piaffe with no bridle on, with nothing at all on his head!

Is it even achievable?  Is it one of those achievments that takes a lifetime?  I don’t know - but I’m sure going to have fun trying!

The lunging was so bad Nareena was often not game to get on.

“Sabbi was a maniac on the lunge.  She was bucking and rearing, using her body weight and leverage to shoot off and pull away” Nareena said.

Read on to find out what Nareena did to fix it.

A father’s view

” The girls and their horses have come back home with different natures.  They enjoy their horses far more and their horses enjoy being handled and ridden like they never  have before”

The girls had attended the Spirit of Horse clinic, based on the book Bobby’s Diaries - Straight from the Horse’s Mouth to You

Read on about what this father said.

Sarah came into one of our clinics on this gorgeous and gorgeous natured showjumper with her hands blistered raw from hanging onto him.

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Galiano had torn the shirt right off her fathers back.

Kayla changed that in the first day of a Spirit of Horse clinic. This is the clinic that we run based on the book Bobby’s Diaries - Straight from the Horse’s Mouth to You.

You can change your “biter” too, with Bobby’s Diaries.

For more about how Kayla and Galiano achieved such an extraordinary change, click here.

Another happy customer! Janelle’s a track rider and wanted safety at work.

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This gorgeous big quarterhorse mare had a pretty serious reputation when she came into one of our clinics while we were still writing Bobby’s Diaries – and it certainly wasn’t for being nice! Her very competent rider was at her wits end.This photo of her now happy and relaxed owner riding on a long, loose rein in a large paddock, with the mare in the start of self carriage and now cooperative, says it all.

The method she used to change that unhappy pattern is in Bobby’s Diaries.