Andrea Equine Blog
How to Disengage Your Horse's Hindquarters
Disengaging the hind is an extremely undervalued groundwork exercise that all horses should know.
How to Desensitize and De-Spook a Horse
Desensitizing is an essential exercise for all horses to learn. It teaches them to think versus react when in a scary situation or presented with a scary object.
The Hidden Dangers of An All Copper Snaffle Bit
Endorsed and promoted by riders and trainers of all disciplines, the copper snaffle bit has quickly become a tack room staple. Unfortunately, an all-copper mouthpiece poses extreme danger and can cause some serious headache for you and your horse.
What is a Snaffle Bit?
Oh the glorious snaffle bit- while being a universal and common tool amongst horse trainers and hobbyists alike, this piece of equipment has been the topic of many debates and misconceptions.
How to Correctly Round Pen a Horse
To start this off, let's first go over why this is the very first exercise in my series. Surprisingly, I didn't choose the order of my exercises by random chance. They are all designed to build off of each other, and lay the foundation needed for the next. I start all of my horses in the roundpen-yes, every single one of them.
Your Horse's 3 Buttons-Foundation Training Under Saddle
How do I teach my horse to move her shoulders, rib cage, and hind under saddle? Where do I position my leg for these 3 cues?
Horse Problem-Won't Move In The Roundpen
My name is Melissa and I am currently training my first BLM Mustang. He leads, backs, and gives to pressure pretty well at this point but we're struggling in the round pen.
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