Posts Tagged ‘Feet First Horsemanship’

Halter Breaking with Tom Wagoner Part 2

September 8, 2017
Lynn Kohr

In our previous article on halter breaking, we have a halter on our young horse and she is comfortable with it around her head and putting it on and off. With the halter on and Tom’s hand on the halter just above the lead, he asks her to give to pressure, first tucking her nose […]

Halter Breaking With Tom Wagoner Part 1

August 30, 2017
Lynn Kohr

In this halter breaking series with Tom Wagoner, I interviewed Tom’s wife, Toni Wagoner. The first step in halter breaking is getting your colt ready for a halter. LK: What does Tom first do with colts getting them ready to halter break? TW: Tom will put the colt in a round pen while riding a […]

Feet First Horsemanship Ground Work

February 17, 2017
Wendy Greenough

The winter of 2017 has given me a whole new respect and appreciation for GROUND WORK!!!!  The majority of our barn yard is covered with large snow drifts and 1/2 of our outdoor arena is flooded with 2-3 foot drifts.  I am sure many of you can relate! As a result, I have found my […]

Feet First Horsemanship 2017

January 30, 2017
Wendy Greenough

Feet First Horsemanship has several new assets to their program in 2017!  They would like to welcome their clinic facilitator and marketing director, Sammi Johnson.  Sammi will be working with clinic host to schedule events and coordinate clinic details.  Sammi produced our Feet First Horsemanship logo and will be creating marketing materials for upcoming clinics.  Sammi can […]

A Two-Rein Horse

January 20, 2017
Jenn Zeller

I thought I’d take a moment and share with you a quick video about the two-rein. I’ve just recently moved my horse into this set-up. He is the first two-rein horse I’ve ever made, and so I’m watching a lot of DVDs on how to NOT mess this up! I really enjoy the teachings of […]

Getting Results with Horse Theraphy and Terri Kissack

January 18, 2017
Wendy Greenough

I recently caught up with a talented friend of mine, for whom I have the utmost respect. Terri Kissack has amazed me for years with her talent and gift to read a horse’s soundness.  I hope as many people as possible can benefit from the Terri’s work. You will see a difference in your horse! […]

Karen Leibee and Progressive Nutrition

December 26, 2016
Wendy Greenough

Karen Leibee is a veteran sales associate for Progressive Nutrition.  She is also a very close friend to our family.  Therefore, we often look to her for advice.   She has been a great resource for our horse and cattle nutrition needs.  Karen has several years of experience and volumes of successful testimonials.  Karen and her […]

Soft Feet, Soft Mouth, Soft Mind

December 2, 2016
Wendy Greenough

Have you ever rode a horse who was extremely soft and supple in the face and enjoyable to ride, but had heavy, rude feet on the ground and a dull mind? If so, that is VERY UNCOMMON!!!! Usually, light and thoughtful feet, an alert mind, and a soft supple face all go hand in hand […]

Leading Your Horse Series; Part 1

November 22, 2016
Lynn Kohr

Leading: How to get our horses to go with us while being lead, instead of dragging behind or pulling ahead. It is all in their feet! Okay, so what does that mean? When a horse refuses to lead off lightly, their feet are stuck. If a horse pulls on us and drags behind, it is […]

How Does Your Horse Lead?

November 14, 2016
Lynn Kohr

How Does Your Horse Lead? Does he accompany you and come along with you? Does he pull, push or drag? I was recently with Tom Wagoner, Feet First Horsemanship, and he was just working a colt that had pretty sticky feet: the colt did not want to move them, meaning he did not want to […]