| Demonstrations | | | | sense of touch. This art involves moving the horseâs |
| Paul will introduce the art of feel through a collection of | | | | feet with your hands, with the lead rope, snaffle |
| global concepts in horsemanship applied to real world | | | | connection down to the feet and through the mind. |
| problem solving. The skills will be demonstrated by | | | | The collection and straightness of a horse is a state of |
| directly helping troubled horses and owners with | | | | mind. They have to be soft, collected, and straight |
| common issues and vices, i.e. hard to catch horses, | | | | mentally before it can be transferred to the feet. Lead |
| leading and pullback problems, trailering issues, bridling | | | | changes and flying changes are introduced in a herd |
| and bitting, saddling, mounting, lead changes, collection | | | | setting, thus imitating the natural impulsion and freeness |
| braces, refusing jumps or water crossing bridges and | | | | of flying changes in a natural setting. You will learn to |
| dealing with other obstacles one might encounter, | | | | create a state of mind within the horse where they |
| spookiness, rearing bucking, kicking/striking, feet issues | | | | would rather be with you than anywhere else, creating |
| such as being hard to trim or shoe, impulsion, and barn | | | | a herd of two. |
| sour issues. | | | | Uniting four hooves and two minds ⢠|
| Colt Starting/Problem Solving Class: Introduction to the | | | | Advanced Horsemanship Class: Living Through the Art |
| Art Feel | | | | of Feel |
| This class will teach you about catching horses in a | | | | Paul will guide the participants in creating an |
| way that is fitting for the horse, introduction to haltering | | | | environment where the horse would rather be with |
| and leading with class, building your horses confidence | | | | you than anywhere else. Collection and straightness is |
| in you by helping them deal with objects or situations | | | | a state of mind, if the horse is not soft and connected |
| that activate the self-preservation instinct. You will | | | | to the rider on the inside, then it is hard to direct the |
| cover saddling, bridling, and riding; learning to read when | | | | horseâs feet in a way that is fluid and forward to |
| a horse is ready mentally and emotionally for this step. | | | | accomplish the common tasks we ask of them. The |
| The participants will also learn to deal with common | | | | class will cover lead changes, flying changes, jumping, |
| behavior issues that stem from a communication gap | | | | collection, and straightness in a performance setting. |
| between horse and human, i.e. spooky/pull back | | | | Riders will learn the importance and connecting the rein |
| horses, hard to bridle, hard to trim or shoe, pushing | | | | to the feet and being able to direct and influence the |
| through the leg or bridle, refusing jumps or water | | | | hind quarters of the horse. Riders will learn how to |
| crossing and other obstacles, spooky barn sour, trailer | | | | achieve straightness through balance and flexion |
| loading, striking/kicking, biting, rearing, and bucking. | | | | laterally by eliminating braces in the horseâs body. |
| Ranch Roping and Cow Working Class | | | | Learn to take the softness from the corners of the |
| This class introduces the horse and rider to a style of | | | | horseâs mouth and transfer that the entire length of |
| roping and handling cattle that will benefit all disciplines | | | | the body, down to the feet and through the mind. |
| of horsemanship. This clinic covers everything from | | | | Learn to develop your sixth sense and intertwine it |
| doctoring cattle on the ranch, gathering and shipping | | | | with your horses, by riding them as fast as they can |
| large herds of cattle that have not been handled by | | | | run, thus developing confidence in your horse and their |
| horses, arena roping, fixing hot horses, box problems, | | | | confidence in you. Riders will also experience riding |
| rating cattle, working cow horse and cutting horse | | | | blind folded in a controlled environment to develop trust |
| foundations, penning and sorting, learning to read, sort | | | | in your horse; this simulates riding in the darkness or |
| and drive cattle getting a better cow handle on a | | | | through bad storms in the mountains where visibility is |
| horse. Slick horn or rubber, 30' ropes or 60' this class is | | | | poor. Become able to ride in a horse race and feel |
| a mixture of vaquero style big loop roping and arena | | | | comfortable and at complete ease, ride like the wind. If |
| timed event styles. | | | | your horse knows that you know you can ride him at |
| Intermediate Horsemanship: Understanding the Art of | | | | any speed with mutual confidence your relationship |
| Feel | | | | with your horse will be better than you can possibly |
| Paul will be introducing the art of feel through the | | | | imagine. |