4W Training

05/06/2025

This big handsome guy is with me for the next month 🤗😍

05/05/2025

This 5yo unbroken Mustang came to me with a few issues, the biggest of which was being reactive. Like..super duper reactive. Friendly enough but untrusting at her core and hadn’t yet made up her mind if humans were to be feared or not. She seemed to tolerate humans, and there was not a mean bone in her body at all, for sure a flighter, not a fighter.

Her owner came out once a week to observe whatever training we happened to be doing that day (I encourage owners to be present when possible) that first visit happened to be her mare’s first day with me on her back (I let the horse dictate the training timeline and move at their pace)

I felt it was time to swing my leg over. Easy peasy, super relaxed and all was well. We walked around,stopped,one-rein disengagement left,all good. Disengagement right, all hell breaks loose, she is now a bucking bronc. It was one of those rare occasions the owner was there and got to witness firsthand the under-saddle,bronc busting, glad i rode bulls, not sure i was going to stick this one, kind of rides 😆 Luckily all of the groundwork and practicing one-rein disengagements from the ground paid off. I got her head around, stayed on, she stopped, we ended on a good note and I dismounted on my terms. Back to the drawing board I went.

Now it was tome to figure out what exactly triggered it and how to get her over it safely. It took some thinking outside of the box but 5 weeks later she left here a confident, kind, willing, brave trail-blazing queen who didn’t fear a human on her back anymore. She didn’t buck because she had lots of energy, she bucked out of fear, two very different ways to deal with that training-wise. Sometimes figuring out why the unwanted behavior is happening is harder than fixing it.

03/02/2025

Welcome this pretty little 5yo mustang mare for training

01/23/2025

12/13/2023

SOLD
For sale. Sun Uva Gun ‘Gunner’ is a 4yo Morgan cross (1/4 Standardbred) with the greatest brain Just over 15.1h

Please see my full video here: https://youtu.be/WlG_Bk3cKAg?feature=shared

I have been nothing short of amazed by this boy during his time with me. I asked him for so much and he just says, “okay! let’s do it!” He’s been fox hunting, had lots of trail miles, flatwork in the ring, jumping, etc. He’s game for it all. He’s brave and smart and although he loves to trail ride he would excel at anything asked of him. I ride him ba****ck on the trails with a halter and leadline. He rides alone or with groups, front, back, wherever. He’s not a “hot horse” but will move out when asked. He rides on loose rein or will collect and frame up nicely too. As a one owner horse since birth, he’s been started right and just loves people. Asking Thirteen five and he’s worth every penny. 100% sound, no vices (610)529-1282

04/26/2023

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What do you think her breed is? Place your bets, I ordered a DNA kit for her so we will know in a few weeks! So excited!

07/19/2022

‘Itachi’ after 5 wks of training (see prior posts for weekly updates and Day 1 of training)

This horse was by far one of the most challenging horses I’ve had in for training. I’m so proud of his progress in such a short time! He overcame so, so many fears and really blossomed into a trusting, solid horse. It took me three weeks to be confident enough in him to even ride him outside of the round pen. Since that, he’s been across bridges, through creeks, out by himself and with a group of horses. He’s overcome a fear of plastic bags, tarps, balloons, fly spray, a saddle, someone being on his back, etc. His owner, Jessica Weiser, came and rode him out with other horses and by herself on the trails and did great. Wish you both the best, he’s a great horse!

This horse came to me a real project. As an 8yr old previously unridden Arabian gelding I had my work cut out to make this guy rideable. He really turned int...