"Where a horse's future is shaped, not broken"
Foxtrot and Julie
Foxy has been sitting in the paddock for the past 24 months enjoying what he thought was "early" retirement.
He is a 14 year old Chestnut Thoroughbred - who had been in work a few years ago, but his previous owner had got married and started a family, so he was going to waste in the paddock. He is naturally a lovely, gentle horse, but through the lack of work and handling he had become quite full of himself, and his manners left much to be desired - he had become the dominant horse in the paddock, and had become disrespectful with other horses and humans!!!
So whilst I knew he had a fantastic history of good solid training - the prospect of getting on him after his 2 year break was daunting - and he was becoming at times difficult to handle due to lack of manners. A friend of mine, who is an experienced rider borrowed him for a few months - but he was returned - as he had developed some inappropriate behaviour both on and off the ground making him not enjoyable and at times not safe to ride!!
So I rang Jason after seeing and hearing about his training methods via Chaff Chat, and arranged for Foxy to go to Jason for some Re-schooling. Foxy stayed with Jason for 3 weeks - and the comparison between the horse I dropped off and then returned to see 3 weeks later was remarkable.
After 3 weeks Jason had Foxy behaving with impeccable manners, totally aware and respectful of human handlers. Jason had given Foxy a lot of groundwork training which then led to the riding portion of his re-schooling. The groundwork skills were easy to follow (as I am not the most co-ordinated horse-owner) but I was able to learn and continue these skills with no stress at all.
Jason then showed me the riding portion of his education - and there was the old Foxy back again - going forward calmly and willingly, no sign of any rushing, reefing, attempted rearing or head tossing, just a lovely calm forward horse that anyone would feel confident to ride.
Thank you so much Jason - for returning the old Foxy, if not an "improved" version!! It is now 6 months since his re-education, and Foxy is still very calm, and an absolute pleasure to ride. He has even had another 2 month break during this time, and when bought back into work - after a few minutes of the groundwork skills that Jason had showed me, I felt more than confident to hop back on without feeling even slightly nervous. I am not a confident rider at the best of times - so for me to ride a horse after a break is daunting - but Foxy is an absolute delight now. Thank you Jason - your methods and training have given me a fantastic horse to continue with, rather than one I was nervous of!! I will be sending my youngsters up to Jason for their training and breaking, as I have now seen Jason's methods work, for both horse and rider!!!
Regards
Julie Norris and Foxtrot
Foxy has been sitting in the paddock for the past 24 months enjoying what he thought was "early" retirement.
He is a 14 year old Chestnut Thoroughbred - who had been in work a few years ago, but his previous owner had got married and started a family, so he was going to waste in the paddock. He is naturally a lovely, gentle horse, but through the lack of work and handling he had become quite full of himself, and his manners left much to be desired - he had become the dominant horse in the paddock, and had become disrespectful with other horses and humans!!!
So whilst I knew he had a fantastic history of good solid training - the prospect of getting on him after his 2 year break was daunting - and he was becoming at times difficult to handle due to lack of manners. A friend of mine, who is an experienced rider borrowed him for a few months - but he was returned - as he had developed some inappropriate behaviour both on and off the ground making him not enjoyable and at times not safe to ride!!
So I rang Jason after seeing and hearing about his training methods via Chaff Chat, and arranged for Foxy to go to Jason for some Re-schooling. Foxy stayed with Jason for 3 weeks - and the comparison between the horse I dropped off and then returned to see 3 weeks later was remarkable.
After 3 weeks Jason had Foxy behaving with impeccable manners, totally aware and respectful of human handlers. Jason had given Foxy a lot of groundwork training which then led to the riding portion of his re-schooling. The groundwork skills were easy to follow (as I am not the most co-ordinated horse-owner) but I was able to learn and continue these skills with no stress at all.
Jason then showed me the riding portion of his education - and there was the old Foxy back again - going forward calmly and willingly, no sign of any rushing, reefing, attempted rearing or head tossing, just a lovely calm forward horse that anyone would feel confident to ride.
Thank you so much Jason - for returning the old Foxy, if not an "improved" version!! It is now 6 months since his re-education, and Foxy is still very calm, and an absolute pleasure to ride. He has even had another 2 month break during this time, and when bought back into work - after a few minutes of the groundwork skills that Jason had showed me, I felt more than confident to hop back on without feeling even slightly nervous. I am not a confident rider at the best of times - so for me to ride a horse after a break is daunting - but Foxy is an absolute delight now. Thank you Jason - your methods and training have given me a fantastic horse to continue with, rather than one I was nervous of!! I will be sending my youngsters up to Jason for their training and breaking, as I have now seen Jason's methods work, for both horse and rider!!!
Regards
Julie Norris and Foxtrot
