This is a continuation of the other video: Preparation Of Young Horse For First Ride (Part 1). You will be a fly on the wall as 2 DN Instructors collaborate to help prepare a 4 year old Arabian for her first rides. Michelle Young demonstrates a way to simulate riding from the ground. It’s a way t...

In this video, DN Instructor Michelle Young collaborates with DN Instructor Shawna Lewis with a 4 year old Arabian to help prepare her for her first ride. Shawna has been playing with her on the ground and asked Michelle for her input on specific preparation for riding.

You will see Michelle add...

Ewa Angantyr gives a mini masterclass on long lining. She will explain equipment, preparation, and exercises for line of direction, figures, transitions, and more. At times she will narrate as she goes, and at times you will be able to just observe as she long lines her horse. Long lining is a re...

In this video I take Quora outside the arena in the long lines. You’ll want to feel confident in your skills inside the arena before doing this. We’ll practice straight lines, circles, and transitions as well as some very basic hints of lateral movement. This is a great preparation for riding and...

In this video you’ll see me practicing bridling in partnership with 3 year old Quora. This is the third time putting the bridle on. You’ll see how I think through what I am doing and will gain some general principles.

In this video Karen shows you a simple leading exercise that will help prepare your young horse for riding. It introduces the outside rein and helps you position yourself closer to where you will be when riding. It’s a simple exercise, but it requires preparation. Quora does a good job of showing...

In this video, Karen plays with young horse, Quora, again to show you her progress with Circles and Sideways yields. She narrates through this simple session to explain her decisions.

In this video, Karen shows you the important moments that happen after most people think the session is over. Every moment is equally important to the horse. Partnership is a lifestyle, not something that turns off when you leave the arena. You’ll see what Karen does after the on line session is ...

In this video Karen demonstrates a variation of Moving Massage where you don’t touch the horse, but instead work with the energy. Often horses who are familiar with Moving Massage respond well to the energetic version, but some horses who are very sensitive to touch need us to start there. Karen ...

In this video, I play with Quora at age 21 months. We do leading around the arena, the beginning of circling, and some yields from the wall. Quora has strong opinions and you will see her do some quite dramatic 'voicing of those opinions'. This is a great video to observe how I handle her express...

In this video, you will see a process over several days help a young horse who was holding a lot of tension and became explosive. You will see Karen do several exercises that build on each other. They are meant to help the horse let loose mentally, emotionally, and physically. This video will be ...

In this video, Karen shows you a simple exercise to teach a horse how to stay out on the circle. Instead of always pushing the horse away, you can use a marker and teach the horse to go to the outside of the marker. This is a great way to show the horse what you want him to do while preserving hi...

In this video, Karen demonstrates how she teaches horses to play with their neck posture. She will show you a horse that does it from a very light cue, one that does it but needs a little more help, and then shows how she plays with a horse who is learning this for the first time. This is a great...

This video shows a session with me and Teo where we had to go back to the beginning. He had started getting really stuck again and would stop and refuse to go forward. Because of his history, his emotional tension, and the physical sensations he gave me, I was finding myself getting a bit stuck t...

This video continues the progress with Teo. You will see how I prepare him to be ridden, and will see some improvement in his level of relaxation from the videos with him from February 2021. This video includes some basic stick to me and moving massage at liberty. The riding portion is shown in t...

In this video, Karen does a long lining session with Teo in the arena. You will see the basics, plus leg yields, shoulder-in, counter shoulder-in, and some increased collectibility.

This is great for anyone who has the basics of long lining already established.

Karen and Atomic show you more tricks you can do with your horse using shaping and positive reinforcement. Karen loves to do tricks with her horses to create mental engagement. The tricks shown in this video can be done by horses who are injured and unable to do much. You will see them done, and ...

In this video, DN Licensed Instructor Michelle Young introduces an exercise on line that will build your communication skills and will set you up for starting to ground drive.

DN Licensed Instructor Shawna Lewis shares a typical online warm up she does with her green horse, Clover. Clover can tend to be a bit tense and spooky. You will see an entire on line session where she uses several different exercises to help Clover end up moving freely forward in a more relaxed ...

Licensed DN Instructor, Shelby Hume, gives a great introduction to how to create halts on a circle on line. This is an important communication to be able to have with your horse. It will set you up for better communication about transitions on circles on line. This video is great for everyone, es...

Karen shows you a way to create commitment to circles and stretching at liberty! Karen will play with a horse with no previous liberty or natural horsemanship. She has already established the basic yields and a reflex to relax. You will see how she sends the horse out with big energy but ends up ...

In this video, Karen introduces Quora. At the time of this video, she is 15 months old. She is a Lusitano x Andalusian. Karen shows some of the most basic things she is playing with at this stage. Most of this has to do with basic handling. You will see how she sets Quora up to be polite around f...

Many people have requested that Karen show the very first steps of teaching your horse to put their feet in a rubber tub. This video does just that! Karen teaches her horse to do this for several reasons. It is a way to practice communication and it is helpful if you ever need to soak your horse'...