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, you will see lots of ‘firsts’ for Quora: Her first time with a human on her back, her first time moving with a human on her back, and her first walks and trots!
This will give you quite a different picture than what is often seen with ‘horse breaking’. The focus here is on relaxati...

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...

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...

This video follows Karen through a typical session on line and at liberty. Quora is 2 years and 10 months old. Karen starts with Quora on line with some basic exercises, then goes at liberty and gives Quora a lot of choice. You will see her choose to offer things she has been taught! Karen then t...

In this video Karen rides Quora (age 5). The main focus at this moment in her training is that she softly accepts and feels positive about the aids. She is highly sensitive, self confident, and not shy about letting me know when she doesn’t prefer the aids being put on. You’ll see Karen ride her ...

In this video I give a quick update on Quora at 4 years and 10 months. In the time since the last video with Quora I have been waiting for her body to grow up before doing more than occasional light riding. I also share about how I decided to get help with her first canters and what made that suc...

In this video you will see Karens sixth through eleventh times sitting on Quora which happened over a four month period. You will see every moment of each of those rides. Karen wants to give you an overview of the entire process so you can see how un-dramatic it is. You'll see her first rides wit...

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 ...

This video discusses some general themes for starting and training horses. Every time Karen starts a new horse it causes her to think differently and check in with herself about strategy and plans for this new individual. In this video Karen will talk about what is in the front of her mind when t...

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, 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...

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 ...

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'...

Karen shares a typical day with Quora at 18 months old. You will see how she plays with her at liberty starting in the barn and moving to the round pen. Karen describes her thoughts and strategies in the moment. You will see a blend of clear communication mixed with a lot of freedom and choice. Y...

Karen does moving massage with her 18 month old filly, Quora. From the beginning, Quora has shown some defensiveness and tension when touched on the upper part of her neck. Now that Quora is good with basic leading, Karen can use Moving Massage to try to melt away unnecessary tension, and change ...

Ewa Angantyr demonstrates how she promotes relaxation with her young, high-headed Arabian, Amiir. Ewa focuses rewards when he lowers his head to help him be more calm, trusting, and balanced. In this way he learns how to make himself calmer. She shows how she finds relaxation in motion, and how s...

Watch as Karen coaches a student on a very green 4 year old mare. She seems reactive and impulsive under saddle, but Karen doesn't think it is an emotional issue as much as a balance issue. Young horses like this don't have a lot of communications in place, so it is important to find a very quiet...

Karen not only gives you 3 questions that will help you stay focused and relaxed while riding a young or green horse, but will walk you through the process of arriving at those particular questions for that rider. By showing you the logic, you can come up with the 3 questions that are best for YO...

Ewa Angantyr from Sweden, shares a video of how she starts the basics of long reining with one of her young horses. Ewa has experience with natural horsemanship, classical dressage, carriage driving (and of course, Dressage Naturally). This video gives us an opportunity to learn the important pie...

Karen rides her almost 5-year-old and narrates what she is thinking about to find her sweet spot of her working gaits.
This video is great for anyone who wants to see the finer points of finding the sweet spot