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August 31, 2018 by Lisa

The 30 Day Confident Rider Challenge – All The Days In One Spot

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I Have Created A New Habit Last night, I completed my own challenge. And while I am extremely happy to be done with it, I woke up this morning feeling a little lost. Because every day for the past 32 days, I have been getting up at 5:00 AM to work on editing a video, …

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August 23, 2018 by Lisa

Why You Should Lunge Your Horse Before You Ride

Why You Should Lunge Your Horse Before You Ride

Confident Rider Challenge Day 23 We are just over 3/4 of the way through our confident rider challenge. And if you have been working with your horse in some way over the last 23 days, I would hope you are feeling more confident being around your horse both on the ground, and in the saddle. …

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August 21, 2018 by Lisa

Using Ground poles In Your Arena For Confident Riding

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Confident Rider Challenge Day 21 We are way into this challenge now! How are you feeling? Is your level of confidence improving? Are you getting out and working with your horse every day? Do you find it is getting easier? How is your horse reacting to so much time with you? If you have been …

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August 20, 2018 by Lisa

Tacking Up For Trail Work

Tacking Up For Trail Work

Confident Rider Challenge Day 20 I cannot believe we are at day 20! The time is flying by in this challenge. How are you doing? Are you feeling more confident? I hope so! I know I am. I think a lot of my confidence level increasing now is because of Frisby. He is such a …

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August 17, 2018 by Lisa

When Your Horse Has A Bad Day

When Your Horse Has A Bad Day

Confident Rider Challenge Day 17 Welcome back to another day in the confident rider challenge! And even though I wish every day could be a good day, the reality of the situation is that won’t happen. When your horse has a bad day, it can make you have a bad day too, if you let …

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August 15, 2018 by Lisa

Taking Your Horse Out On The Trail

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Day 15 Confident Rider Challenge Taking your horse off your property can be scary. And riding your horse down a trail, well that can be even scarier. Especially if you have never done it before. Enter exhibit A: Ethan. I have officially owned Ethan for 3 years now. And in those 3 years, I have …

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August 14, 2018 by Lisa

Introducing Ground Poles To Your Groundwork

Introducing Ground Poles To Your Groundwork

Day 14 Of The Confident Rider Challenge We have been working on a lot of groundwork so far in our challenge. And we have been establishing a routine for ourselves and our horses with the daily work we have been doing. And today we are going to be adding something new to our training! Today we …

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August 13, 2018 by Lisa

Re-Evaluating Your Confidence Level

Re-Evaluating Your Confidence Level

Day 13 Of The Confident Rider Challenge Well, we are just at about 2 weeks into this challenge. Which means this is a great time to go back to the beginning, and revisit our original goals. How you are feeling with your confidence, and the work you have been doing so far will determine how …

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August 8, 2018 by Lisa

Tacking Up Your Horse For Groundwork

Tacking Up Your Horse For Groundwork

Day 8 Of The Confident Rider Challenge The day has finally come where we are going to tack up our horses! Finally, right?!? Well, even though we are tacking up our horses, I am not planning on riding today, because I can’t. But I can use this time to plan for when I am able …

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August 7, 2018 by Lisa

The Importance Of Groundwork

The Importance Of Groundwork

Day 7 Of The Confident Rider Challenge Today is the completion of the first week of the confident rider challenge. And I know we have been doing a lot of prep work, as well as groundwork. But the importance of groundwork cannot be over emphasized in my opinion. Groundwork is the foundational work that will …

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August 5, 2018 by Lisa

Backing And Leading Your Horse – Confidently

The Confident Rider Challenge

Day 5 Of The Confident Rider Challenge Today we are going to be working on backing and leading your horse – confidently. But like yesterday, I want to start today’s challenge with a disclaimer. I have been working with horses for the past 30 some years. And the things that I do with my horses …

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July 8, 2018 by Lisa

Not Quite Time To Ride

Not Quite Time To Ride

Happy Day….NOT So today was supposed to be a happy day. I am officially 6 weeks and 2 days out from surgery. So this weekend was supposed to be when it was safe for me to climb back up in to the saddle and start riding again. I have been looking forward to this weekend …

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