Our motto in every facet of our lives, especially with the horses is:

'Supreme Performance Through Supreme Freedom'.

Supreme Performance is Integrity

Supreme Freedom is Spirit

In personal relationships, whether with human or

animal, it is our responsiblity to be responsive

not reactive.   In order for such to occur we must

reside in the place of tranquility of the Spirit

and not reside in the chaos of the conscious mind.

Life is a dance, a physical and emotional dance

between ourselves and that which participates in our

daily living, be it human or animal.

The dance is a fluid, supple, soft, free, cohesive,

interplay between partners.   And so should

our relationships with each other and

with our horses be the dance.

Welcome to schooling of the horse

by the horse

and for the horse

In the world of the horse, gimmicks are never used.   How many horses hve you observed using sticks, ropes, or any other form of a tool or gimmick in communicating with each other?   So why do we require these things to be in our hands and used against the horse?   Simply because we are taught by others that these things are necessary for us to assist us in our communicating what we wish the horse to do.

Sympathetic Horsemanship teaches that the real communication with the horse comes from observing the entire body language of the horse, and with listening to the silent voices of the horse, and with listening to the vocalizations of the horse.   The rider/trainer is then able to communicate with the horse in the language the horse understands, in the language that is absent of the chaos of our human minds.

Observation of how the horse is moving is imperative for us, because it will tell us if th hors is sore in a particular place of the body.   It will tell us if the horse is lethargic and feeling out of sorts.   The movement of the horse will tell us if the horse is happy and content or if the horse is angry and frustrated.

Without domination or submission, without gimmicks or tricks, without precepts of mankind, without the emotions of mankind; horse and rider learn that the partnership is a dance in which each must be one with the other, both in body and spirit.   Ounces of touch by hand, by leg, by body are the only invisible signals the observer will see whe one learns to ride the dance.

Natural horsemanship is really what the horse teaches us as riders, instructors and owners.   As is the title of Col. Podhjasky's "My Horses, My Teachers".

Harte to Harte

'Sympathetic Horsemanship' (c)

'Our horses, our teachers'

TEACH by example

GUIDE with wisdom

ENCOURAGE with patience

OUR MISSION

BESTOW, INSPIRE, COMMUNICATE

         OUR MISSION STATEMENT

To inspire rider, trainers, judges, and equine veterinarians to

seek out the true health and welfare of the horses.

To have an open dialogue with and continuing

communication with the riders, trainers, judges,

and equine veterinarians.

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