Internships/Camps
“Horses and life- it’s all the same to me”- Buck Brannaman
If you’ve ever wanted to develop a stronger bond with your horse, learn how he thinks, how he operates, get him more broke, feel safer on the trails, or refine the things you already do with your horse, you should absolutely come visit us for either a clinic or a camp!
We absolutely believe that horses make the world a better place. There’s a reason that boy’s ranches and many forms of therapies for troubled kids, or autistic, mentally and physically challenged kids’ programs revolve around horses, and it’s the same reason that some prisons use horses as a rehabilitative method. They are good for the human soul.
Here at our ranch we apply a few simple philosophies when training horses, moving cows and even in how we deal with our kids. Make the right thing easy, and the wrong thing difficult. You treat the horse how you want it to be, while being aware of, and accepting how it feels it has to be at that moment. You shape the situation so the desired outcome is the easiest thing for the horse, and the horse is NEVER wrong. Right and wrong are human notions, horses do not think in these terms; rather they think in terms of comfort and discomfort, safety and danger, trust and suspicion. For a lack of understanding of this, people are given to apply human traits to them when what we should do is learn how and why a horse might react, behave and respond in any given situation. We work towards understanding the horse’s perspective on things, and allow it to search for the answers and release the pressure when the answer he finds is what we were after.
People often get mad at the horse when he doesn’t do what they want, or assume he doesn’t want to do what they want him to do- which is never the case. We should refine our ability to communicate our idea to the horse in a way that it becomes his idea. That’s what we’re going to endeavor to teach some budding horsemen in the coming months, and hopefully years. That the horse’s shortcomings, are simply our shortcomings. Between Zach Ducheneaux and Jenn Zeller there is something like 45+ years of combined experience along with 20+ years riding/training/coaching the public.
We are offering Camps, Clinics and Internships to interested parties. Please click the links for more information or Contact Us if you’re interested in setting up a clinic.
Additional Information:
- Have a group of friends and you want to come learn something? We can do that!
- Want to learn how to solve buddy sour or barn sourness? We can do that!
- Want to learn to rope, run barrels, tie goats, or simply ride better? We can do that!
- Want to learn to start a colt? We can do that!
- Need us to come to your facility to do a couple day clinic? We can do that!
- Goat tying/barrel racing/breakaway roping and cattle work are available too.
We hope to hear from you soon! We look forward to helping you on your horsemanship journey! Please use the contact form above.
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