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Train Your Own Horse with Stacy Westfall

Stacy Westfall teaches people how to understand, enjoy and successfully train their own horses. In her podcast, she shares all of her knowledge in her area of expertise: horses. She offers insights into issues that riders face in their own minds as well as the way they are viewing the challenges and goals they have with horses. She shares tips on becoming a better rider as well as a better leader for your horse.
Discover how you can understand things from your horses point of view so that you can enjoy the learning process with your horse. When you are able to understand what your horse is experiencing mentally and physically the process of learning new things becomes more enjoyable.
Your goals may be showing, trail riding or simply enjoying life with horses-all of which Stacy enjoys herself.
She shares her own struggles and successes to allow listeners to understand that everyone experiences ups and downs.
Through her podcast, website, YouTube channel and social media Stacy answers questions about: Fear, when to sell a horse, goal setting, safety, ground work, trailer loading, lead changes, reining, spins, stops, western dressage, ranch riding, when to get help, lessons, clinics and improving your safety, success and enjoyment of horses.

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Latest Episodes:

Episode 134: How do you get that bond and trust with your horses? Jun 09, 2021

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To answer the question of creating a bond of trust I discuss the balancing act of Training & Time. How much time does it take? What is the flaw of time? (Answer: being boring) How do you train while honoring the horses questions and understanding the emotional level? Does increasing the physical level of communication impact the emotional understanding? I know that I develop a deep bond with my horses because I do both time and training. In this episode I explain how.

Episode 133: Collection: Western vs Dressage Jun 02, 2021

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How is collection the same…or different between the western world of reining vs dressage? How does relaxation fit in? What changes with the head low? What happens with the horse behind vertical? How does a horses build and the movement being ridden influence these things? In this podcast I answer these questions and discuss what I have learned by riding the same horse in both disciplines.

Episode 132: When would I start introducing collection to my horse? May 26, 2021

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"My horse has good basics. We can walk, trot and canter. The groundwork is good…what next? When would I start introducing collection?" This is a discussion of collection including: what is collection? Is collection different in the western world vs dressage? I discuss the building blocks of collection such as shoulder control, transitions, moving hips and more!

Episode 131- Painful thoughts that hold us back with our horses May 19, 2021

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The way we think about things created a feeling that shows up in our body and our horses are aware of it. This is why it is so important to take a look at your thinking. One place to start is by separating the facts from the story. Then look at each phrase of your story and identify the emotion you feel. "One of our own horses is having a hard time recently"— sad/guilty "For some reason she wants to spook at everything"— powerless She just reverts all back and I have to start all over again — inadequate Tonight was a very hard night— despair Sometimes when you look at your story from a different perspective you can make new decisions on how you want to proceed. Thoughts will occur but you have the power to decide what to do with them.

Episode 130: The discomfort of learning new things May 12, 2021

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"How can I build my horses confidence, help her learn to respect me as her leader…without her being afraid."

A discussion about fear, discomfort, comfort zones, creating maturity in horses, confusion, clarity, energy…and choice.

Episode 129: Physical and mental comfort zones for horses May 05, 2021

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In this episode I'm answering two questions that illustrate the dance between the horses body and the horses mind. The goal for us humans is to learn to read the body…to see what the horses is giving us for feedback. The challenge is that as we train our horses we are often working to increase their comfort zone.

How can we tell if the horse has the discomfort of stretching or the discomfort that points towards a problem? I explain this in todays podcast!

Episode 128: Dressage vs Reining: Lessons I have Learned Apr 28, 2021

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"What have you learned by studying Classical Dressage? What things changed? Will you continue to ride Dressage?" I answer these questions and discuss the similarities and differences, precision, speed, accuracy, transitions, self carriage and more. Some of these things I discovered myself…others my horses reported to me. The short answer is yes, I'll be doing both and taking everything I learn out out the trail!

Episode 127: Survival brain vs rational brain on a trail ride Apr 21, 2021

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On trail rides there are many situations for scary footing; boggy areas, water crossing, big ditches, hills and more. In those moments do you have a plan that covers the things your horse might do? Are the cues you use interfering or helping the horses balance? This podcast discusses the rider fears, the reason that horses panic in these footings and solutions for addressing both horse and riders issues.

Episode 126-Mental games for injured horses, clicker training Q&A Apr 14, 2021

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Today I'm answering two questions. The first is about an injured horse that is hand walking…his owner would like suggestions about maintaining other routines through groundwork. The other question is about trick training…clicker training, loading the clicker, using the clicker when riding…and what is a trick anyway?

Episode 125-Retraining older horses vs starting with a clean slate Apr 07, 2021

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Today I'm answering two questions about older horses. One about restarting and one about a horse that doesn't want to listen when he can't see the herd.

What is the difference between training a young horse vs retraining an older horse? Are there different risks starting an older horse under saddle? When working with herd bound horses…why does it seem like they just don't want to listen? Is there a difference between a subtle cue and a clear cue?

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