Natural Horsemanship Horse Training
Since the beginning of 2007, Kyle McMichen has been apprenticing under Bonnie to learn more natural horsemanship. He already knew how to ride, had a driving interest in the vaquero methods of training, and was a natural. He was such a quick study that Bonnie soon had him starting Gemara Farm's young horses.
Kyle has taken every opportunity to ride under many knowledgeable horsemen and women and has started and retrained several horses in the last couple of years. After he graduated homeschool, he served another apprenticeship with Scott Stokes in TN before returning home to start offering his services training outside horses.
Kyle starts or restarts a horse with ground skills that will transfer to what a rider will request under saddle. He is soft and gentle with them and only as firm as necessary. The horses very quickly develop confidence in him because he is so relaxed both on and off of them. It's amazing how quickly they come along with this kind of handling!
Kyle is offering his services working with any breed of horse in the basics that are so important no matter the eventual discipline or final goal. He has worked with both gaited and non-gaited breeds in the past.
Training horses will be pasture boarded in small groups here at Gemara Farm and Kyle will work with them five days a week. His rates are reasonable and he will do a good job for you. Owners are encouraged to come ride their horses with Kyle and Bonnie and get somc coaching several times before taking them home. Contact Kyle McMichen at dkplum@bellsouth.com or Bonnie Martin at gemfox@bellsouth.net .
Below are pictures of some of the horses Kyle has worked with for customers recently. Scroll over a picture to read the caption. Click on a photo to see it enlarged.
Horsemanship Lessons--
Not your typical riding lessons
Does your horse do any of these things:
Bump you or rub on you with her head?
Step on your feet or lean into you when you want him to move over?
Run off when you try to catch her?
Put his head up in the air when you try to bridle or halter him?
Move around when you start to saddle her?
Open his mouth and throw his head up when you are riding?
Give you trouble stopping easily?
Have other habits that are annoying or dangerous?
Do you want to fix the problems withoug gimmicks or force?
There's easy help for all of the above problems. You can have a respectful, polite and happy horse that will respond to your requests once you learn to communicate with him or her using body language and cues your horse understands. You can teach your horse to do almost anything you want without force or frustration! Come see what we do. Lessons on our horse or yours. Reasonable rates.
Below are some of the things our horses have been trained to do with this kind of horsemanship. Scroll over a picture to read the caption. Click on any you want to enlarge.
