Positively Together

These two did some lovely work in their lesson today so we celebrated by finishing up with some bridleless play 😍 I love expanding kids views of what “success” and “fun” on a horse looks like. Students who come to me from traditional riding schools and pony club tend to want to go fast or jump. Once they’ve been with me for a while they ask to play fetch with the pony, ride bridleless, play horse football, liberty or any other number of activities that the horse really enjoys too.

My beautiful pupper is SEVEN! Awhi’s name means to cuddle and hug and cherish. Never has a dog been named more appropriately (thanks mum!). He is truly an angel in a dog suit, nicknamed “Peter Perfect” by one of my training clients. I love you to the moon and back buddy. Please stop getting older now k

It definitely takes courage to open ourselves up to new information that challenges our current beliefs. This is why I feel so strongly that we must always be encouraging and welcoming to everyone regardless of where they are on their horsemanship / training journey. Behaviour is best shaped through positive reinforcement and small steps (successive approximations). That includes human behaviour!

"The reason it's difficult to learn something new is that it will change you into someone who disagrees with the person you used to be.
..Sign up for a lifetime of challenging what the self believes. A journey to find more effectiveness, not more stability."
- Seth Godin

Awhi and I spent today at a Rally O seminar. Such fun! Rally O suits my soft little velcro dog better than agility (because he never has to leave my side!). He really enjoys it. And I just love hanging out with friends and training dogs and learning from quality coaches. 🤩 Thanks so much to Kristina Beresford for coming up to teach, and Karen Morrison for hosting

Exciting news! Dates and a new location for Equifest! Maybe more of my friends from the northern parts will make the trip to see us :)

Firefly and I have had such an amazing couple of days with my brilliant friend Julie Malcolm of Ridewell Trainwell! We played with in-hand dressage and brainstormed training strategies for my sassy and sensitive wee girl.
So good to be able to pick the brains of such an experienced trainer who so thoroughly understands and respects the way Firefly and I work and communicate together. Grateful for good friends and the opportunity to keep learning! 🤩

Heyyyy strangers. So it seems I just puttered to a stop with the whole posting on social media thing lately. This is where I should probably say “don’t worry you’ll be hearing from me more from now on” but I don’t wanna make promises I might not keep 🤷🏽‍♀️. Who knows what might happen. Social media sucks me dry a lot of the time. Regardless though, rest assured I’m still training, still teaching and just living life.
2026 is full to the brim with positive reinforcement horse clinics, my beautiful virtual horse training community, dog training classes, trick shows with my trained sheep at fairs and markets, youth animal training camp and workshops, and more.
So anyway here’s some cute pics from the last few months

Big love and thanks to all my clients, friends and followers and your beautiful animals as we approach the end of 2026. I have burned out a bit on social media posting lately but I never burn out on teaching and training!

(In a sea of AI created images, enjoy my gorgeous boys in their Santa outfits - no post processing or ChatGPT required!)