Bad Behavior

Robin Gollehon working her horse in a pen.

Western Horse Training Tips

Learn nine key ways to improve your horsemanship by avoiding the blunders that sabotage training and make your horse unhappy.

aggressive-behavior

Equine aggression in a ridden horse should never be ignored. Learn the causes plus some fixes you can apply from the saddle.

Charging or bucking into a lope is a bad habit that must be broken for your safety and riding enjoyment.

Trainer Brad Barkemeyer offers advice for retraining a horse that bucks or lurches into lope transitions.

Grand-looking in a statue, rearing’s not so appealing when it’s your own horse doing it. Heed our four key concerns to reduce the risk of injury to yourself or your horse.

The Thinking Rider