Northland Equine Lessons and Training

"We will never have to tell our horse that we are sad, happy, confident, angry, or relaxed. He already knows long before we do." FEI/ ukasz Kowalski

A crazy weather day turned into a little fun in the snow for these two best friends.

Horsemanship, so very important. Upcoming monthly mandatory classes starting this spring with Lauren.

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Enjoyed a nice warm January day with great rides. A few riders made it out in outdoor arena for cool down. Great job everyone

Distances for Jumping exercises. For those who need this, its easy to copy. Just save to your computer by right clicking your mouse and clicking save as. That way you can print it out.

Meet a great group of young equestrians with their horses. Nice job today everyone.

Some lucky horses had a nice Christmas.

Choose wisely! What would you pick and who would you use it on? Emily Cole Illustrations

Does this look familiar to anyone.

Fun Saturday in the snow. Great job today everyone

Happy New Year... Stay healthy and safe. Our best wishes for a better 2021 for everyone!

I think it’s time for our farrier to go get a hair cut. (Thank you Blaes, swinging that beautiful tail around) Is she trying to tell him something . We know she is not shy about letting us know her opinions

Brrrr what an icy weather day. Can’t wait until that sun comes out again.

Jumpers. What we where just talking about Sunday. 'Don’t be afraid of those difficult distances because those are the ones that teach you what you need to do with your body to make it work either adding a lot of leg or sitting still and quiet.'

How to build strong bones and prevent injuries The great thing about dressage and most riding is that we can generally speaking ride in our older years. In fact, the average age of our DRT members is 55, with our eldest being 82 and you don’t have to look far on social media to find the latest video showing someone in their 90s still riding. I certainly hope I am lucky enough to still be riding in my later years! One of the biggest issues however as we age is the health o...f our cartilage. Strip away the skin, fascia, muscles, organs, blood vessels of a human and you’re left with the bones: the foundation providing passive structural support to your body. Cartilage is made of water, collagen, and proteoglycans, a protein-polysaccharide bond that provides elasticity. What is commonly thought is that you can’t control the integrity of your bones as you age. It’s just inevitable that they become brittle. It’s also not often talked about cartilage, as tissues go, it’s fairly isolated. It doesn’t contain blood vessels, so we can’t deliver blood-borne nutrients to heal and grow it. Cartilage has no nerve cells, so we can’t feel what’s going on. The truth is though, bone is incredibly plastic, responding to activity and nutrition. Bones are living metabolic tissue and although you can’t tell them what to do directly like you can with a muscle when strength training, you can help them build their integrity and strength from the signals that you send them, no matter your age. Read full article here - https://dressageridertraining.com//13-ways-to-build-stron/

What a beautiful fall day today. We enjoyed the day outside with many great rides. Nice job everyone

Beautiful day on the farm. Great rides all day and evening. Nice job everyone.

We jumped straight into November on a beautiful Sunday with so many great rides. Nice job everyone

Happy Halloween

Friday = funday on the farm Lots of grid work for students, meeting new horses and ended our day in Topeka at the KHJA schooling show Great day. Nice job everyone.

It was a cold start to our day but lots of nice rides made up for it and then a beautiful end to our day. Nice job everyone.

Great day for fun with your pony on the farm. Nice job everyone

Stil in need of good scary Halloween decoration.

Nothing like a good cold snowy evening to get those scary stories going.

With Halloween approaching, it’s tempting to treat your favorite equine friend to some of the festive bounty. After all, they deserve to have a ‘sweet’ life too...! But which treats are safe & which ones should you avoid feeding your horse? Check out our list to help you celebrate Halloween safely: https://yourdressage.org//5-treats-for-your-horse-this-ha/ See more

Winter arrived today.