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The New Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship

January 1, 2013 by John Leave a Comment

The Whoa Podcast

We start the new year with our new name The Whoa Podcast About Horses and Horsemanship. Initially we called our show the DUH podcast. We changed our name to the Whoa Podcast for a couple of reasons, most notably because many folks thought we were affiliated with Downunder Horsemanship. We are not. We just learned most of what we know from using the Method and wanted an avenue to share that knowledge with others.

Now we want to spread our wings a bit and explore other aspects of horses and horsemanship and perhaps build a brand ourselves. Now, we hope to explore other aspects of the horse world. We’ll talk about training, of course, but from a number of differing philosophies. We also hope to talk about horse-keeping and care. And, we want to add a little culture by talking about movies, music and books.

We think you will like the new show. Ranae and I are just like you dealing with the challenges of horse ownership while juggling work, family, and other life commitments. Join the Whoa Podcast and “stop by” our show as we learn together.

We hope you find and like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Contact us

Stay in touch. It is easy. Just put your name in the newsletter subscribe box at the top of the page. As always, we are very interested to hear what you have to say about this episode. You can email us at: john@whoapodcast.com And, if you have any comments or suggestions for future shows, please pass them along. Thanks for sharing these podcasts. Our numbers are really growing and we owe it all to you, our loyal horse loving listener-ship. You guys are the best!

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Jessie At Liberty -Nov 2008

December 17, 2012 by John Leave a Comment

Working at liberty is always a fun challenge. Jessie has improved a lot over the last few months. Looking back I didn’t really do a very good job of starting her off at liberty very well and had to come back and work really hard to have her “hook up” with me. We still have a long way to go. Compare to the first one seven months ago.

Gaining Respect and Control On The Ground – Series II

December 17, 2012 by John Leave a Comment

Jessie and I have completed the second of Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship groundwork series, Gaining Respect and Control on the Ground. Neither one of us does all the exercises perfectly. We work on them at every opportunity and groundwork is a great way to gain your horse’s respect. The Gaining Respect and Control on the Ground dvd’s are laid out very simply and easy to follow. I had virtually no horse training experience – as you might be able to tell – and still was able to teach my horse quite a bit.

Also, we are finding that videotaping your work is a great way to improve our horsemanship skills. We had almost 40 minutes of video we condensed down to 10 minutes, so some of the exercises go by quickly and are only shown on one side. Keep on working with your horse – It will pay off.

Gaining Respect and Control On The Ground – Series I

December 17, 2012 by John Leave a Comment

Jessie and I work through the first eight exercises in Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship Gaining Respect and Control on the Ground, Series I, DVD. This is the video that started it all back in 2007. I wanted to know if a regular guy like me, who had a limited knowledge of horses (and no knowledge of horse behavior) could utilize a learn-by-watching-dvd system to train a horse without killing himself. It turns out it can be done. We followed the methods described on the videos as closely as we could and Jessie became a solid, respectful, and safe trail horse. The Clinton Anderson Method is laid out simply in these dvd’s. We simply started at the beginning of Gaining Respect and Control on the Ground with exercise 1. Once we felt we had accomplished that we moved on to number 2. Before long I had a trusting quiet horse and learned a great deal in the process.

Kern River Trail Ride March 2012

December 13, 2012 by John Leave a Comment

On this video we take you along with us on one of our trail rides. We had a beautiful day out at the Kern River riding Dusty and Jessie. We took a little video of the terrain and trails to give you a taste of the great area we get to ride in. We also show you some of the trail obstacles we encounter along the way.