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.