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Clinton Anderson of Downunder Horsemanship

April 28, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

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Celebrating a 100 Podcasts with Clinton Anderson

When we started the podcast back in January 2012 it was a way of sharing the knowledge about horsemanship Ranae and I have learned from Downunder Horsemanship. One hundred episodes later, I asked Clinton Anderson to come on the show. He agreed. Now, I’ve listened to easily a thousand hours of Clinton Anderson’s voice through the TV show, DVD’s, and in person at the Walkabout Tours. It could also be said that I’ve had more than a thousand conversations with Clinton Anderson. Every time I’ve ridden or done groundwork with a horse, Clinton has be in my ear telling me to “Slide, Stab, Step”, “Move his feet”, “Heart attacks are free!”. I’ll be honest with you, it seemed a bit weird to have him to actually talk to in real life. By the way, I’m much more eloquent in my imaginary conversations ;>).

When I found out I had scored the Clinton interview, I had no way of knowing ahead of time which direction the conversation would go. I’ve heard him casually talk about personality types. Clinton Anderson is an ESTJ. The “E” stand for extrovert. I’m a less strong ISTJ. The “I” stands for introvert. On a different rating system he is a red, a quick talker. Although I have no interest in personality labels, I had to check. I’m a green, a slow talker. I knew one thing – he’d being doing most of the talking. I prepared a number of questions on a wide variety of topics. While I’m no expert on the Method, I’ve watched enough Clinton Anderson to know the answers to all the horse questions. Was there a way to get to the non-horse Clinton Anderson? The interview is a wild and fun ride. There were a lot of questions left behind.

One doesn’t have to like the politics of Sir Issac Newton to enjoy gravity. Just because Ben Franklin may have been a wino and a womanizer doesn’t mean electricity or the post office are bad things. Whatever you think of Clinton Anderson personally doesn’t matter as much as the Method will make you safer around your horse. You’ll also have more fun. Back in 2008, I made a video about part of my journey.

Thanks Clinton for coming on the Whoa Podcast and teaching us horsemanship. Maybe after another 100 episodes I can ask about your favorite music or tv show…you know, the important questions.

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Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship. I am your host John Harrer. Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse. It could be feeding or supplementation. It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots. We cover training problems, or competing in shows. We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors. We talk about movies, books and magazine articles. And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse. That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

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Working Equitation Training

March 24, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

Working Equitation Training

We take the show on the road for some Working Equitation Training. The Working Equitation International Association of USA (WEIAUSA) held a Working Equitation training event in Mira Loma, California. The group invited Portuguese world-class trainer Nuno Matos to help in the working equitation training. Six trainers spent five full days learning about the sport.

From an earlier Whoa Podcast on Working Equitation we spoke with Tarrin Warren (See episode #42). From that meeting we contacted the organizers to ask if we could participate in the schooling show and experience for ourselves and our audience what working equitation was all about. They did us one better by inviting us to arrive a day earlier and get some working equitation training.

We took our recorder and produced a variety of interviews from organizers, trainers, and even the judge of the schooling show. There is a wide variety great horsemanship information in this show.

After spending a day getting some working equitation training, Ranae and I participated in the schooling show. Ranae competed on Dusty in the Introductory division and I competed on Jessie in the Novice division. We also created several videos of our runs and some excellent runs by several of the trainers. You can find those on our YouTube Channel.

Thanks to Julie Alonzo, Vice-Chair of WEIAUSA, Barbara Price, WEIAUSA “L” Judge. And, special thanks to the trainers who helped us out in our working equitation training: Roy Pelkey, Reta Conner, Robin Bond, Tarrin Warren, and of course, Nuno Matos.