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Training the Gaited Horse from The Trail to the Rail

by Gary Lane

Training - Gait Correction Guarantee!

No gimmicks training by Anita Howe: uses natural horsemanship fundamentals with classical exercises and will guarantee success in curing the pace or trot in your **registered TWH, MFT, MH or SSH: 

***Give us 90 days of barefoot or kegshod training, and we guarantee to help your horse find his natural 4-beat gait within his own balanced, self-carriage using no mechanical influences, OR we will refund 50% of your training fees . 

We can bring out the best in your horse "Naturally"! 

Anita Howe Clinics -

"Natural Horsemanship for Natural Gait"

Upcoming Dates:

• We apologize that the August 1st and 2nd clinic at Howe They Walk Farm must be postponed due to scheduling conflict.

• September clinic: Ottumwa, Iowa on 9/26/09  (more details soon)

Please email Anita for currently scheduled clinic dates and locations...

Topics covered during 2 days of clinic-

•  Biomechanics of Gait:  Learn

  •  about all the easy gaits

  • "how" your horse is built to gait

  •  what gait he is currently doing [detailed evaluation or participant horses]

  •  how he needs to use his body for correct gait

  •  exactly what you need to do to encourage him to correct/change his gait

• Fundamentals of Natural Horsemanship:

  •  How it works - The 4 R's of Natural Training

  •  Why it is THE best method for training any horse to do anything [especially gaited horses]

  •  Specific tools and exercises for specific problems

• Bitting and Saddle Fit:

  • Why it is essential to quality gait

  • Exactly what you need to watch for

  • Evaluation of how your tack is currently working for your horse

Optional Topics available per request -

•   Improving the canter on your gaited horse

•   Trouble free trailer loading

•   Side-pass and stand for mounting (a favorite with everyone)

•   Developing the Naturally Brilliant keg-shod or barefoot show horse

•   Open question and answer session

Graph of Easy-Gaits --->   

What Walking Horses were meant to be!  

Our 11 yr old stallion is a Three-Time National English Pleasure Grand-Champion along with many other national and regional championship titles.  His blue ribbons are well into triple digits, and we've frankly quit counting.  Now he's PROVING what an exceptional sire he is.  Papa is helping us bring back the solid conformation and "authentically correct gaits" of the foundation walking horse to our breeding program. 

Videos on Papa's page and Video Gaits page

Horses  -  4  -  Sale

We don't sell bargain horses.  Our guys are raised with daily and loving handling.  They grow up to respect and not fear people.  They have the best in vet and farrier care, are fed well, get regular shots and wormings.  They are not started under saddle until they are 3 1/2 yrs, then only ridden for 60 days and allowed to go back with the herd until they turn 4 yrs old.  At that time they are ridden lightly but regularly and patiently allowed to develop the flat walk for up to 6 months.  Only at this point do we begin asking for more gait, and they are ready to give it (and do).  They progress rapidly in their learning and are very willing because of their mental and physical maturity.  This kind of development does not come with a bargain price tag, with the additional costs of  allowing them these extra years.  We don't believe in the mythical "finished 2 yr old", and we don't believe these horses are anywhere near ready to begin saddle work at that age.

We do not sell a lot of horses, but those few we do are correctly gaited and will be presented to you accurately.  Our goal is to find the perfect FOREVER home for each horse, and that means we try our best to match the rider's needs, desires and abilities to the right horse for them.