Dory Dory is a 6 year old warm blood mare that came to NLHTM in November of 2010 for training after her frustrated owner spent more than a year with other trainers, and with lessons trying to improve her training to no avail. “My horse wasn’t moving off my leg, she wasn’t engaged with the bit, she was stiff and temperamental. Although I was jumping her, it felt more like luck than ability. There was something missing and I needed…
NLH-Cue Tip: Teach Your Horse to Hobble
Teach Your Horse To Hobble: At Next Level HorsemanshipTM we teach our horses to hobble because it is an extremely valuable technique for teaching patience, to give to pressure around their feet which could save them from injury, and to stand and ground tie quietly. But more importantly, hobbling horses can increase the efficiency of your training program, and effectively save your horse’s life and you from the potential for serious injury. Aside from the obvious fact that hobbling will…
Press Release: Next Level Horsemanship Welcomes Kubota to Their Family of Sponsors.
NEXT LEVEL HORSEMANSHIP TM WELCOMES KUBOTA AS A NATIONAL SPONSOR Port Matilda, PA – Next Level Horsemanship TM, Suzanne Myers, recently welcomed Kubota as a national sponsor. “Kubota represents the quality company that we want Next Level Horsemanship TM to be associated with and we are excited to welcome them as a sponsor, 
I Trained a Wild Mustang!
I trained a Wild Mustang in the TN Extreme Mustang Makeover. This is what the competition is all about!! First you have to pick up your mustang at a holding facility. In Jacuzzi’s case his holding facility was in Fallon Nevada. All the mustangs for the competition are picked by random draw. So you don’t get to chose which mustang you will train. Then when you go to pick up your mustang you have to back your trailer up into…
Update on Viggo
“My Bad”! I have missed posting on the blog for two weeks now!  We’ve been SO busy that I’ve barley had time to breath! With a full house of horses in for training, including our two new mustangs, Viggo and Sparrow;  and, being on the road for clinics and demonstrations, it has been hard to find time in the evenings to write. But, I’ve been busting at the seams to tell you all about the progress with our new mustangs!…
Horse Sense…
It is hard to believe that is has almost been two years since I competed in the Extreme Mustang Makeover in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 2009, with Durango. The Mustang Challenge was yet another mile stone in my journey as a horse trainer; an inspirational one at that. The most rewarding aspect of the challenge was not only placing as a top ten finalist in the competition, but more importantly, it was bringing home the horse that has impacted the trainer…