Using Natural Horsemanship in Hunter/Jumper training

A hunter/jumper rider wants to integrate Natural Horsemanship techniques into her training, to see if it will help calm and de-spook her horse over fences and even out her tempo.

I have a tough, nervous 2 year old to train. Can you help?

A trainer just received 6 horses of various ages to train for a horse rescue and would like some advice on a tough, nervous 2-year-old. She is delighted with the results!

Spooky Appaloosa gelding too tough to train?

Rider is having trouble training an Appaloosa gelding who is spooky and skittish.

My spooky horse won’t pay attention to me and freezes!

Rider has spooky Morgan gelding that freezes up on her, and wants to know what she can do to get him to pay attention to her while riding.

My horse spooks. I speak nice, but it’s not working. What should I be doing?

A young rider has problems with a spooky horse on the ground, and wants to know why her methods for handling this horse are not working.

Horse gets spooky during trail rides. How can I fix this?

April Reeves helps a rider with a spooky trail horse.