The last day of Harry’s clinic in Baldwin City, KS was yesterday and I can’t wait to get out in the mud and rain and freezing cold to start working with the rainbow of ideas and suggestions I witnessed over the past 7 days (48 lessons!).
The clinic was elucidating, I can’t think of a better word than that. A wide variety of horse and rider issues were presented and discussed in detail, from both Harry’s point of view and the horse’s perspective. Harry then offered plans and techniques to work out of the problems. You could see each horse and rider experiencing a release of tension which translated into a relaxed horse and a much better ride.
After the clinic Harry taught two days of private lessons. I worked with TomTom, a 3 year old paint stallion. My lesson was geared to the basics since I am fairly new to this. We worked on backing up, creating a boundary, bending into circles and moving forward from the shoulder. I was able to use this lesson immediately to put TomTom back into the stall he shares with another young stallion.
Harry is a deep well of horse wisdom, people wisdom and cheerful good humor.
Throughout our private lesson, he voiced the thoughts and feelings of my horse; his unique way of getting the teaching done right. I do believe Harry is more than a little, horse. Don’t tell him I said that!
Vivian Faulkner, Overland Park, KS
December 2011