Horses with Hope Blog

One of the challenges of working with horses is that we don’t inherently speak the same language. With practice we… Continue

This week, we’re going to do a follow-up of our recent blog about Dessa Hockley’s book, Is Your Horse a… Continue

As this challenging year draws to a close, we are struck with a deep sense of gratitude. We’ve been lucky… Continue

One of the joys of working with horses is searching for new information that can help us understand them better…. Continue

We often joke here in Maine that there are two seasons: “Winter” and “Preparing for Winter.” You also may include… Continue

If you haven’t read last week’s blog, Removing the “Negativity” Towards Negative Reinforcement, please follow this link to read that… Continue

If you have ever sat down and observed a herd of horses, you probably noticed that they move each other… Continue

We recently welcomed Baran to our training program. This handsome 16 year old off-track Standardbred comes to us through a… Continue

Our adorable resident pony has been making great strides in his training. As you may remember, Bentley joined the program… Continue

Summer is one of the best times to ride and enjoy your horse, especially when you live in a northern… Continue

Bentley is the newest arrival to our training program. This petite 13 hh, 6- year old pony was just gelded… Continue

Just last week, we welcomed Clyde into our training program. This 16 yo, 15.3 hh gelding was part of a… Continue

Although he joined our program late last summer, you may not have heard much about Pilgrim. This handsome QH gelding… Continue

Although we won’t be leaving the farm anytime soon, we can still dream of future field trips! With a little… Continue

Here at Horses with Hope we have a ‘no riding’ policy currently in place. We don’t want to risk needing… Continue

In any form of horse training it is very important that we break everything down into small steps that are… Continue