Barjlhorsetraining

Barjlhorsetraining Specializing in Horse Training, and Western Entertainment
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I am no bronc rider, but I have crawled on a few in my day!
01/25/2026

I am no bronc rider, but I have crawled on a few in my day!

01/23/2026

Huckle Berry Blast!

Finally got to editing this wonderful trip. Pack trips in the mountains are always a highlight of the summer, you never know what adventure they have in store. It is great for the c**ts, the mind, and the soul. Jaque was a lot of fun to have around, this video shows her great sense of humour. I love that my boy linden can come on these adventures too. We had no idea that we were going to run into soooo many huckleberries, I have never seen anything like it.

01/23/2026

Lead Changes with Nifty

Lead changes can be a very challenging and a frustrating maneuver. I remember a time that I thought there was no way I would ever be able to teach a horse to change leads. I didn't even know what it was supposed to feel like. Working with trainers I look up to has really helped me gain an understanding of the lead change. It has been a slow learning process, but here is a couple exercises that have helped me teach horses the propper mechanics needed. I have had many months of training on Nifty to get her to this point, and there is many months to go before she will be a proficient lead changer. Good luck with your ponies!

* the first exercise is actually a counter canter exercise. I called it counter bending. 

01/21/2026

Ride number 2 on this five year old mare!

Here I demonstrate some things I like to do in the first ride or two on these c**ts. My goal in the first couple rides is to get a horse to be able to move out freely, and start following a feel. In this session, we already got this mare into a walk, trot and lope. And now we’re working on a little bit of teaching her to follow that feel on the halter and move off the leg. It was a great session overall and I look forward to the rest of my time on this filly.

I’m super excited to announce that I will be travelling up to Valleyview Alberta to do a clinic! If you are up in that a...
01/19/2026

I’m super excited to announce that I will be travelling up to Valleyview Alberta to do a clinic! If you are up in that area, please sign up and join the fun. This clinic will benefit anyone looking to be a better horseman or horse woman. I encourage everyone attending to come with things that they want to learn, and I will critique them and help them overcome their personal hurdles.

I’m excited to be involved again this year!
01/19/2026

I’m excited to be involved again this year!

In 2023 I rode Jeffery in Al Dunning’s clinic in Alberta here. Al and his students have garnered over 57 world and reser...
01/16/2026

In 2023 I rode Jeffery in Al Dunning’s clinic in Alberta here. Al and his students have garnered over 57 world and reserve world titles.

The first day I had ridden one of my horses and definitely took some things away to use. We were having a Q&A that night, I asked him if he had ever trained a mule. To which he looked at me and said “Oh, you’re the mule guy, I’ve heard about you “. He told a couple fun mule stories after that.

On the second day I was riding Jeffery before my session and he was feeling pretty good, so I decided to just stay on him and use him. He definitely was turning heads. When I was working on my turn around with him he said “well… let’s see him turn”. After I spun him Al said “well that was cute, looks pretty good”. It was a privilege to ride in front of such an esteemed horseman, and to do it on a mule that could spin a hole in the ground was the cherry on top.

I sold Jeffery a couple years ago and he’s now happily living out his life on a small farm in the eastern United States.

01/14/2026

Starting a big group of c**ts together!

Me and primrose.horsemanship joint up with a bunch of our youngsters. Over the years training at my place has moved from a cookie cutter process to searching for desired responses from the horses in different ways. There are so many different methods and they all work, and they all fail. I have a few goals… one I want free movement, two help them to release any tension they are carry, and three show them there is times they can be comfortable under pressure.
This was a fun opportunity for my intern Faith to put a first ride on my two year old c**t Tater. It was a great session for both Faith and the c**t. Shout out to Fleetwood Farms Quarterhorses for producing this great c**t.
**t **tstarting

01/13/2026

The lineup of mules never ends ha ha. My pen is currently a 50-50 split between client mules and client horses. Every animal has something different to teach you, long ears or short. While I wouldn’t choose a mule in every situation, I do enjoy working with these critters.

Ranch roping night with my boys!Linden is 12 now and loves roping. He just saved up for his own 60 foot ranch rope, whic...
01/09/2026

Ranch roping night with my boys!

Linden is 12 now and loves roping. He just saved up for his own 60 foot ranch rope, which was well used at practice here.
Jory is now 4. I don’t make the time to get him out riding as much as I should, so it has been a month or so. But this was by far the most he has gotten into it. Between every cow they roped he would trot his horse in there to chase a cow. It is amazing to see the fire light in his eyes.

12/17/2025

Morning thoughts. How much should you handle your babies? Does “desensitization” make the positive difference you think it does?

12/11/2025

Icy morning, and it’s only supposed to get colder today!

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