Trick Horse Training

Hi Folks,
Welcome to our web site.
Our goal for Imagine A Horse is to show everyone just how much fun we have at home with our own horses and to make it possible others to do likewise.
Our Photo Gallery will demonstrate what Imagine A Horse is all about.
It is MUCH more than merely teaching a trick to a horse... it is about creating an environment suitable for keeping a horse in a domestic situation that is happy and interested in learning and sharing human companionship.
Imagineahorse is a training discipline that is calculated to produce a true companion animal.

Enjoy our photos and yes, we would love to hear from you.

Allen

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Take a Look Around

The following pictures will show you our schooling areas, specific for Trick Training, that we have created at the Red Horse Ranch

Trick Training Stall

Schooling Stall with Gate Closed

The fold back and see through gates creates a 15x15 schooling area.

Salute and Sit Down

Hasana and Gater demonstrated a Salute and a Sit Down simulteneously.

Climbing Wall

Gater Climbs and Hasana Salutes

Dedicated Lay Down Stall

This stall is kept bedded extra, extra deep in shavings for the comfort and safety of the horses in training.
Sue was practicing the Sit Down with Lady "C".

Lady's Sit Down

Allen is shown here shaping Lady "C" 's Sit Down on the beanbag.

45' x 45' Square Pen

Open House 2005

Gater rolled a ball around during an informal routine for guests at a ranch party.

Gater Hind Leg Walk

Rear to Pedestal

Sue & Monet

"Getting High"!

Rafieq

Allen & Rafieq

This was a scene from the introduction to the Liberty Training dvd.

Slow Spin on Pedestal

This is a trick Gater made up initially as an evasion from stepping off the pedestal. Now it is part of his repertoire of agility tricks.

First Obeisance

This 2 week-old foal is trying to reach the grass but her overly long legs prevent easy access, so she is learning how to assume the stance we call Obeisance. It is a perfectly natural pose that we use as a fundamental building block in Trick Training.

Obeisance at Liberty

Here Gater assumes the Obeisance pose in front of a pair of curious onlookers.

Obeisance on Pedestal

An extreme version of the pose.

When executed as part of a ridden presentation that pose is sometimes also called a Circus Bow.

Alyah at Sunset

Alyah and Company

Double Salute

Alyah & Hasana are full sisters and were part of the Imagineahorse show for several years.

Alyah Salute Under Saddle

This photo was taken the very first day I ever asked Alyah to mount the multi-tiered pedestal under saddle. It shows how tricks taught at Liberty can mso easily morph into a mounted presentation.

Boldness

An example of two kinds of boldness--Hasan is shown doing a rearing pedestal mount and Alyah is standing her ground secure in her knowledge that Hasan will accurately place his feet on the pedestal.