Smokey ~ At 18 Months Of Training

We’re right about the 18 month mark and in this installment we introduce the horse blanket for the first time! We’re right about the 18 month mark and in this installment we introduce the horse blanket for the first time!

Smokey’s First Time Saddled

This month Dennis started working Smokey with a saddle. This month Dennis started working Smokey with a saddle.

Smokey At 6 Months Of Training

We are at about the 6 month mark in Smokey’s training. Dennis brushes up on the lessons he has already been working on and then he introduces the saddle to him for the first time!

Patience With Training

The dictionary defines patience as “The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset”. I have noticed the number one quality that Dennis brings to his training is his patience. He never gets in a hurry. I have heard him say many times at his clinics that slow is fast, fast is slow. I …

We Should Do That Again!

About 15 years ago CJ and I were riding with our longtime friend and horse trainer Dennis Paschal. We were down at his place riding in his indoor arena. All of a sudden, someone opened up one of the overhead doors. Dennis’s horse just stood there and looked in the direction of the door while our horses headed instantly in …