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Coming Soon: GSHC, LLC Newsletter

We are very excited to announce the new GSHC, LLC Newsletter. The newsletter will be published monthly  and will be provided to you by emailed. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter and are not currently on our email list, please add yourself to our email list.

JUST HORSIN’ AROUND  Section – We will be having a section in our newsletter called “Just Horsin’ Around”.  We invite you to send in jokes or funny antidotes of horse stories to George Schaefer that may be chosen to be published in our Just Horsin’ Around section of the newsletter.  When you submit your jokes or stories, please indicate whether or not you would like to remain anonymous.

DEAR GEORGE Section - We will be incorporating a “Dear George” section in the newsletter.  These letters will come from letters that you  can send to George asking for horse advice.  When submitting your letters to George, please begin the letter by writing “Dear George”.  Each month, we will choose a few Dear George letters that we feel our viewers would benefit from and publish them in our Dear George portion of the newsletter.   At the end of your letter, please indicate whether or not you would like to remain anonymous should your letter be chosen for publication in the newsletter.

Please send all jokes, stories and Dear George letters to:  ironhorse6@hotmail.com

Casting Call for Horses to be Featured in Next Video

Hi, folks.

I’ve been getting some great feedback from you on what you would like for me to teach you. Thanks for all your wonderful comments, suggestions and ideas.

The number one requested training is:
How to teach your horse to stop being pushy or aggressive… to teach them to respect your space and stop pushing into you or walking away with you.

Here are some of the comments subscribers like you have been making about what frustrates you the most about your horse…
“My horse pulls ahead of me while leading and won’t keep off me so to speak. If he spooks when walking him, he moves into me.”

“My horse took me into an apple tree. He wont go down the road and needs to learn respect.”

“My horse invades my space. My horse bites. My horse doesn’t follow ground commands.”

“My 4 yr old gelding is getting aggressive and trying to bite and kick. He’s always turning his back to me.”

“Wants to lead and won’t respect my boundaries.”

And that’s just a few of the common frustrations that horse owners all over the world are experiencing.

Since you have been asking for it… I’m going to create a special video training DVD just for YOU where I show you step by step exactly how to gently teach your horse to respect your space, stop biting and being aggressive or pushy, and I’m going to show you how to re-gain control so you can have a more pleasant, peaceful and fun riding experience with your horse. I’ll be shooting the video soon so stay tuned.

Your Horse Can Be a STAR!

Is your horse behaving badly and won’t respect your space? Is it biting, getting aggressive or pushy and won’t follow your lead? Then your horse can be the next Video Star featured in our new gentle horse training DVD.

We’re beginning video production on our newest DVD teaching horse owners how to change this bad behavior the gentle, natural way and we need a horse or two to star in the video. If you live in southwestern Virginia and have a horse or know somebody who has a horse that is behaving this way and would like to get it trained by me personally, then call me right away to schedule a time when we can do the training / video shoot: (434) 203-0232.

Gentle Horse Training How To Get Your Horse to Back Up

Natural horsemanship trainer George Schaefer demonstrates how to get your horse to back up safely and gently.

Tell Me What Help You Need

I created a short 2 question survey so you can tell me what kind of horse behaviors are frustrating you.

Click Here to take survey

Then it asks what format do you prefer to learn with… watching a short video, reading a report, or listening to an audio clip.
It’s quick and easy. Just click the link above and tell me what’s on your mind and I’ll do my best to answer your questions.

Happy Riding,
George

Slide show of Turkeycock Mountain Ride

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Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Reserve

George up, Autumn Splendor mount We (Kathy and me) decided to check out the wildlife reserve on Turkeycock Mountain.  We only rode 1/2 the main forestry road and it took us about 2 hours.  It is a beautiful ride and should be even prettier when the colors change on the trees.  It is a good conditioning ride because of the steep inclines of the mountain.  We took it easy on our mounts, since it was their first ride there too!  It is very rocky there, so hoof protection is highly recommended.

Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Reserve is on the line of Henry and Franklin Co.s.  If you take 57 W from Chatham, VA  turn right onto 651.  Follow that to Max Kendall Rd. and make a right.  Follow to the sign that says wildlife reserve and turn right into the dirt/gravel parking area.

If you know of any neat places to ride, please post them!

Riding with Friends!

Cowboys for Christ Trail RideThe best part about the horses is sharing them with your friends and the friends that you make along the way.

This is a photo from our recent Cowboys for Christ trail ride here in Virginia. Good fun and fellowship was had by all.

If you would like more info on these trail rides or the Cowboys for Christ organization, feel free to contact me through this website.

We would love to hear from you.

In the meantime… we’ve been working on more training videos for you. Be sure to let me know what kinds of trouble spots you might have when dealing with your horse. The whole point of this site is to help you build a closer, more enjoyable relationship with your horse. So, let me know what you want help with and I’ll do my best to answer your questions.

Talk to you soon and happy trails,
George

Photo Gallery

We just added a new photo gallery featuring images of our beloved horses as well as some from different projects we’re working on to bring you the best in gentle, natural horse training.

We also embedded the gallery slide show in the right side bar. Just scroll down a little and you can see it.

Enjoy the gallery.

George

Tip of the Week: Establishing Respect With Your Circle of Safety

Here’s another horsemanship tip on how to earn your horse’s respect with a simple technique called the circle of safety.

The key to earning respect is moving your horse’s feet around you and not letting your horse move you around. By keeping your horse outside of your circle of safety, it won’t be able to push you around.

Check out this short video that demonstrates how the Circle of Safety works.


Tip of the Week: Your Circle of Safety from George Schaefer on Vimeo.