We are still in Orange California, i have started recording a sizzle reel , i plan to pitch for a reality tv show , i have several contacts that are keen to see the footage. Re breaking horses and training them through the Santiago Canyon each day , enjoying the challenge of the rough terrain. The kids are having a ball , each week we take the drive to Laguna beach for some r and r, Life,s great.

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Standin' on the Corner

We are fitting into the lifestyle of the Californians . 3 weeks later and I am busy working horses in the foothills of the Santiago Canyon . Work is a little different to what I normally do , I find myself riding around in circles , but I am enjoying the challenge of fixing each problem these horses have. I am mainly working with Irish Draughts 1 Dutch harness horse and riding a couple of stallions. We have not had much r and r time since arriving here in California, we managed to squeeze in a trip to Disneyland and tonight we are off to see Toby Keith and Trace Akins in concert. We are all having fun enjoying everyday as it comes , I didn’t think I would enjoy staying in the one spot for this long , but Brian , Cheryl and family have been great and certainly knowledgable people. Fixing horses and saving lives

I feel like a fly on this guy's back

Maddi found a new friend

R and R in LA

We have been in California for 2 weeks, working with problem horses. I have broken a couple and fixed a few. The kids got to go to Disneyland. I am flying to Nth Carolina sunday night, for an appointment , concerning a reality tv show, its not a matter of if , but when .                                                 Saving Lives ,Fixing horses

I have just driven another 4000 miles across the USA . We left Tennessee 6 weeks ago , drove down through GA to South Carolina and onto Florida across the bottom of Alabama to Louisiana up through Mississippi and across Arkansas to Oklahoma ,Texas panhandle, New Mexico, Arizona to arrive in California. The old shuttle we brought is going well , she doesn’t look much , but she’s ours. Living the Dream.

Roger Cheshier

I have mates all over the world , but very few true friends . Roger Cheshier from El Dorado Arkansas , is a true friend. I hate to see anybody get hurt on a horse , especially. A guy like Roger , who has more personality and spark for life , he helps and inspires so many people . Roger had an accident on the weekend , where his horse rared up and came over on him , breaking Rogers pelvis, he is in hospital tonight awaiting an operation. He could certainly use your prayers. “How the accident happened” ,the 9 year old mere Roger was riding is one he has ridden for yrs. She has been trained to cut and team pen, I had a look at the mere that morning and although she was a little un-trusting on the ground ! After just 20 minutes , I had won her over. Roger and I both rode her that morning and she rode great , I made a comment ” she did need some work on coming off the leg , or giving to the spur”. After lunch Roger rode the mere again and she was great in her response , Rogers daughter than rode her in a walk trot and lope without any trouble , it was after Alli had asked the horse to leave us and ride away , the mere showed signs of not wanting to turn to leave. I am sure that horse had been around enough riders to know , she had it over Alli , Roger than hopped on the horse , naturally wanting to finish on a good note . We all make mistakes , take into account it was a hot Arkansas day , the mere showed signs of tiredness and fatigue , while Roger got her spinning in circle,s left than right as he than added more pressure , she rared up , Roger didn’t release the pressure off the reins in time , as she went higher , she had no where to go, falling over backwards , pinning Roger on the ground. Often incidents like this are not freak accidents , its often a series of events that lead to somebody getting hurt. You cannot fight with a horse , you can argue all day long as long as you are winning , but if it turns into a fight , take a big deep breath and relax , show the horse , what you are looking for , release the pressure when they give you what you have asked , you may not have gotten the 100 percent you were looking for , but you will live to ride another day. Roger , Sarah and family , you are all in our prayers . Hoping for a speedy recovery friend , Zac and I are looking forward to riding with you in the near future , it is hard to imagine some good could come from such an accident , but I know there will . Thinking of you all.

To take a wild horse that has been deemed unbreakable and than to riding it 40 minutes later , that’s what I do , I was given a 4 year old grey mare that was sent back from the trainer labelled unbreakable , I was told several conflicting stories about what the horse had done and what it had been through. The story goes ” the horse bucked everyday for 3 weeks, and bucked bad enough to scare the trainer , telling the owner the horse is unbreakable , when the owner told him that she was bringing that horse to my 2 day clinic , he told her to warn me ” not to get on the horse it would kill me and if I was lucky I would make it to the hospital”. I rode that horse everyday for 3 days without incident. How you may ask ” I capture the mind , the horse gives me its body , how do I capture the mind. “Trust and a Greater Fear”. On the weekend I broke 3 horses, all in under 40 minutes. Zac my 11 year old son rode 2 of them. I have said for years it is much easier to start a horse that has not been messed with , unlike the re-break I done , it takes time to clear their mind of the trauma they have been through. For 20 years I have seen the same end result ” a good well broke horse” that has a higher level of trust. With my technique comes no ego , its not rocket science , its just common sense. Fixing Horses And Saving Lives

So we left Florida yesterday 6/12/10. Had a great day today in Mobile Alabama . We are driving to Missisippi tonight on route to El Dorado Arkansas , where I will be holding a clinic on the 26th/27th June at Evers Arena in El Dorado. Spectators welcome $50 over 2days , participants $ 350 per horse. For any additional info please contact me via email . Fixing Horses And Saving Living

For years now , i have been helping people to understand their horses, and how not to get themselves hurt , it never ceases to amaze me , how i hear the same story time and time again , how the trainer took their money , and left them with the problem.  At the moment i am in Florida helping 3 people , Lee being 73 , his wife Linda  elderly also and sister Susan in her later years,  so when they tell me the story of several trainers , charging up to$750 a month , and than telling them that ‘ the horse is unriderable’  leaves me shaking my head..                                                   Or on the other hand 90 days later, telling them the horse is ‘ good to go’, and yet the horse knows nothing, and the rider no wiser, it is surly an accident waiting to happen . We all have bills to pay , but long before we ever had a bill , we had a conscious.    Fixing horses , Saving Lives

Joe's alternative ride

Last weekend at Lakeview Plantation went great, every horse that came through had different issues from bucking to standing still to being scared of their own shadow .I have had a few inquiries about my clinic schedule. I am answering the call of help, over the next few weekends I will be doing one on one training. I have had interest from Florida to Ohio to California. Stay posted , I will continue to update my posts. I will be in the panhandle of Florida this weekend . Fixing horses and saving lives.

Some months ago I bought an old ex-church shuttle bus. I have spent the last 2 weeks turning it into a mobile home. We pulled out of Nashville Tn this morning, heading to South Carolina where I will spend a week promoting my clinic that will held Saturday, May 29th and 30th at “Lakeview Plantation” Fairfax. If anyone would like to attend as a spectator or participant, you can email me via this site,  Joeguy ” Fixing Horses and Saving Lives.” We’re so confident we’re offering a 100% money back guarantee if your horse isn’t fixed!