Samantha Thorning

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Samantha Thorning

Horsemanship

Natural Horsemanship Instructor | Barefoot Hoof Care Provider
based in the greater Seattle area

This little pair had their first bridleless ride this morning! A true test of trust and partnership. I’m so proud of them! 😍

Yesterday’s kids day was all about FreeStyle! 🐎 The more advanced riders moved up to riding with two sticks and everyone else started riding with a single stick for the first time.

Before getting on their horses with sticks we checked off so

My favorite horses to trim are nice and tall! Less bending required. 😉 I also love a horse that ground ties, as Grace does, and fully participates in their trim. 💖

Walter was the star of kids lessons on Tuesday! The arena was too slushy to take the horses in so we had a “classroom” day in the barn and learned about Horsenality and knot tying. 🪢

The kids each picked their favorite lesson horse and

Love this tandem circling game from my favorite mother-daughter duo! 💜

The Circling Game tests the mutual responsibilities between horse and human. Ultimately can the human stay neutral while the horse goes out and does it’s job? Or does the

Pink @hoofjackhoofstands were made for tiny unicorns! 💖🦄

Someone walked by while I was playing with this horse last week and commented that my job looked so easy because the horse was doing all kinds of neat things for me while I was able to stand still. I smiled to myself and thought, “that’s

Training: Licensed 3-Star Parelli Professional specializing in foundation training for all disciplines, providing life skills and enrichment for horses of all ages including retired or semi-retired equines via creative tasks that inspire deeper communication and problem solving skills

Hoof Care: encouraging proper movement and longevity of soundness by trimming to the individual horse’s needs, specializing in helping horses that are fearful or resistant to the farrier

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