Havana- Once Abandon Slaughter- Lot Horse Going in a Lindell Bitless Bridle
Natural Horsemanship, or Not…
Took a phone call about “ helping with the training of Zuma’s rescue horses” from a natural horseman named Dallas. So I Agreed to have this person meet with our trainer here at Zuma’s, Katie Dixon.
This person arrives with a closed mind and a strong opinion he insisted on sharing without being asked.
Here are just a few of his opinions~ Do you agree with the statements below?
All horses need to go in bits, it’s natural horsemanship~
What Zuma’s is doing, riding horses without bits is dangerous and irresponsible
All horses should be trained to be dude ranch horses
We shouldn’t trained based on horses ability
Any horse that has had chiropractic work is damaged and will need chiropractic for the rest of his/her life~
We are irresponsible for using a chiropractor for our horses
Whips and spurs are part of natural horsemanship~
Again not controlling our horses is dangerous and irresponsible
It is necessary to change horses feed every month to match how they eat in the wild~
Zuma’s maintains a consistent source of hay, we must be crazy
Herbs for horses in not natural and is bad for them~
Zuma’s Apothecary is not natural and bad for the horses
Zuma’s has over the past five years developed a humane partnering with horses using gentle methods that honor each individual horse. We have successfully taken un touched feral mustangs and abused domestic horses through our training programs with tremendous success.
Our adoption process of pairing horses with people for mutual benefit has resulted in many- many successful life- time homes for once abandoned horses. Our natural approach to everything from training to health care has proven to be both effective and cost saving.
We offer internship in our programs as well as provide full service equine education courses in our Zuma You programs.
If you have an interest in learning about our holistic approach to horses from nutrition, training, rehabilitation and adoptions, email Katie@zumasrescueranch.com for more information.
Zuma's Rescue Ranch 
Not being open minded I would say is an understatement for this person. Horses are not text book they are individuals and what works for one may not be even close to working for another. I don’t even listen to “closed” people like that it’s a waste of time.
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Jodi
You know I don’t hold my opinion so this person can not classify all horse in the same breath nor can he give an opinion on what your doing as a rescue I know you have a good head and a generous heart and wallet for that matter. You have to fallow what you know in your heart and it’s never good to have a person volunteer or not try to step up and tell you your business.
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This person is never coming back, right? keep doing your awesome work!
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Who was that crack pot and what made him think he knows anything about horses?
Joy is back in her bitless bridle and doing everything I could ask of her. The exceptional ground work and start under saddle that she got at Zuma’s has made it so wonderful for me to keep going with her with out any fear or resentment in anything I ask. She has the confidence to go anywhere.
You guys ROCK! who wants to ride a dead broke dude horse when you can enjoy having a friend and partner in your horse?
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