Our lesson/training program is designed to teach you good horsemanship skills from the ground up.  You will learn proper handling techniques that apply to all the horses here at Canyon Creek Farm.  Our goal is to successfully build and increase confidence between adopters and sponsors who are in training with their horses.   Our aim is to provide them the tools to properly advance as these principles not only apply on the ground with their youngsters  but in the saddle with our PMU lesson horses who are also in the program.  Adopters and sponsors come for training and lessons and  are able to add riding lessons to the training program as desired.    We offer group lessons and training clinics for students to gain extra  skills by handling a variety of horses of all levels.  We are unique in the fact that every horse here receives Natural Horsemanship training - thus we are able to evaluate the confidence levels of both our horses and potential adopters. Come see for yourself how our program works!

Canyon Creek Farm starts all our horses using Natural horsemanship techniques.  We consider this the basis of good horsemanship practices that can be utilized in all disciplines.  Natural horsemanship is basically horse psychology.

Too often new owners are at a loss of how to properly handle horses. There is a happy medium between the spoiled horse and the respectful horse. The owner most often, only lacks the tools. Our mission is to teach and guide each pair so that the horse ownership experience is both safe and rewarding.   Horses raised in herds have a very different mentality than what you can expect to find from horses raised in smaller environments. It is not that they are more dangerous or unmanageable, but that they rely on each other in the hierarchy of the herd structure and when they are separated, each horse must then start to build trust and rely entirely on their human handlers. This is where the idea of natural horsemanship takes precedence. The owner/trainer must become the leader or ALFA horse. There is much to be gained from all of the famous trainers, and we share many of their philosophies. It is exciting to watch us take on new horses, each with a different status from the herd. Some are more than willing to give to humans as they were accustomed to giving to the leaders in their herd, while others possibly ranking in higher status take more patience and time. Every horse is different and must be treated with this in mind. Through this process we are able to distinguish the horses that are child and beginner safe from those that will require an intermediate or advanced rider. This we feel is a key factor in assuring that the horse will be placed in the proper forever home.

Adopter Rene with his first halter training lesson with Red Hawk.

Saturday is group lesson day when adopters and sponsors learn to apply their ground work skills that they are using with their youngsters on our adult horses.  Our lesson horses are also rescued PMU's. KC Poco Bar Bailey, Rockette, Jackie and soon to be Cody,  INXS and Bailey. We have so much to brag about!  We are so proud of our girls!