Our Philosophy

We raise gentle, obedient and athletic horses.  We are breeders that begin with some very beautiful horses that come from excellent bloodlines. Our focus is to breed in such a way as to produce Tobiano Paint Horses that have excellent confirmation and athletic ability. We handle our babies from the time that they are born so that they are calm and very gentle. When we saddle up one of our horses for the first time there is no resistance, no bucking, just a calm horse that is ready to learn what is expected.

1. We imprint at birth so that our foals are friendly and easy to approach.
2. We desensitize the babies preparing them for all the different kinds of handling that they will experience throughout their lives.
3. We give them sensitization training constantly reinforcing things such as lifting their legs, movement in response to hand pressure, leading, the feel of a rope, the cinch and much more.
4. We teach the babies the discipline of standing with and without a lead rope. They are taught to lead through an obstacle course with all types of challenges.
5. We wean the baby between 4 and 6 months and make an effort to spend extra time with them during the weaning process to reinforce bonding.
6. By the time they are 14 to 15 months we begin to bit break them with a rubber bit that they can chew on.
7. By the time they are two years old we saddle them up and advance the level of ground work teaching them to respond to the reigns.
8. When they are 2.5 years old a rider will mount them (once a week) and do very light work, such as mounting, turns, stop and go and standing.
9. At three years old we advance the level of work and training. We are very careful not to push them too hard until they are four years old.