2023 Montana Workshops
We are currently booking students in our 2023 Driving, Working, and Training Horses in Harness Workshops! 2023 Workshop Dates May 21- May 27 June 18- …
Personalized Distance Coaching with Doc
WhAt is Distance Coaching At Doc Hammill Horsemanship? Distance coaching has proven to be an amazingly effective and successful way for me to help students improve their: understanding of horses, gentle horsemanship skills, safety, and driving and training abilities. Students work with their horse(s) at home and I coach and …
Introducing Your Horse to Driving with A Bit
Hello, Doc — I went for a few days to a very experienced driving instructor to introduce my Donkey to driving with a bit, as I felt this was certainly an area in which I have little if no experience. My Donkey opened his mouth to evade pressure from the …
Be Your Horse’s Leader and Partner
Do You Dream of being the Leader and Partner Your Horse Needs You to Be? Turn Your Dream into Reality: attend a Doc Hammill Horsemanship Workshop at Borderland Ranch in 2022 Would you like to learn to develop Trust, Respect, and Leadership in your relationship with your horse? feel safe, …
Reviving the Horse Power of Montana, Doc Hammill Teaches a Vanishing Art
Reviving the Horse Power of Montana Doc Hammill teaches a vanishing art “This isn’t about me”, he says. “I used to just teach people how to work horses in harness, but that has evolved. Now, it’s much more than that.” He pauses thoughtfully. “I’ve discovered that when people learn how …
A Gentle Horsemanship Message from Doc
At Doc Hammill Horsemanship we help you to learn how to work, drive, and train horses in Gentle, Effective ways that make sense to equines. Consider making 2022 the year that you advance your horsemanship skills by participating in one (or all) of Doc and Cathy’s many learning opportunities so …
Do You Want the Perfect Horse?
Then Learn to Become the Leader and Partner Your Horse Needs You to Be by attending a Doc Hammill Horsemanship Workshop in 2021! Do you have the relationship you want with your horse? Do you feel safe, comfortable and relaxed while interacting with your horse How would you like to …
Teaching Equines to Pull Loads
Horse Drawn Stone Boat Good morning Doc, I have a question related to a pony pulling in harness. What would be the appropriate size of a stone boat for a pony that is approximately 12HH and 600 pounds? Thanks, Jeri Hi Jeri, Good to hear from you. The size …
Horse-Logging with Draft Horses: Natural Horsemanship in the Woods
Cathi and I love to work in the woods. It’s even better if we can work with our horses in the woods. On March 8 we had some fire wood logs ready to skid out and each of us took a horse to do the job. Here we have Kate and Ann, …
Introducing a horse to new implements
From Walt Barnard Hello. Here is a brief description of how we introduced a particular horse to some new implements. The horse, Belle, is a Suffolk and there are some earlier posts about her training on this blog. Anyway, Kris and I had been working her up to actually pulling …