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 …
Doc Hammill’s Instructional Horsemanship DVDs
What are Doc’s Instructional Horsemanship DVDs about? Doc’s timeless DVDs have helped thousands of people worldwide attain higher levels of understanding, gentleness, skill, safety, and success with their equines. You can benefit from Doc’s lifetime of learning, experience, and teaching from the comfort of your home with the simple push …
What is Gentle Horsemanship?
What does Gentle Horsemanship mean to Doc and Cathy? There is a growing public awareness about a revolution in horsemanship that is rapidly spreading across the globe. Many of the traditional methods of the past have become obsolete. A more horse-friendly and psychologically and scientifically superior way of interacting …
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 …
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 …
Horse-Drawn Bale Moving Wagon
We use our horse-drawn bale moving wagon regularly on the ranch to move bales! We purchased the wagon as seen here. It was made by the seller, who assembled components to make a very useable and maneuverable wagon. It has Gehl running gear and is shortened to a 10-foot bed …
A May Bear(y) Encounter
This early May spring day, Doc was working Ann and Shelby, Suffolk Punch mares, hitched to a forecart, driving around tracks on the ranch near Eureka, Montana. He noticed Shelby’s behavior was ‘off’: she was snorting, distracted, and not her usual calm self. We know “horses think they always have …
Doc Plowing Snow with Ann and Shelby
The photo shows Doc working Ann and Kate, our Suffolk Punch mares, at plowing snow with a Pioneer Forecart and Pioneer Back Blade accessory. We’ve had the blade for our Pioneer fore cart for about 10 years and it works very well for us. In addition to plowing snow we …
Horse Drawn Haying with a Side Delivery Rake
What a great Workshop! Not only were we able to work through our typical hands-on activities with our human students, but we also had the opportunity to help our new horses learn to accept a piece of noisy equipment while working on our hay at the same time. We had hay down in …