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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A Fine Team of Three
A Fine Team of Three We visited with them as they were getting ready to leave, in the early Montana light. Here is Bayln with his new team of Belgians, a fine team of three. We have been fortunate to know Balyn for several years and were quite excited …
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 …