Natural Horsemanship Equipment

I have been doing dozens of training consultations over the past couple of months and I always bring along my natural horsemanship equipment. I use bring the same equipment everywhere I go:

1. A rope halter with two nose knots
2. a 12-foot lead with a swivel snap
3. a 22-foot rope long line
4. a stick which is similar to a lunge whip, but it is made of fiberglass or plastic and does not have the bend of a standard lunge whip. It is shorter and is meant to be used as a directive teaching tool, not like a lunge whip. These are sold under many names including handy stick and carrot stick, but they are the same thing.

These products can be found at the following online locations:

http://www.downunderhorsemanship.com/

http://www.blockerranch.com/index.php

http://www.horsefriendly.com/

http://www.parelli.com

I have purchased all of my equipment through downunderhorsemanship (Clinton Anderson's website) and through the horsefriendly site (best prices) and have been very happy with the service and quality of the items I bought.

Do not buy rope halters at TSC. They are not the same thing and they are big and bulky and do not work as well as those ordered online. To my knowledge, there is no store in the Central Ohio area that sells the products I use.

Whether or not you 'like' natural horsemanship as a training philosophy, these tools have been invaluable to me and I use them with virtually every horse I encounter.