success tool Kits and dvds
View Karen's Virtual Tour as she explains how these quality tools are designed specifically for communication with your horse to give you an advantage while you're developing new skills.
TRUST Success Kit
- - Halter & 12' Lead
- - Teaching Stick & String
- - Rope Hackamore
- - 22’ Ring Rope
- - TRUST Series DVD 6-Pack
For rideable horse. When people approach me and say they’re inspired by my presentation, video, or television show, they ask what I would recommend to get them started. Regardless of the individual story, what each of us seeks from our horse is mutual trust. If I told you just to get one video and a couple of tools to get started, I would be doing you a disservice because, although it’s better than getting nothing, the true result you desire is contained in this kit of all six videos and every tool, including the 22’ line. Establishing LEADERSHIP is critical, building CONFIDENCE is essential, but committing to the full set of videos and tools is the most accelerated path to gaining mutual TRUST between you and your horse!
CONFIDENCE Success Kit
- - Halter & 12' Lead
- - Teaching Stick & String
- - Rope Hackamore
- - CONFIDENCE Series DVD 3-Pack
For rideable horse. If you want more than basic leadership on the ground and wish to feel more confident riding, this kit offers a third video, "Riding from Above" and a rope hackamore for riding. Most people have a rideable horse but lack confidence in the saddle. Fear indicates a lack of knowledge, and is a survival mechanism causing us to avoid situations we instinctively know we’re not prepared for. By translating the skills from “Cornerstone for Communication” and “Riding From the Ground,” everything you establish first on the ground will transfer onto the back of the horse, always communicating from a position of "loving leadership."
LEADERSHIP Success Kit
- - Halter & 12' Lead
- - Teaching Stick & String
- - LEADERSHIP Series DVD 2-Pack
For non-rideable horse. Communicating from a position of “loving leadership” is the key to success with horses! From the backyard pony to towering Olympic athletes, horses look to us for leadership and guidance in every situation. Along with tools designed for optimum communication, my two videos, “Cornerstone for Communication” and “Riding From the Ground,” will have you and your horse begin to really understand each other. You might even discover a new attitude of willingness now that your horse is beginning to understand what’s being asked of him!
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Individual Tools
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Rope HalterThe Rope Halter is thin enough to discourage pulling yet soft enough to reward with release. This halter has the ultimate feel for communication with your horse. Basic black.
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12' Lead
The 12-foot lead provides distance for safety and versatility, with a unique core density and finish to deliver a subtle feel for greater understanding.
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Teaching Stick
Not all sticks are the same! Ours has the ideal stiffness at just 5 ounces! A 4-foot stick keeps you at a safe distance and is accurate enough to send a clear signal to your horse.
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6' String
The string is used with the stick for communication on the ground, while riding, and it has 1001 other uses. Always keep an extra string in your back pocket!
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Rope Hackamore
Transfer your feel from the ground to riding with a very versatile tool designed for both! Riding from the ground is a prerequisite for using this tool. Basic black.
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22' Ring Rope
Expand your confidence with challenges at greater distances. 22' gives the horse more freedom of movement to further your skills beyond the 12' distance.
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The ClipThe Clip is a terrific tool of many uses, but my favorite is to help horses that lack confidence while tied. I’ve used other tools on the market that put resistance on the rope, giving release the instant the horse stops pulling, but I was unable to leave a horse tied unattended because a little bit of lip-fiddling would drop the rope and I’d have a loose horse.I also like it for hanging my feed bag in the trailer rather than running the strap up through the rings holding a bag heavy with feed.
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Security StrapWe all want to feel more secure in the saddle… including me! Even if your horse is well prepared, unexpected situations can and do arise!
Adapted from the old design of the ‘nightlatch’, the Security Strap attaches around the pommel of a western saddle to provide an open hand hold when you need it. The Security Strap is designed to stay in a raised position so you always have an open space to reach into, unlike traditional nightlatches that tend to lay flat against the pommel so you can’t get your hand under it in time to do any good when you need it.
Folks think that hanging on to the saddle horn is enough, but if you’ve ever had a horse really jump with you, that horn was most likely pulled out of your hand and you’re left with nothing but a hope and a prayer! I’ve used nightlatches for years on colts or unpredictable horses, but I never seem to have a horse go out from under me when I’m expecting it. This new design is ideal for those unexpected moments with horses!
With the unique design of the Security Strap, you’ll always have something to hold on to in all kinds of situations; when a horse hesitates at water, unexpectedly lunges up a hill, transitions to the canter, or passes by a spooky spot on the trail.
My saddle carries my lariat on the right side, so I ride with only one Security Strap for my left hand. The leather wrap around my coils is what I grab for with my right hand, so now I have a spot to grab with either my left or right hand, depending on the situation I get in to. I like a saddle with a Cheyenne roll on the cantle because it provides another good hand hold for either hand behind my seat.
With a Security Strap for both sides of the pommel and a Cheyenne roll for the cantle, you’re surrounded by more security in the saddle and will enjoy riding even more!
