Safety and confidence is achieved through understanding and knowledge. Susan’s passion and commitment is teaching horses and owners to communicate with each other– to build a partnership. She emphasizes a strong foundation of good behaviors to produce soft willing partners in equines without force or devices, as well as teaching humans how to gain confidence through having control of the horses feet and mind. Susan competes in challenges in various disciplines from colt starting to extreme cowgirl, reining, and cowboy dressage. She has placed first, second or third in each event in which she participates.
Susan is located in Shingle Springs, Ca (Sacramento area) and offers professional horse and mule behavior evaluations-problem solving, private and group riding lessons, ground work clinics, and horsemanship clinics, as well as horse and mule training for all disciplines. She specializes in starting young equine stock and problem solving for aged animals. Her horsemenship program builds confidence through control and safety for both the horse and mule and their owners. Susan’s passion for horses started at a very young age. Born in the Midwest she began her English riding career at 7 years of age. At 9 years old she was riding Thoroughbred hunters and jumpers in the local Chicago area shows. She owned her first horse in California when she was 11, and has shown English, jumping, bareback and gymkhana. Over the years her passion gave birth to the dream of one day training horses and teaching humans to communicate better and subsequently be safer with their horses/mules.
Through desire, determination, practice and more practice she has obtained that dream- and has continued to study the horse/mule, and gain skills to teach horse owners of every level.
In 2010 Susan participated in the Recue Me Challenge sponsored by Grace Foundation. The Challenge was viewed live at the California State Horse Expo, and Susan received a Third Place Award in her division. It was a wonderful success all around as her project horse Zeus was adopted and lives happily in his new home, which was the ultimate goal of the event.
Susan was also a featured trainer/clinician at the Napa Mustang Days event in Napa Ca, September 16th – 18th. 2011, and has been involved in presentations throughout 2012 for horsemanship for all disciplines and horse types.
She has been asked to return again this year and will be a featured trainer at the Napa Mustang Days June 14th-16th 2013.
Susan is also a member of Alliance for Horses a group of Trainers with a focus on supporting rescue horses and their adopters for success in the transition. The consortium is dedicated to bringing people of integrity together to reveal the value of the unwanted horse, through visionary education of horses and humans. She has participated in the 2013 Horsemanship Fair sponsored by this Alliance- all proceeds being donated to the participating Rescues.