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Kim Mowatt is a dedicated horsewoman with a lifetime of experience with horses. She has been a Registered Psychiatric Nurse for 23 years, a Western and English riding instructor for 9 years, specializes in developing programs for adolescents. Kim is also a certified professional Life Coach!

The ranch is designed to offer a peaceful and tranquil riding and training environment. In a caring, patient, and consistent work ethic, Kim trains her Pinto Arab Saddlebreds and Tennessee Walkers with clicker training. Programs are available from the beginner, to the experienced horseperson, and are designed to suit your needs and riding ability. Distinctive photo session of clients with their favorite horse complimentary.

Increase your horsemanship knowledge and abilities, study a horse's verbal and non-verbal communication and discover what is good behavior and unacceptable behavior. Develop your technical skills, and experience the positive influence that a good horse can add to your life. Increase self confidence, self esteem, develop assertiveness skills, increase balance and coordination and increase your fitness level. Enjoy personalized programs to keep the fun in your riding!

Clicker Training:

Clicker training is the process of training an animal using a conditioned reinforcer, which indicates to the animal ("marks") the precise behavior that was correct. It was originally used in training animals such as dolphins and pigeons, for which traditional methods of obedience training aren't useful. Although it is a form of operant conditioning, the more popular name "clicker training" comes from the fact that the conditioned reinforcer used by many dog and horse trainers is a small mechanical noisemaker called a clicker. Clicker training is focused on positive reinforcement.

Private Horsemanship/Trail riding- 35.00 per hour, 2 hour minimum.

The Tennessee Walker

The Tennessee Walking Horse is considered one of the light breeds of the equine family. Horses that were originally bred  by the farmers of Middle Tennessee who wanted to develop a breed of horse that could work in the fields during the day, and give the owner a comfortable saddle gait. The  breed gained wide popularity for this smooth gait and it's agility in the rocky middle Tennessee terrain.

The Tennessee Walking Horse is a fine family horse due to its smooth easy ride and its calm, docile temperament. The versatile Tennessee Walking Horse is suitable for ranch work; they are excellent reining and cutting horses. Tennessee Walkers are also used for driving, jumping, and western style gaming events. And if the owner's preference is the show ring, TWH can compete in Model, English, and Western classes.Used as an English or Western pleasure mount, the breed wins the hearts those of all ages, the timid, as well as the experienced riders suits the TWH. This horse is frequently seen in programs that offer riding to the handicapped. Frequently, choosing a Tennessee Walker becomes necessary for those riders who have back problems. The Tennessee Walking Horse has stamina with many horses working long after the age of 20.

Most Walking horses are multigaited, but the most desirable gait is the runningwalk. TWH can flat-foot walk at speeds of four to seven miles per hour. The running walk is a very smooth ground covering eight to ten miles per hour. What exactly is a Running Walk?  The running walk is a four-beat lateral gait.  It is similar to a walk of any regular horse of any other breed.  The difference is that it gets speeds of up to 10 miles per hour.  The horse will glide over the track left by the front foot with his hind foot (right rear over right front, left rear over left front).

The action of the back foot slipping over the front track is known as overstride. Overstride is unique to the walking horse breed. A Tennessee Walking Horse will nod its head in rhythm with the cadence of its feet.  Walking Horses are born with the ability to do other gaits in addition to the running walk. Some of these gaits are the rack, pace, foxtrot, stepping pace, , single-foot and other variations of the famous running walk. The Tennessee Walking Horse is also famous for their "rocking chair" canter,  which is a collected gallop. The canter is performed in much the same way as other breeds, but the walking horse seems to have a more relaxed way of performing this gait. The easy movement builds confidence in riders who are beginners. The smooth gait of the Tennessee Walker enables those that would not be able to ride due to hip, back pain, to not only be able to enjoy riding again, but to benefit from the therapeautic motion of this wonderful breed.