Training Services, Riding Lessons, Camps, Programs, Clinics, Pre purchase evaluation service, Pony programs, fundamental for KIDS, Boarding, Adoption services.
At Free Lancing Equestrians, we take care to provide our clients (both horses and riders) with high quality services personalized for their unique needs. We are available 7 days a week. Our facilities members are to be professional, courteous and efficient.
We provide a variety of services including:
Riding Lessons:
Our riding lessons teach facilitate any rider of any age and prior skill set how to work with his or her horse. The core fundamentals of riding such as: balance, weight distribution, posture, cues, direction, confidence building, technique, foresight, and skill. We teach eventing such as barrel racing, pole bending, casual trail jumping, and our favorite trail competition.
Enjoy just getting out and breathing the fresh air, go site seeing, and be at one with nature.
Trail Rides
We offer the best of relax and comfort on our trail rides her at Free Lancing. Every day decides for itself what new adventure we may encounter. So come on out and enjoy the view!
(At this time there are no group rides. Sorry for the inconvenience!)
We do have organized trail rides throughout the year utilizing the many horse friendly state parks and trails. We have over 10 amazing parks, campgrounds, and trails within pone hour of our facility.
Horse Training
Evaluate * Address * Condition * Rebuild
The wild, the feral, the domestic
Traumatized/Fearful turn to respect and trust
We provide our gentle hands gentle hearts method of training teaching from the ground up working with both horse and owner. Working on trust before all else.
We train for various things, from saddle starting to eventing.
Colt starting to Barrel racing
From breaking bad habits, gaining trust, desensitizing, sensitizing, everything leading up to the saddle and far past it.
This does include trailering, water desensitization, and more.
Everything we do with our horses is based on trust and leadership. In a herd of horses they have a primary leader, if you ask a horse to do something instead of demand it, they are more willing to appease their handler. Though there are times that dominance must be inserted and demanding a horse to do something is necessary in training but it is not the premise of our training. We ask first and demand when our requests are ignored. This is conditioning. Confidence and trust is key. If you are confident so is your horse. Trust your horse and they will trust you, they expect nothing more.
We are always leave on a good note however, so if the horse is too flustered or stressed, it will not be receptive to training. At this point, we let the horse decompress and come back to the training at a later time. Having a horse associate bad feelings such as stress and anxiety with a task would be counter productive and will make a horse resentful the next time you ask it to complete the task. Positive reinforcement is needed and sometimes that is just simply letting the horse relax.
*We would like to add that with changing times we DO NOT use treating as a method of positive enforcement. It has become overly insinuated and assumed that positive reinforcement is solely giving horses treats.
THIS METHOD IS NOT ONLY LARGELY INEFFECTIVE BUT ALSO BREEDS OTHER PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS.
Positive reinforcement is the reward of good behaviors, reward does not necessarily mean treats. We use +R by release of pressure, rubbing the fore head, acknowledging good behavior.
This is where we process a method of moving forward in training by coming to an understanding with the horse of what is expected of it. Horse training is nothing short of a understanding between you and the horse. When a a horse has TRUST and DISCIPLINE it will also have motivation to appease its handler.
We look at the eyes, ears, focus of attention, general body language, and behaviors. Anytime we examine a horse we look for what the horse is communicating to us. The whites in the eyes show fear. Droopiness in the eyelids show a broken spirit. Softness of the eyes shows calm. Brightness of the eyes shows alert focus. We also look for connection in the ears. Forward motion in the ears shoes alertness, pulled back ears shows agitation. Forward/backward motion of the ears shows a horse that is listening to is handler and or surroundings. Stature in the horse; how the horse has positioned itself. This could be a head held high, head held low, feet square, hind leg cocked, leg shuffling. All are different cues for what the horse is feeling. The horses reactions and reaction time with a command, person, or object in its surrounds such as head tossing, feet stomping, tail swishing, sharp movements of its rear, pawing, striking, kicking out, kicking, bucking, walking with its body in the lead versus its head. Everything comes into account when working with a horse. Know what you're looking for, and when to look for it is the most crucial part of handling a horse and won't be a step to miss.
Each new thing we teach a horse is a process, implementing the process depends on the horse. We do not have a rock solid curriculum guide on how to achieve a trained horse. As every horse is different we have methods and remain vigilant and versatile to fit the needs of our equines. The steps are generally the same, but the way we present the steps to the horse are more designed for the horse and owners ability to come to a mutual understanding of what is being asked of each.
As important as it is for a horse to understand what I am teaching it, it is equally important that the owner/handler of the horse understand the process and have the ability to ask the horse the same commands in the same way that I have taught it.
Training horses by teaching them to obey commands, perform skills of expectation, and perform in a desired way. With Gentle Hands Gentle Hearts training methods, I do not believe in breaking a horse; but rather training it. Breaking= saddle training. I believe in a long lasting trust foundation to build on; training not only the horse but the owner. It is essential in the training process to know how to work with your horse(s) the same way I have trained them. Horses respond to certain cues, changing these cues sometimes results in a confused horse that could under dire circumstances become dangerous.
Starting from the ground up you can build a solid partnership with your horse. I can and would love to assist you in doing just that. I am a traveling and stationary trainer with reputable experience with horses of different back ground levels, skill sets, and training. Anywhere from wild, feral, untrained, old pony needs new tricks, to just kicking some bad habits and behavior problems. Some of these skill sets include trailering, spooking, and tying issues.
No whips, no spurs, all natural horsemanship with methods of pressure and release.
I specialize in training horses for special needs children as well and giving riding lessons to such youth; but hold no limitations to any age, nor training for any horse. We train fresh colts and fillies up to 30 year old's that have never had a hand laid on them before. We specialize in the feral and the traumatized and turn them into outstanding members of the equestrian community.
Not all horses or people can learn with the same methods, everything I do is tailored to you and your horses needs. Every horse I teach is provided with 3 combined riding methods using leg pressures, neck reining, and vocal commands so that there are no limitations under any circumstance. It is an all western or all natural facility with a very relaxed aura.
I also train for riding in all natural horsemanship such as bareback eventing.
My training methods first to last steps:
* First I evaluate horses by determining temperament, ability, and aptitude for training. Seeing what they do and do not already know, which gives me a ground up basis on where your horse will be starting is in its training and how to best suit my training to them.
During this process I begin working to obtain discipline and trust. The very base of our ground up foundation. This helps me to be respected by the horse and that the horse begins to recognize order out of its herd like mentality and desire to be at peace with its leader.
I address any unwanted bad habits and develop a working order of desired behaviors by conducting targeted training and correction programs.
This is the same as a dominant mare/stallion would when one of its herd gets out of line. Maintaining the respect and trust the horse has warranted me, rather than making it fear me. Demanding its behaviors cease and respect given. This is the same method I use during all phases of training.
* Desensitizing and sensitizing the horse to its new equipment, environment, objects, or actions.
* Enhancing skill sets such as trailering and unloading, noise and spook control.
* Enhancing training knowledge by advancing the the difficulty and complexity of commands.
* Reward using release with accomplishing new and different requests. Exploring opportunities to change scenery or adding additional distractions to test the horses reliability in all situations, continuing to build a trusting relationships between myself, the owner, and the horse collectively.
* When the horse has an all around understanding of the expectations I have for it I work with its rider so they know how to work their horse using the training I have equipped the horse with.
I have been training horses of MANY types of backgrounds from wild mustangs, feral, abused, traumatized, ex-racehorses, Amish retaining, colt starting, from the saddle to the barrels for many years.
It is my dream is to share my knowledge with others so that less beautiful horses end up at auctions, kill shelters, meat factories, an abuse situations.
Horse Boarding
We are currently in the process of expanding our business and relocating. Therefore we do not currently offer this service.
Check back in October for boarding services!!!!! Renovations are under way to ensure you and your horse have the best experience with safe accommodations.
We do welcome families of All ages as well as "impaired" children and adults in ALL of our services.
Call or Text for more information or questions
Brittany Weir 715 - 281 - 4960
At Free Lancing Equestrians, we take care to provide our clients (both horses and riders) with high quality services personalized for their unique needs. We are available 7 days a week. Our facilities members are to be professional, courteous and efficient.
We provide a variety of services including:
Riding Lessons:
Our riding lessons teach facilitate any rider of any age and prior skill set how to work with his or her horse. The core fundamentals of riding such as: balance, weight distribution, posture, cues, direction, confidence building, technique, foresight, and skill. We teach eventing such as barrel racing, pole bending, casual trail jumping, and our favorite trail competition.
Enjoy just getting out and breathing the fresh air, go site seeing, and be at one with nature.
Trail Rides
We offer the best of relax and comfort on our trail rides her at Free Lancing. Every day decides for itself what new adventure we may encounter. So come on out and enjoy the view!
(At this time there are no group rides. Sorry for the inconvenience!)
We do have organized trail rides throughout the year utilizing the many horse friendly state parks and trails. We have over 10 amazing parks, campgrounds, and trails within pone hour of our facility.
Horse Training
Evaluate * Address * Condition * Rebuild
The wild, the feral, the domestic
Traumatized/Fearful turn to respect and trust
We provide our gentle hands gentle hearts method of training teaching from the ground up working with both horse and owner. Working on trust before all else.
We train for various things, from saddle starting to eventing.
Colt starting to Barrel racing
From breaking bad habits, gaining trust, desensitizing, sensitizing, everything leading up to the saddle and far past it.
This does include trailering, water desensitization, and more.
Everything we do with our horses is based on trust and leadership. In a herd of horses they have a primary leader, if you ask a horse to do something instead of demand it, they are more willing to appease their handler. Though there are times that dominance must be inserted and demanding a horse to do something is necessary in training but it is not the premise of our training. We ask first and demand when our requests are ignored. This is conditioning. Confidence and trust is key. If you are confident so is your horse. Trust your horse and they will trust you, they expect nothing more.
We are always leave on a good note however, so if the horse is too flustered or stressed, it will not be receptive to training. At this point, we let the horse decompress and come back to the training at a later time. Having a horse associate bad feelings such as stress and anxiety with a task would be counter productive and will make a horse resentful the next time you ask it to complete the task. Positive reinforcement is needed and sometimes that is just simply letting the horse relax.
*We would like to add that with changing times we DO NOT use treating as a method of positive enforcement. It has become overly insinuated and assumed that positive reinforcement is solely giving horses treats.
THIS METHOD IS NOT ONLY LARGELY INEFFECTIVE BUT ALSO BREEDS OTHER PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS.
Positive reinforcement is the reward of good behaviors, reward does not necessarily mean treats. We use +R by release of pressure, rubbing the fore head, acknowledging good behavior.
This is where we process a method of moving forward in training by coming to an understanding with the horse of what is expected of it. Horse training is nothing short of a understanding between you and the horse. When a a horse has TRUST and DISCIPLINE it will also have motivation to appease its handler.
We look at the eyes, ears, focus of attention, general body language, and behaviors. Anytime we examine a horse we look for what the horse is communicating to us. The whites in the eyes show fear. Droopiness in the eyelids show a broken spirit. Softness of the eyes shows calm. Brightness of the eyes shows alert focus. We also look for connection in the ears. Forward motion in the ears shoes alertness, pulled back ears shows agitation. Forward/backward motion of the ears shows a horse that is listening to is handler and or surroundings. Stature in the horse; how the horse has positioned itself. This could be a head held high, head held low, feet square, hind leg cocked, leg shuffling. All are different cues for what the horse is feeling. The horses reactions and reaction time with a command, person, or object in its surrounds such as head tossing, feet stomping, tail swishing, sharp movements of its rear, pawing, striking, kicking out, kicking, bucking, walking with its body in the lead versus its head. Everything comes into account when working with a horse. Know what you're looking for, and when to look for it is the most crucial part of handling a horse and won't be a step to miss.
Each new thing we teach a horse is a process, implementing the process depends on the horse. We do not have a rock solid curriculum guide on how to achieve a trained horse. As every horse is different we have methods and remain vigilant and versatile to fit the needs of our equines. The steps are generally the same, but the way we present the steps to the horse are more designed for the horse and owners ability to come to a mutual understanding of what is being asked of each.
As important as it is for a horse to understand what I am teaching it, it is equally important that the owner/handler of the horse understand the process and have the ability to ask the horse the same commands in the same way that I have taught it.
Training horses by teaching them to obey commands, perform skills of expectation, and perform in a desired way. With Gentle Hands Gentle Hearts training methods, I do not believe in breaking a horse; but rather training it. Breaking= saddle training. I believe in a long lasting trust foundation to build on; training not only the horse but the owner. It is essential in the training process to know how to work with your horse(s) the same way I have trained them. Horses respond to certain cues, changing these cues sometimes results in a confused horse that could under dire circumstances become dangerous.
Starting from the ground up you can build a solid partnership with your horse. I can and would love to assist you in doing just that. I am a traveling and stationary trainer with reputable experience with horses of different back ground levels, skill sets, and training. Anywhere from wild, feral, untrained, old pony needs new tricks, to just kicking some bad habits and behavior problems. Some of these skill sets include trailering, spooking, and tying issues.
No whips, no spurs, all natural horsemanship with methods of pressure and release.
I specialize in training horses for special needs children as well and giving riding lessons to such youth; but hold no limitations to any age, nor training for any horse. We train fresh colts and fillies up to 30 year old's that have never had a hand laid on them before. We specialize in the feral and the traumatized and turn them into outstanding members of the equestrian community.
Not all horses or people can learn with the same methods, everything I do is tailored to you and your horses needs. Every horse I teach is provided with 3 combined riding methods using leg pressures, neck reining, and vocal commands so that there are no limitations under any circumstance. It is an all western or all natural facility with a very relaxed aura.
I also train for riding in all natural horsemanship such as bareback eventing.
My training methods first to last steps:
* First I evaluate horses by determining temperament, ability, and aptitude for training. Seeing what they do and do not already know, which gives me a ground up basis on where your horse will be starting is in its training and how to best suit my training to them.
During this process I begin working to obtain discipline and trust. The very base of our ground up foundation. This helps me to be respected by the horse and that the horse begins to recognize order out of its herd like mentality and desire to be at peace with its leader.
I address any unwanted bad habits and develop a working order of desired behaviors by conducting targeted training and correction programs.
This is the same as a dominant mare/stallion would when one of its herd gets out of line. Maintaining the respect and trust the horse has warranted me, rather than making it fear me. Demanding its behaviors cease and respect given. This is the same method I use during all phases of training.
* Desensitizing and sensitizing the horse to its new equipment, environment, objects, or actions.
* Enhancing skill sets such as trailering and unloading, noise and spook control.
* Enhancing training knowledge by advancing the the difficulty and complexity of commands.
* Reward using release with accomplishing new and different requests. Exploring opportunities to change scenery or adding additional distractions to test the horses reliability in all situations, continuing to build a trusting relationships between myself, the owner, and the horse collectively.
* When the horse has an all around understanding of the expectations I have for it I work with its rider so they know how to work their horse using the training I have equipped the horse with.
I have been training horses of MANY types of backgrounds from wild mustangs, feral, abused, traumatized, ex-racehorses, Amish retaining, colt starting, from the saddle to the barrels for many years.
It is my dream is to share my knowledge with others so that less beautiful horses end up at auctions, kill shelters, meat factories, an abuse situations.
Horse Boarding
We are currently in the process of expanding our business and relocating. Therefore we do not currently offer this service.
Check back in October for boarding services!!!!! Renovations are under way to ensure you and your horse have the best experience with safe accommodations.
We do welcome families of All ages as well as "impaired" children and adults in ALL of our services.
Call or Text for more information or questions
Brittany Weir 715 - 281 - 4960
This is currently a privately run facility, this not a licensed business nor do I, Brittany Barlow, claim in any way to be licensed.
There are no listed prices as this a "donation" based "facility".
You should also know that in any participation with Free Lancing Equestrians you are not being forced to participate in any activities; therefore you are volunteering to be guided and taught by personnel on the premises and liability is that of your own. Releases of Liability will need to be signed and agreed to before any actives will begin, including those that are non-horse related.
With all being said I am working toward getting a local business license and your patience and help is greatly appreciated. This is still very much so a growing entity.
There are no listed prices as this a "donation" based "facility".
You should also know that in any participation with Free Lancing Equestrians you are not being forced to participate in any activities; therefore you are volunteering to be guided and taught by personnel on the premises and liability is that of your own. Releases of Liability will need to be signed and agreed to before any actives will begin, including those that are non-horse related.
With all being said I am working toward getting a local business license and your patience and help is greatly appreciated. This is still very much so a growing entity.