Links

Natalie's Favorites in no particular order:

Tuxedo is Australia's most comprehensive online bookstore for horse enthusiasts, really a great range! and very good service.

Freeform and Barefoot saddles in Melbourne - plus Australia's smartest and best value for money horse floats

Clickertraining in Australia - plus interesting links

Narrawin Stud - prime horse stud for 'gaited horses' in Australia, for the most comfortable ride ever and a truly special equine partner contact Christiane Yeardley. I bought my Peruvian Paso 'Dominguero' from Chris in 09 after looking at her horses for many years and visiting her stud on several occasions. Dominguero is everything I wished for!

Alexander Nevzorov a horseman who puts most of us to shame, a true master, very confronting and radical man. He rides and trains Haute Ecole to the highest level without any aid around the horse's head, he also does the wildest Liberty games that I have seen to date. Alexander hates bits of any shape or form. Gotta be ready for this one, very thought provoking and a true inspiration.

Stormy May journeyed to some of the most remarkable horsepeople in today's world and put together a thought provoking, deeply touching account of her experiences. I highly recommend to watch Stormy's documentary 'Path of the Horse' to anyone who loves horses.

A site that defines horse welfare in great detail, a must read for any horse owner, Australia specific

AEBM Barefoot trimming website, Australian barefoot community with educational material and an active forum which is frequented by very experienced trimmers as well as people just starting out, a good place to learn and exchange

National College of traditional Medicine - equine therapy courses, saddle fit video, located in Melbourne, a college with a high standard and some of the best lecturers and hands on trainers in the equine therapy field.

Yvonne Lehey - horse trainer d'extraordinaire now located just South of Ballarat, Vic. Yvonne has been exploring a very 'still and gentle' way to be with horses for the last 30 years. Her connection with horses deeply touched my heart, Yvonne is one of my mentors.

Dancing with horses - Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is a magician with horses, a man with a gift and extraordinary presence. Klaus miraculously entered my life some 15 years ago when I got back into horses and he is still my favourite teacher.

Wrangler Jayne - A wonderful natural horsemanship teacher, based in Mansfield Victoria who does regular intro workshops to NH but also has training DVD's and promotes all sorts of other practitioners involved with finding a better way with horses.

Paws and Hooves Rescue - Rescue organisation placing horses and dogs

Cedar Springs Horses - Standardbred rescue and retraining, find your next riding horse here

Dr Deb Bennett -world famous conformation specialist with an unconventional touch, read the 'Ranger story' on age appropriate training if you work with young horses.

Andrew Mclean - ‘Breakthrough’ intelligent horse training, one of Australia’s best horse trainer. Really understand your horse and how it learns. His book 'The Truth about Horses' is an easy to follow training manual. Andrew is an equine behaviorist and former eventer, a humble and delightful human being who does a lot for horse welfare on a global scale.

Linda Tellington Jones - A sensitive inspiring and extremely knowledgeable practitioner/ trainer who has developed and taught equine bodywork and training techniques for the last 35 years. Linda is the founder of TTOUCH and TTEAM. TTOUCH is one of the most useful rehab techniques around, easy to learn and powerful while TTEAM will help in building a trusting and safe as well as fun relationship. In my opinion this trainer is underrated in Australia and is not getting the credit she deserves in NH circles. Her new book: 'The Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training Book' is superb.

Pat Parelli - Natural horsemanship site with lots of Australia-related info

Clicker Training for horses - Alexandra Kurland, positive reinforcement technique, adding fun and creativity to your training for horse and rider. Alex has achieved mindblowing results with her horses in the kindest way possible, this is the least violent approach to horsetraining I have found to date...love it!! her book 'riding with the Clicker' is excellent.

Sally Swift - Make riding your meditation. The mother of 'centered riding' and first person to apply the Alexander technique to riding. Sally has trained our Australian Richard Weiss who is a famous seat specialist and regular presenter at Equitana.

Brumby Watch Australia - This site is dedicated to protecting the Australian wild horse

Greenpet - Offers bulk herbs of superior quality and great service

Lodge Ropes - Quality natural horsemanship equipment, promoting humane treatment and training of horses

Dixon Smith Equestrian - Autralian distributor for EasyCare products, Zilco products and interesting endurance gear

Equiculture - Jane Myers an author of several horse books who runs workshop on horse management, centered seat clinic and introduction to Clicker Training Jane is our S/E Qld saddle agent and a delightful human being.

www.naturalhorseworld.com - this is a very informative Tasmanian website from Cynthia who has been involved with natural training methods, humane horse gear and horsemanship education for a very long time.

www.equethy.com - This is Mike and Chrisann Ware's website. Chrisanne is a highly trained equine therapist and Mike is one of the most experienced barefoot trimmers in Australia. They are based on the South Coast and run regular workshops across the country and also sell the EasyCare boots.

The Kikkuli method - Dr Ann Nyland unearthed an ancient and very intelligent conditioning training for horses

HorseConscious - A website committed to providing a home for those horse lovers who think there must be a gentler way with horses - a way thet does not involve force or pressure