Schultz Performance Horsemanship

Schultz Performance Horsemanship is looking for a reliable, hardworking 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿/𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 to join our team!
📍Located in Pilot Point, TX

We're currently seeking help on:
✅ Weekends
✅ Monday mornings
✅ Potential additional weekday afternoons

Responsibilities Include:
✅ Feeding horses
✅ Turning horses out
✅ General barn cleaning and tidying (NO stall cleaning!)
✅ Bathing and braiding
✅ Grooming and saddling

This is not a riding position; however, riding opportunities may be available for the right individual and can be discussed based on experience and skill level.

Prior horse experience is preferred, but we're happy to teach someone with a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn.

❗Housing is not provided.❗️

Interested or know someone who might be a great fit? Please PM us or contact Hannah directly with all inquiries:
📲 401-345-7859
📧 [email protected]

Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Equestrian Functional Fitness Workshop yesterday!💪🐴

This event was designed to build stronger, more balanced riders and give our clients helpful exercises and stretches to improve their performance in the saddle. 🏇

Big thanks to Wilcox Fitness for hosting and leading an incredible session, and to our amazing Schultz Performance Horsemanship clients for showing up ready to work! 👏

𝐀𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬...😬
While they are intelligent and have excellent retention, horses do not have the same problem solving/analytical/imaginative capabilities that some other animals do.

Here are some examples of what I am referring to:

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝟏: 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲
A common behavior that some horses do is dumping over their feeder or grain bucket, only to then nibble their grain straight out of the dirt or mud as a result. That horse will go ITS WHOLE LIFE doing this and never once will it dawn on him that if he left his bucket upright, he would get to eat ALL of his grain, and not ingest a bunch of dirt at the same time. 🤷🏽‍♀️

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝟐: 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲
Imagine you are loading your horse in the trailer. As you are doing this, a tractor drives by, and startles him. Without thinking he quickly raises his head, hitting it on the roof of the trailer. This in turn, scares him further, causing him to scramble out of the trailer.
Here's the funny part: he will not associate the whole incident with the tractor that startled him initially - or the fact that he raised his head. Instead, he will actually associate the negative incident with the TRAILER and think that it caused him harm. 🤦🏽‍♀️ He can't analyze the sequence
of events and realize it had nothing to do with the trailer itself!

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Breaking down complex maneuvers into bite-size concepts and teaching them in a connect-the-dots, step-by-step format avoids confusion, fear, and frustration.

Even though their reasoning (or lack of 😳) might seem “stupid" to us, we need to remember that they are not trying to be that way on purpose - it is just how they are made! 😆
As the party with the higher intellect, it is our responsibility to educate ourselves in their psychology so we can help them learn. 💥

Knowledge, skill, and experience are what turn uncertainty into confidence.
Growth often shows up in the small, incremental wins—they build belief in yourself and create real evidence to lean on as you push beyond your comfort zone. 🙌🏼

Building confidence is a process, not an event - keep going!
Happy Monday! 🏇🏇🏇

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩: 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 🔍

As a prey animal, it is normal for a horse to be suspicious and fearful of just about everything in their world - that is how they have survived for thousands of years. In their eyes, everything is "out to get them" - everything is perceived as a threat until it is proven safe. What a way to live, huh? 😅

This is why I always try to replace this instinctual fear with curiosity - a horse being investigative and curious about something is the complete opposite of being scared to death of it.

Some horses are naturally curious and bold - basically that primal flight instinct has been somewhat bred and domesticated out of them. But there are many horses that are much closer to the primal flight-or-fight family tree. With these horses you have to actually teach them to investigate and check things out, showing them how to think through the situation - because every instinct they have is telling them to react and G**O. 🤣

When training a reactive horse, remember: investigation leads to curiosity, which then builds confidence, which leads to: A safe, enjoyable horse that isn't terrified of the world and putting your life in danger every 10 seconds. 😉