Denise Lesnik
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"With today's desire to do things more quickly, people have forgotten to take into consideration the horse's emotional state and try to force things the horse is not ready to do." |
My Philosophy
At Inside Out Horse
Training, I believe in training the horse and horseman from within. By
emphasizing the emotional well-being of a horse, the physical goals will be met
sooner and more completely.
When the owner learns how to present
himself to the horse in the clearest, least confrontational manner, there is no
end to how far they can go as a team.
Profile
Hi, my name is Denise Lesnik and I am the founder of
Inside Out Horse Training, Inc. My journey to understand and have a true
partnership with the horse has taken me from that first horse when I was nine
years old to studying with some of the best horsemanship instructors available.
About five years ago I started my own horse training and instructional
business, and moved it to The Snodell Farm,
I got my first horse when I was nine years old and was an
active 4-H member and competed in local horse shows. I attended
It was only after fate handed me a "free" horse that I began to really pursue understanding horse psychology. This horse, Sun Son, was given to me as a five-year-old Thoroughbred stallion when he became too much for his owner to handle. Sun Son was gelded, gained approximately 150 lbs. (severely needed) and attempted to buck me off every day for nine months. I did not realize it then, but he did not respect or trust human beings on the ground, let alone on his back. I thought that by staying on through all the bucks, rears and spins he would learn he could not throw me and would quit. He never improved in the nine months and clearly did not enjoy spending time with me.
Finally, when I needed to trailer Sun Son to a new stable, I got some help that literally changed my life. I got my first introduction to training commonly known as Natural Horsemanship when Sun Son proved untrailerable for me. I soon became addicted to this "new" way of thinking. It seemed the more I learned, the more I realized there was more to learn. I still feel the same today! I want to continue to learn and to grow to become a horseman worthy of this incredible animal. I have studied with some excellent teachers, including Terry Church, Ray Hunt, Lee Smith and Jan Leitschuh, and I host clinics on a regular basis so that my barn continues to be a place of learning and growth.
The horse can learn to become more respectful and to do the tasks that we ask, but the real challenge is for the human to learn to understand the horse. The horse does not need to make the big changes - the human does. People need to learn to work with their horses, rather than always trying to force their horses to do what they want. In learning to understand a horse's motivation, the humans will find that they did not spend enough time developing the horse's desire to try. It is much more rewarding to have your horse do something because it wants to rather than because it was forced.
The Facility
The Snodell
Farm is located at 7N720
