Biography

Mike has literally been a horseman since birth; a family friend gave his parents a horse for him the day he was born. Mike grew up next to a poorly managed cattle ranch where his early exposure to horsemanship was rough handling and intimidation to create submission. Even as a young man Mike knew there had to be better way.

Mike has since sought out techniques which promote respect and partnership. Mike learned to create a relationship that involved a quiet, mutual communication that uses the horses' natural instincts rather than forcing the horse into a submissive state.

Mike has specialized in problem solving, stall vices, training for the Sacramento Mounted Police Association, and he has done demonstration on problem solving in the U.S, Ireland, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Mike has spent the last 7 years specializing in solving stall vices such as cribbing, weaving, stall kicking/walking etc. after a dear friend's horse ultimately died from colic brought on by cribbing. Mike decided this was the most important gift he could give the horse world – a program that would resolve cribbing so other owners would not have to suffer the same tragedy.

     

Mike doing a demo in Canada on solving horse cribbing at the Can-Am All Breed Horse Emporium in March of 2011

      

Mike doing a demo in the United Kingdom on stallion manners and horse cribbing in June 2011


     

Mike doing a demo in Ireland on teaching the trot, trailer loading and talking about solving horse cribbing.

   

Mike training horses for the Sacramento Mounted Police Association.


    

Mike doing a demo on solving head and earshyness, the abused horse and body shyness at Lea-on-Sea in the U.K