Malibu Horses by Inge Halliday

2011-08-30T01:06:00.000-07:00

Have you ever noticed that you are what you do. That you may even totally look different at different times of the day while you are doing different things. Riding makes me happy. Riding makes me clear.
Inge

Horses..what is it? Why do we love them so?

2011-08-05T23:30:00.000-07:00

It's the presence of strength, beauty, sensitivity and a special magical power that resonates with us. Freedom sweet wild freedom.

Power enough to carry us away from danger. Senses about us enough to be hyper aware of our surroundings. Totally in touch with our intuitions.

Master Imagers.

We aspire to be, that wild and free!

Horses love carrots yes oh yes. My lovely thoroughbred mare, Mamacita.

2011-08-01T16:41:00.000-07:00

Have you ever loved a horse so much your heart hurt?

Well, I feel this way about this beautiful and special mare Mamacita. She has been with me since I was 18 yrs old. She moved with me all down the west coast to Malibu. She is amazingly equally sensitive and opinionated. She has taught me so much over the 16 years we have known each other. Horses are the most amazing all around best friends and therapists one could ever ask for. Mamacita has seen me experience a lot of life and has always been the source of strength, care, and clarity that I have needed along the way. May you all experience the love of a horse in your lifetime:)

Remington is a Premarin baby from Canada. PMU Percheron Thoroughbred x

2011-07-29T22:14:00.000-07:00

First of all full Credit of Capture goes to master photographer Elizabeth Lynch of www.elizabethlynchphotography.com

This boy is so handsome. He is all personality. A big strong love bug. He is like a giant hound dog. So full of love.

Oh and that's my hand.

Support your local PMU rescue

http://www.unitedpegasus.com

MAHALOZ,

INGE

Malibu Horses Social Horseback Riding Club

2011-07-28T23:04:00.000-07:00

A group of great ladies take the day to enjoy riding horses through the Santa Monica Mountains with us at Malibu Horses Inc.

If you would like to come out and ride with us. Fill out a Rider Profile and we will get back to you. Relax, Rejuvenate, Ride!

German Shepherd Puppy Lola. No she is Not a horse, but she is the Barn Queen!

2011-06-29T02:11:00.000-07:00

This is picture was taken by MHI rider and master photographer, Elizabeth Lynch http://www.elizabethlynchportraits.com

PMU Percheron Premarin baby grows up to be Rock Star!

2011-06-20T13:29:00.000-07:00

PMU Rescue, Remington, models with a bunch of fashion istas...he is a Rock Star for sure. He loves being the center of attention. Especially if there are belly rubs involved:)

Ah Malibu! Get centered on a horse! Ladies Rides coming soon!

2011-06-07T23:46:00.000-07:00

MHI student basks in the perfectly warm sunshine during a trail lesson.

Horse grazing in the pasture

2011-05-31T11:09:00.000-07:00

Paint gelding out in the pasture at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu. Horses so enjoy having a pasture to mosey around in . Stretching their backs and doing the grazing they were designed to do. Walking and stretching out their stride. As free as they are able to be within captivity. Sometimes they like to gallop at top speeds as a herd or swim in the lake in the hot summer months, but mostly they like to stand around and just be:)

Horseback Riding Lessons -- Seat training & core building.

2011-05-18T17:33:00.000-07:00

Dancing with your horse! Learn to breathe well and affect your horse's state of being!

2011-05-18T11:56:00.000-07:00

Check out this sample audio by Holistic Horse Trainer Inge Halliday

Breathe like a horse!

Horseback Riding in Malibu. Stay in a comfy cabin overlooking the ocean. Rest and Rejuvenate.

2011-05-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

Understanding your Horse! Audio file

2011-04-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered what is going through your horse's head? Take a moment to listen to this Educational Audio Piece...

To listen to audio file please join our mailing list at Malibu Horses,Inc. and stay up to date on our new educational materials and local social events. Sign Up!

Learn to ride a horse!

2011-04-25T00:03:00.000-07:00

Have you wanted to learn to ride a horse your whole life. Well this is it. You can learn to ride a horse with private Arena Lessons or a Lesson/ Trail Ride Combo.For information on lessons please fill out my Lesson Information Request Form

I think of riding as moving meditation for people who can't sit still. The art of riding is somewhat like being a yogi and a horse yoga instructor at the same time. Continuously striving towards better balance and usage of our own bodies and of our mount's body. When this harmony is achieved there (to me) is no greater feeling. The horse enjoys himself as well. Horses love to have the connection with a human if it is mutually respectful (provided the rider is doing their best to be at one with their horse). I believe as humans we have a very natural connection with horses. It seems to be a very old and mutually serving relationship (in its highest form of course). Horses make us see what we normally don't. Horses allow us to enjoy energy in our bodies that we might never feel otherwise. They make us clear and focused and strong. With horses we can feel a centered strength that is hard to come by in the industrial/ computer age. It creates a mind, body, spirit integration like no other. Strengthening the body while focusing and calming the mind.

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." John Muir, American Naturalist

Go Green, Ride a Horse!

ICH of MHI

An amazingly romantic and beautiful marriage proposal in Malibu California

2011-03-29T00:40:00.000-07:00

Guys if you are looking to make your proposal a memorable and special day this is the way. High up on top of a mountain overlooking the magnificent Pacific Ocean. We can arrange a photographer, recommend fabulous restaurants in Malibu to celebrate your magical day, direct you to cool private and romantic beaches...we are open and creative and can make an incredible experience and memory come true for you:) Please ask about overnight accommodations in the near future.

Many thanks to Randall and Jenny for this great video.

Leading some lovely ladies on a trail ride...yes.. life is a beach (or in this case; a trail).... afterall:)

2011-03-17T01:27:00.000-07:00

Slow Music for Savoring Slow Things

2011-02-21T20:48:00.000-08:00

The Antique Phonograph show.

MHI recent Horse Rescue... Appendix Quarter Horse Mare....People Dump old horses....It's an epidemic...

2011-02-16T23:23:00.000-08:00

Pepper Before February 1, 2011

Here at Malibu Horses we try to give horses who have been dumped by their owners a second chance and a job..a way to make a living for themselves...(usually of course not fully supporting themselves because they eat alot and require space and care;especially to recover.).

I hope at some point it becomes a crime to use up a horse's entire life for selfish egotistical social climbing nonsense and then let them starve and suffer alone in their old age. This also goes for the same people who think it is ok to shoot your horse up with drugs to mask his pain from the oh so fun OVER JUMPING you do with no skill or balance or dressage training on your part whatsoever. High Class horse abuse. Do people realize that at the end of every barn isle at most of our "A" rated hunter/jumper shows there is a 2 gal Sharps container full of used needles from drugs used all day on the horses to mask pain..or increase their speed...or calm them down.....what the f kind of human animal does that???

MHI Herd is growing due to the fact that when I see this I'm forced emotionally to take the animal away from this kind of treatment and insanity...

If you live locally and would like to come out to Malibu Horses, Inc. and help out by loving on one of these special animals that are in need of care please fill out the Volunteer Profile and someone will contact you to set a time..Thank You...

Inge

Become a volunteer!

Pepper after! 4 months later..she has gained lots of weight and has lost her thick itchy coat. 5.18.11

To rehab a horse can cost thousands of dollars and regular upkeep and care is $500-800 a month. When the horses can work by doing some lessons or easy trail rides it can help this cost but most definitely does not ever fully pay for it all. If you are feeling generous please donate to Pepper in any amount.

Also know that all of the money made through lessons and trails goes to the regular upkeep of these amazing animals.

Mahalo!

Inge

Romantic Couples Horseback Riding in Malibu California

2011-02-16T21:24:00.000-08:00

How to get your horse to canter on the correct lead. Is your horse continuously picking up the incorrect lead?

2011-02-02T02:44:00.000-08:00

First let me say that there are a few steps of course before just magically having your horse pick up the correct lead. This is assuming your horse understands some leg aids and whip commands on the longe line. Pleas email or comment if you would like more info on training your horse to listen to leg or whip cues.If you are working on the longe line and your horse has a hard time picking up one lead over the other. First off just know this is normal. We are all one sided. Horses and humans. So the goal overall is to become more balanced as humans and help our horses to become more balanced laterally as well as longitudinally. Changing this happens gradually of course. The only quick fix is the long way unfortunately. Take some time to teach your horse to move his hind end out away from whip GENTLY at his side(whip is an extension of your arm used to guide horse and keep you at a safe distance no beating allowed:). So first with whip end down on ground ask horse's front end to come to inside of circle with a "Pull and release motion" on the longe line. Once horse's front end is on a 10 metre circle GENTLY ask hind end to travel on outside track of circle. When horse is traveling like this at the trot then ask for canter using whip HORIZONTALLY behind horse's hind end. The key is to ask and then PRAISE quickly after horse gives you what you want. NO PRAISE..then horse has nothing to work for. First set up horse trotting consistently and when hind quarters are on outside track ask "CANTER" (upswing in voice tone) and then praise when on correct lead. If horse get wrong one just say trot(downtone)...NO REPRIMAND(breathe and have patience)...set him up better bringing in front end with pull release on longe line and then moving hindquarters out...ask again...takes a few times to get in the beginning..don't forget to breathe...no perfection needed:)

Romantic Couples Ride and Proposal in Malibu, California!

2011-01-31T20:37:00.000-08:00

Both the ride and proposal were a complete surprise for her:)

Rescue a Horse! Feedlot horses in WA will be shipped to Canadian Slaughter House

2011-01-31T20:04:00.000-08:00

Save a life. Get creative maybe you can save one with a friend. Horses are way cheaper than therapy and or pharmaceuticals:)

http://rebelsequinefeedlotsales.myfastforum.org/Available_Horses_about36.html

One of my all time favorite songs to ride to...Fabulous for Cantering....Nelly Furtado Say it Right

2011-01-20T09:12:00.000-08:00

Question on one of my Linkedin Groups: Do Horses Have Feelings/Emotions?

2011-01-19T23:22:00.000-08:00

I mean this freakin debate has been on here filling my inbox with endless chatter about whether Horses do or don't have emotions. This has been going for at least a month now! I can't believe it....Do horses have emotions? Yes. Period. If you question it you don't spend enough time with them.

Check out this beautiful video:)

Holding anxiety and fear around your horse. Horses can feel your energy and match it if they happen to be a horse that follows your lead.

2011-01-19T11:04:00.000-08:00

I truly believe that alot of horses develop physical problems because of the owner's energy around them. We do alot of things to horses that end up hurting them. Like putting them in unnatural living and feeding conditions. So that as an unstable physiological foundation mixed with the anxiety of the overprotective parent..can be very uncomfortable for the horse and in some cases deadly unfortunately....Horses produce alot more acid in their stomachs than they have use for if they are only being fed two times a day...they are grazers.. it's supposed to be a bit harder to attain than hay.. for instances...walking and pulling things out of the ground usually takes longer..so its more continuous food throughout the day. So when we keep them in stalls, etc. it leaves a higher level of acid build up in the stomach....different breeds having higher levels than other breed or particular horses in some cases. I digress. Just setting that up as a bit of a house of cards for health. Then add in; if a horse owner comes to the barn and is worried..like a hypochondriac parent...oh no this is going to happen...my horse coliced once..oh god he might again...Jesus H Christ just writing it I get the Willies...To those people that experience this: Do yourself and your horse a favor and chill out a bit...learn to breathe and override your initial thoughts....if you learn this skill you WILL ride better too...Start to control your own mind...Sometimes anxiety in humans and horses can be the need for something additionally in our FEED....look into it.

I am often an observer in Life and that is one of the things I have observed. People with high anxiety have horses with issues.

Let's all take a deep breathe and get a Grip:))