Master Your Training and Riding
As a Certified Instructor Callie teaches riders to develop riding balance in harmony with their horses.
Using simple yet proven training and riding techniques, Callie will help you make riding easier for both you and your horse — guaranteed!
- Riders MUST have their own horse ** ** No lesson horse at this time. The ranch is easily accessible for you to bring YOUR HORSE.
What Makes Callie Different
- Callie Klein is the only Certified Centered Riding® Instructor in Nevada
- Callie teaches Straightness Training™, Natural Horsemanship, Dressage (classical & western)
- Callie takes the time to listen to your riding goals and what’s important to you as a rider
- She will watch you ride and diagnose what you need to work on. Then you will devise a plan for lessons and training to improve your seat, communication, and harmony
- Callie has been trained to teach according to your natural learning style
- Callie teaches THEORY AND PRACTICE. Antoine de la Pluvinel said, “Without Theory, the Practice is Uncertain.” Theory is paramount to training and riding
With Callie, riders learn how to use proper timing and dosing of aids to influence healthy biomechanics
Riders learn WHEN to apply certain riding principals such as Centered Riding and Dressage and when to apply Natural Horsemanship
Callie has a passion for sharing her love and knowledge about horses with others.
“I remember what it was like when I was taking lessons. During instruction, I could do the moves or the pattern, but once I rode on my own I still had questions due to the lack of theory. Because I wasn’t educated on theory or the “why” during my lessons, it was as if I was just trying to remember the steps, the circle, or the half pass yet I was missing the theory link.
That’s when I made the decision to become a certified Centered Riding Instructor and am now working on my Basic Straightness Training Instructor certification. My goal is now to teach my students to become knowledgeable, capable, and competent – whether in the saddle or on the ground, using whatever is necessary in the moment to improve movement of their horse which will in turn improve everything!”
- All skill levels welcome
- Private or group Lessons available
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Is A Food Reward A Bribe?
When working in the positive reinforcement quadrant of operant conditioning, treats or food, are often provided as a reward. Many see this as a bribe, but is it really? Is a reward a bribe? I think not. I see a reward as a reward IF the intention IS to reward and reinforce a desired behavior.
The Veterinarian Dentist
Our equine dentist is a licensed veterinarian who only does teeth and loves it. Yesterday while assisting him with a few of my horses we started discussing sedation. He gave me some tips about how it works after I asked if my horse was sweating from the sedative or from the sympathetic nervous system being
The Freedom To Choose
This new ‘Choice-Based’ training is just that: it’s new and it’s choice-based! Too simple, I get it. What I mean is that it’s pretty new for horsemanship, that a horse can actually have, or be allowed a choice to participate or not in its training. Who knew? In the past, I was always focused on
The Decision
There comes a time to make a decision. Am I going to do this or am I going to do that? Or am I going to do both in Incongruency? Am I going to straddle the fence or am I going to leap over it and rush into the new field and experience all the
The New Horse Training Science
I’ve been pretty effective in getting results with my horses over the years. I felt I had done a good job with them, using what I knew and always asking myself how I could do better. Recently, some new information has come into my arena and I’m quite mesmerized, happy, overwhelmed, and excited! In my
What is Straightness Training?
The horse is not naturally built to carry weight. Therefore, if we want to sit on it as a rider, we need to prepare the horse to carry us properly. This is done through dressage, with straightness training as an essential part of it.
Do You Know How to Establish Clear Communication with Your Horse? Video with Callie Klein
Are you and your horse speaking a common language? Do you know what your horse is really trying to express through his behaviors?
What is the Benefit of Liberty Longeing for Your Horse (and You)? Video with Callie Klein
How connected is your horse really? Just take off the reins and halter and you will find out! I like to do some circles at liberty before I ride sometimes; it’s a great way to know how your horse really feels!
Stepping Under – A Lesson in Straightness Training for Your Horse: Video with Callie Klein
Three key components of Straightness Training include the Lateral Bend, Forward Down, and Stepping Under. Stepping Under helps improve the horse’s biomechanics and leads to improved horse and rider harmony.