Master Your Riding, Dressage, and Training
As a Certified Instructor Callie teaches riders to develop riding balance and harmony with their horse using methods from Centered Riding® , Natural Horsemanship, Classical Dressage, and Western Dressage. Using simple and proven riding techniques Callie will help you increase your confidence and make riding easier — guaranteed!
- Riders MUST have their own horse **
- Only Certified Centered Riding® Instructor in Nevada
- True Classical Dressage
- Western Dressage
- Natural Horsemanship
- Straightness Training™
- All skill levels welcome
- Private or group Lessons available
- Ask about packages and discounts
** We had to retire our lesson horse “Trixie” due to her age. The ranch is easily accessible for you to bring YOUR HORSE and comfortably unload. I am available to set up convenient lesson times with you and your horse.
Dressage and Centered Riding Lessons in Northwest Las Vegas
Located in northwest Las Vegas, Callie has a Regulation-Sized Dressage Arena where you can come for lessons, or you may speak to her about traveling to your location.
What Makes Callie Different
Callie teaches THEORY AND PRACTICE
Riders learn WHY, for example, bending in balance on a circle is so important in Dressage
Riders learn HOW, for example, using your seat to ask the Inside Hind Leg to Reach the Center of Mass and Start Taking Weight off the Shoulders
Riders learn WHEN to apply certain riding principals like Centered Riding and Dressage, for example using your breathing to help rhythm and tempo
Riders can then REPLICATE riding and training on their own
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.
- Natural Horsemanship principals for horse training and horse psychology foundation
- Centered Riding® basics for beginner to advanced riding
- Dressage for horse strength and flexibility training
Callie has been trained to teach according to your natural learning style (whether you are predominantly a visual, kinesthetic, or auditory learner) and will modify her method of teaching to help your skill level improve with ease.
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. I knew there had to be a better way to teach people how to master riding and communicating with their horses so they could become Independent Dressage Riders or Independent Natural Horsemanship Riders. My goal is now to teach my students to become knowledgeable, capable, and competent Horse Trainers, whether in the saddle or on the ground, using whatever is necessary in the moment to improve movement or relationship with their horse.”
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.
How to Bridle Your Horse with Ease: Video with Callie Klein
Respect, partnership, and ease. These fundamentals of communication will help you in all you do with your horse and they will go a long way in helping you to confidently put a bridle on your horse.
How to Train Your Foal to Load into a Trailer with Ease: Video with Callie Klein
With early training of consistent pressure and release, any foal can learn to load in a trailer with ease and confidence.
The Importance of a Pre-Ride Check with Your Horse: Video with Callie Klein
Doing a Pre-Ride Check with your horse is always a good idea so why not take the line off and see how your horse really feels about being with you. A few circles engaging the horse’s active mind will get you connected for a great ride!
What is Classical Dressage?
Classical dressage evolved from ancient movements and training for the battlefield. Classical riding is the art of riding in harmony with, rather than against, the horse.
What is Natural Horsemanship?
Natural Horsemanship is a collective term for horse training techniques which share principles of developing a rapport with horses, using methods derived from observation of the natural behavior of free horses and rejecting abusive training methods.