Podcasts by Pony Professionals Podcast
Pony Pros is a natural horsemanship and positive reinforcement riding school for kids and kids at heart. Located in Bend, Oregon, Pony Pros offers programs on-site as well as clinics nationally and internationally. Our curriculum includes liberty, trick training, hunter/jumpers, Classical Dressage, Working Equitation, Cowboy Dressage, Pony Club, trick riding, Roman Riding, and equestrian vaulting. Check us out on Outschool.com for live, online classes with Kali Kiger!
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I'm Nice. Do I Do Natural Horsemanship? What is Liberty Horsemanship? from 2021-09-03T16:25:41
Do you identify as a person who is nice to horses but don't know if you are doing Natural Horsemanship? Unsure if Natural Horsemanship trainers have anything to offer you if you can work with
Horse Breeds Around the World: Irish Draught and Irish Sport Horses from 2021-04-27T17:35:43
Imagine you are living in Ireland before the time of cars and tractors. You can only afford one horse. You need a horse that can plough an acre of land, pull a carriage, go hunting, but really, ...
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Horse Breeds Around the World: American Saddlebred Horse Breed from 2021-04-17T01:31:47
Imagine riding 60 miles side-saddle in a dress. The early US was so crowded with trees that it was difficult to travel by carriage. If you can’t travel in a carriage, what do you do? Whether you...
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Horse Breeds Around the World: The Canadian Horse Breed from 2021-04-10T00:56:13
Canadian Horses are rare, but maybe they shouldn't be! Learn about the versatile and economical-to own-horse breed known as 'The Little Iron Horse'. From skijoring, to sleigh racing, to eventing...
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Horse Breeds Around the World: Japanese Horse Breeds from 2021-04-03T01:37:01
Are there native horse breeds in Japan? Find out in this week's episode. Learn about Yabusame, Japanese mounted archery, and the Kiso, the horse of Samurais. Hear about the Yoguni horses from th...
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Training Sam - Working with Behaviors Resembling Autism in a Welsh Pony from 2019-06-23T01:02:30
Kali Kiger describes her experiences training a Welsh Pony named Sam who was particularly reactive. Sam was known as being a very hot pony but through training, Kali revealed aspects of his persona...
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3 Essential Bombproofing Concepts That Will Help All Horses from 2019-06-22T20:28:37
Kali Kiger describes the tools used at Pony Pros to build confidence in rescue horses and untrained ponies. Bombproofing is discussed from 3 innovative angles.
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Story of Amazing Kid’s Pony - Evans Thistle Isle from 2019-06-22T20:26
Kali Kiger tells listeners all about an amazing pony she had called Evans Thistle Isle. Kali describes what made Thistle an ideal first pony type and Thistle’s transition into therapeutic riding.
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Teaching Style - Serious Skills, Serious Fun from 2019-06-22T20:23:52
Kali Kiger describes her style of teaching, including explanations of what she does to make lessons fun and to make the student an expert.
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Meet Julien Beaugnon, Liberty Trainer for the Cavalia Show from 2019-03-18T18:01:33
Kali Kiger interviews Cavalia horse show trainer Julien Beaugnon. In this episode Julien describes his experience working for Cavalia and other horse shows. We discuss the living conditions for the...
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Kali’s Early Days of Training, Back When She Didn’t Know Anything from 2019-02-09T06:35:53
Kali talks about her foolish early days of training and how being an accomplished rider doesn’t always give you a clear runway for training.
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Feeding Up Thin Horses - Kali’s Tips from 2019-02-09T05:20:42
Kali shares her tips for feeding up thin horses, including what to feed as well as ideas about ‘set point theory’ and how it relates to weight.
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Koa and CuteZilla, Helping Kids Get Braver Everyday! from 2019-02-09T05:17:54
Kali explains how Koa and CuteZilla help her create magical experiences for riders who come visit. Kali describes teaching techniques used and the tricks the ponies do and why these things are grea...
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CuteZilla, the Pony Love of My Life from 2019-02-09T05:09:49
Kali talks about meeting CuteZilla and their early history together. She describes some of the challenges and benefits of having CuteZilla in her riding school. She also describes how this fanta...
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Feedlot Pony Wins at Hunter Show 9 Months Later from 2019-02-09T04:25:31
Kali describes the process of buying a feedlot pony and selling her 9 months later as a champion hunter pony. Kali explains how she craftily found young riders to help develop the pony using the...
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My Childhood POA Pony from 2019-02-09T04:19:02
Kali talks about the idiosyncrasies of her childhood POA pony. The pony was hard to catch and not a great jumper. Kali describes being contacted 10-15 years later by someone who was contacting h...
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Super Shy Animal-Lover Kid Becomes Horse Trainer from 2019-02-09T04:12:22
Kali talks about being a shy kid and huge animal lover. She also discusses anthropomorphism, her first horse show, starting to ride hunter/jumpers, overcoming fear in riding, learning to find a ...
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The Crazy Pony That Taught Me to Ride from 2019-02-09T02:34:38
Kali talks about the pony she got for her 9th birthday that bolted nearly every lesson for 3 years. So many of us had a crazy pony growing up. It's a sort of unofficial right of passage and make...
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How I Became a Horse and Pony Trainer from 2019-02-08T06:21:42
Kali Kiger from Pony Pros talks about how she became a horse trainer. Pony Pros is a natural horsemanship and positive reinforcement riding school for kids and kids at heart. Pony Pros is locate...
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