Have you witnessed a horse having an over-the-top emotional meltdown—or worse, was it your horse? Julie Goodnight's latest podcast release, Meltdowns: Bringing Your Horse Back from theBrink, is out now (JulieGoodnight.com/Podcast).
Julie Goodnight in arena with her horse
When a horse is overwhelmed emotionally and becomes reactive, it's behavior will escalate unless we take active measures to retrieve the horse from the downward spiral.
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This episode of Goodnight’s monthly podcast, Ride On with Julie Goodnight, talks about why horses can escalate to uncontrollable meltdowns, and what horse owners can do about it.
“When a horse is overwhelmed emotionally and becomes reactive, it’s behavior will escalate unless we take active measures to retrieve the horse from the downward spiral,” says Goodnight.
Listeners are entertained by Goodnight’s anecdotes, and motivated by topics like building confidence, setting goals, and developing leadership. Ride On with Julie Goodnight tackles all kinds of horse training challenges horse owners face every day.
With 59 episodes so far, this popular podcast is closing in quickly on 125,000 downloads—and listeners can’t get enough.
“There are so many great clinicians out there, but communicating ideas and techniques in this format takes someone special,” says podcast listener, Cindy, from Illinois in her review on Apple Podcasts. “I’ve been around horses for a long time, yet in every podcast I learn something new, offered in a clear and articulate way. Thank you for offering your expertise.”
Goodnight’s podcast ranges in subjects from bits to legging up for spring riding. She shares insight on an array of training topics, horse behavior, and riding tips. Find it on Goodnight’s website at JulieGoodnight.com/Podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Podbean, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
About Julie Goodnight
Goodnight is the popular host and producer of Horse Master, a successful how-to TV series on handling, riding, and training horses. Goodnight travels extensively sharing her no-nonsense horsemanship with riders of all disciplines. Goodnight is experienced with many kinds of riding—she grew up on the hunter-jumper circuits in Florida and is now at home in the West. She and her husband, Rich Moorhead, live in the mountains near Salida, Colorado, and enjoy riding the trails and training cow-horses.
Explore Goodnight’s training library of articles, videos, and more at JulieGoodnight.com/Academy.
Press release by Julie Goodnight