Van Dyke Saddlery &

I train powerful horses for little ladies with big dreams. In the dressage world, most of our horses are over 16 hands, over 1,100...

As a result of having a number of family and friends with either brain injuries or developmental delays and disorders, I have become...

If you have never had the pleasure of riding with Sonny Rice you have missed out. Stories of cutting horses, doctoring screwworms, bird...

When preparing a young horse to be saddled many people go through a process that they call “sacking out.” I am not sure I like the term...

If you enjoy western history and have never read J. Frank Dobie I hope this will tease you into reading one. I have enjoyed Dobie’s...

An important tool in my training arsenal is what I call side drive. Essentially, I define this as creating energy from only one side of...

Conveying the idea of collection to a horse can be likened to pulling back a bow. It can be followed by the bow breaking under the...

When a horse gets frustrated he gets sour. When he gets sour he starts demonstrating what we would call poor behavior. This behavior is...

Why snub a horse? Good question, glad you asked! When many people hear the phrase “snubbing horse” it conjures up images of a 1915 era...

There are many things I like about working with different guys on various ranches. One of my favorites is seeing new ways to do an old...