Becky is an Accredited Frank Bell Instructor in the Austin, Texas area. She has owned, trained and competed with horses for over 30 years. Becky’s experiences began as a child with English and Western riding lessons, riding troubled horses for others, colt starting, rehabilitating horses, exercising racehorses, loping/turn back in NCHA, team penning, riding wilderness areas, and barrel racing in NBHA and local rodeos.
In 2000, an interest in natural horsemanship led her to search for a deeper connection and better communication with horses. Some of her first teachers were Monty Roberts and Pat Parelli. Later teachers included Mark Rashid, Leslie Desmond, Chris Cox, Stacy Westfall, Buck Brannaman and Frank Bell. Becky finds value in what these clinicians and other less well known, yet gifted trainers have to offer. Always, the horse has the most to teach us if we are willing to listen.
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Loping Mischief freestyle,
one of my lesson horses
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As a former teacher and instructional coach for 20 years, Becky favors Frank Bell's approach for foundation training. Beginning with first giving before asking anything of the horse, a logical sequence of exercises is presented to heighten horse and rider confidence and safety. Frank Bell's 7-Step Safety System builds the foundation for a partnership between owner and horse using a gentle natural horsemanship approach. Each step is explained, demonstrated and practiced using your horse or mine. You will gain a new level of awareness after just one lesson and will see the difference reflected in your horse. A round pen is optional. For more information on Frank Bell, visit www.horsewhisperer.com
Flexibility is integrated into Becky's training approach, meeting the needs of each horse and owner. A lifelong teacher and learner, Becky continues to give demos and attend workshops and clinics of respected clinicians, bringing to her clients a multitude of ways to communicate with their horse.
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Becky is an EAGALA Certified Horse Specialist in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Assisted Learning. She co-designed a parenting program for "spirited children" based on natural horsemanship principles. Japanese mothers visited her facility in 2008 to learn how to utilize this approach with their own children. The mothers had rave reviews for the program and were excited to apply what they learned when they returned home.
The Extreme Mustang Makeover held in 2008 in Ft Worth was a gratifying experience. Becky participated with 2 yearlings and made it to the finals, placing 3rd in a field of nearly 50 horses.
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