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Biography of Jack Lieser
'Road to Natural Horsemanship'
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Jack
Lieser
is a
professional horse trainer and instructor, who
combines his joy of horses with his capacity to communicate
with both horses and people. Spending the first half of his childhood
growing up in a large family on a dairy farm in Minnesota these skills began
developing early on. At 8 years old; along
with two of his older brothers, aged 10 and 11 at the time, Jack started his
first pony and the three of them were often found bareback riding their two
ponies around the countryside.
Moving to south Texas at age 11, Jack was
able to obtain his own horse at eighteen.
Working
with an old Amish trainer over the next couple years Jack and his young
horse took to both buggy and saddle.
During
this time he also became interested in dressage and spent 18 months training
in that discipline.
In the spring of 1998 Jack began working
with the
Parelli Natural Horsemanship
Levels Program.
The
experiences of the next 4 years included in-depth training in Parelli
classes and diversified horse activities.
He
graduated Level 3 in the Parelli Natural Horsemanship program, implementing
all the ideas from his broad scope of training into his horsemanship,
expanding his outlook and always increasing his already competent
instruction techniques.
Jack
Lieser also took as many clinics as he could with
Leon Harrel
(2-Time World Cutting
Horse Champion, and Cutting Horse
Trainer) over the next few years.
Meeting
Aaron England at
Leon's ranch, Jack started working with Aaron to refine his colt starting
skills. Aaron and Jack continue to work
together presenting Colt Starting Clinics.
Jack has also spent time with
equine greats like:
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Jack Brainerd,
the
renown reining trainer and judge,
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Peggy Cummings
with Connected Riding (an expert on staying balanced in the saddle) and
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Jock & Ivana Ruddock,
the Founders of Equine Touch an effective form of Equine muscle &
bodywork.
Jack is a practitioner and tutor of Equine
Touch, a form of muscle and bodywork done to help the horse overcome stiff
and sore muscles.
Having worked with hundreds of horses, Jack
is competent with all kinds of breeds; from Friesians, Minis, and Mustangs
to Warm bloods.
He has developed an
innovative style and expertise in training problem horses in areas extending
from trailer loading to bucking, rearing, bolting, refusing a jump and the
like. Jack's consistency and flexibility to personalities and situations
means he can start a green horse and have them under saddle in no time.
With expertise ranging from Dressage to
Trail, Cutting and Jumping horses to everything in between, his diversified
experience in training has made him competent under stress and adaptable to
his student's needs (both human and equine).
He
has a step-by-step method of teaching that is simple to understand; focusing
on teaching the student how to teach the horse.
Jack has presented clinics ranging from
Foundation skills and Intermediate & Advanced ground & riding skills to colt
starting and cow working, all using Natural Horsemanship Techniques.
Continually learning, Jack enjoys working
with the student at whatever level the student has obtained, whether
beginning or advanced, because although he is instructing others he says,
"The
horses and students are also my best teachers."
Jack teaches Natural Horsemanship Clinics
all over the country. He is currently the
head Trainer and Instructor of the Equine Division at the Trades of
Yesterday Ministry Training School.
He
trains and teaches out of Nostalgia Ranch, the Ministry Training Center in
Monte Alto, Texas.
Following is additional info about Jack's Natural Horsemanship mentors and
trainers:
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Pat Parelli's
vision
is that one day the term
"natural" will no longer have to precede the word "horsemanship."
Horsemanship does not need to be mechanical.
With enough savvy, horses
and people can achieve fun, excellence, truth and results, harmony,
and unity... naturally, through understanding, communication and
psychology, rather than force fear and mechanics. |
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Leon Harrel
has realized his childhood dream of becoming a World Champion cowboy
many times over.
He is one of the most
consistent winners in major cutting horse competitions, and is widely
recognized by other horsemen as one of the top cutting horse trainers
in the world. He has claimed the NCHA
Futurity Championship twice, and has qualified for the finals 23 times
in the 28 years he has competed in the event.
He was inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame in 1989, and was
recently awarded an NCHA lifetime membership. |
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Aaron England
worked with Pat Parelli for six years, and was a 3-Star Parelli
Instructor. Aaron's passion for Cutting and his desire to use his
skills in Natural Horsemanship in this discipline, lead the way to his
apprenticeship with Leon Harrel, two time NCHA Champion and one of the
leading Cutting Horse trainers in the world. Aaron was with Leon in
Kerrville, Texas. for two and a half years, before he began
development of his International Learning Center
in Goldthwaite, Texas. |
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Jack Brainard
has
bred and trained horses for over 53 years and judged
for a variety of national horse associations
for over 40 years. At
83 he still trains his own two-year-olds.
Most days he can be found schooling horses, teaching
students, or traveling the roads to conduct one of his clinics.
His students marvel at his 'easy to understand'
presentation of the prerequisites and elements of the 'flying lead
change', his positive and motivating approach to both horse and rider,
and his never ending enthusiasm for doing what he truly loves. |
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Peggy Cummings
has
developed Connected Riding methods to achieve freedom of movement and
self-carriage for both horse and rider.
Connected
Riding teaches you to ride from the inside (by feeling), to the
outside (by action). It provides you
with an awareness of body and movement that empowers you to move in
harmony with the horse.
It teaches you
how to influence the horse's movement through an elastic connection.
Through a series of ground and mounted exercises,
you learn to use the rhythm to lead your
horse to enhanced performance. |
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Jock & Ivana Ruddock
are cofounders of
Equine Touch, a
non-diagnostic, noninvasive, energy and connective soft tissue
discipline which works at a complete holistic level.
ET consists of soft tissue vibrations, that
when performed correctly with the ET
"Move"
have the effect of releasing spasms, distortions and adhesions in the
connective tissue, and smooth muscle of organs.
In synergy they stimulate the body's natural inclination
towards balance and harmony in its structure and function as well as
creating awareness of placement and motion within the equine. |
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