Many horse people, who can to me in order to solve any conflicts with their horse or simply who wished for assistance in starting their horse in a non-violent way, are extremely thankful for the new insights they gained with regard to interacting more positively with their equine partner.

Read for yourself some of their stories:

Libbrich - a malicious dressage horse turns gentle, curious and balanced 

Libbrich … a big, elegant highly trained (class M) dressage horse, with a gentle look, yet, full of fear ... a horse with who I fell in love on first sight, and which I bought without much hesitation ... however, already after a few weeks the problems started. Due to his, with me recently gained pseudo-liberty Libbrich became increasingly more insecure and timid. Everything frightened him ... soon the day came where I did not enjoy riding Libbrich anymore. After a number of other so called good riders had tried to reason him and fell off, Libbrich was regarded as a hopeless case.  Finally, people called him "a malicious horse that cannot be trusted ... a insidious horse, and so on ..." The last person who was courageous enough to mount him was bucked off just as all the others before. A year of gently trying to change his behavior followed. Then, I reached a point where I felt sad and lost. I simply had no idea what else to do to turn him into a kind horse. In no way did I want to have any coercive and brutal method applied to him,  or again a violent submission by a professional ...

One day, (and sometimes chances make a good cause) Kristin Zeller introduced herself at our stables. Thanks to her Libbrich left behind rather quickly his anxiety and distrust. Today, he is a completely different horse ... he has become the horse, which I believed to recognize in him the moment I saw him for the first time ...

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Starting - gentle but consistent

When my filly, „Savanna“ (Luxemburgish warm blood from Silvio II) turned 3 years in the year 2005 and she appeared to me physically and psychologically fit to carry a rider, the question about starting her arose. Due to negative past experience I did not wish to start her on my own. A person with lots of experience needed to be found to assist me. Yet, finding the right person for this endeavor was not an easy task, since I had certain expectations with regard to that person and his training methods ... to me a "correct" and gentle way of starting my horse was extremely important ...

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Motivational training - Oh my God! My horse does not want to jump anymore!

Rodin refused to work, not to speak of jumping. Already during the warm up phase he stopped now and again and then refused consequently to make only one additional step forward. One could have smashed a number whips or anything else on him without triggering any sort of reaction. He would have simply not moved.

All experts that I inquired told me: "He is simply lazy, he is stubborn, with him, you can try whatever you like and on top of that you will never turn him into a jumping horse. He? Never!"

Consequently, I turned to Ms Zeller. She analyzed that Rodin was simply not motivated, he does not enjoy his life, less so work under the saddle. But why? ...

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Trailer loading problem of an Arab-Berber mare -  A traumata was cured

My mare, Good Girl – since 2 years in my possession and imported from Morocco – was difficult to load from the start. On top of that she was barn sour. To load her, it took hours and to leave the barn alone was simply impossible. During an attempt to load her the previous year, she got badly hurt. She slipped on the asphalt and got with her right hind leg under the trailer. The result: Her cannon bone had been cut deeply over the entire length, the tendon was slightly ripped. The healing process stretched over a period of 6 months.

The first training session of about 45 minutes terminated in Good Girl standing with all four legs patiently on the ramp. Ms Zeller allowed her time for reflection. In the afternoon followed the second session. Already after 15 minutes Good Girl followed her into the trailer ...

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Halter broke and Starting - A wild horse to become a riding horse

In the Spring of 2004 we saved the life a handsome dun colored 3-year old stallion. He was due to be brought to the slaughter house since nobody was able to get close to him. But only Kristin really saved him and turned him into a thankful and friendly partner. Without her, we would have been hopelessly overstrained with that horse.

After the deal with the previous owner had been completed, the task was to bring him to our home. It was easier said than done. Since Falladar was stabled together with another pony stallion in a dark shed where only a little light entered. Even though he was carrying a halter, he did not allow anybody to get near him

From a friend I learned about Kristin Zeller. He said: "Simply call her, if anybody is able to gentle your horse, its her ..."

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Anreiten von zwei Stuten, 5- und 7-jährig

Seit Jahren laufen meine beiden Stuten (Mutter: Haflinger-Araber Mix und Tochter: Haflinger-Araber-Warmblut Mix) auf der Weide und schlagen sich die Bäuche voll. Wollten wir sie von einer Weide auf die andere bringen, so mussten wir sie stets 3 km führen, da die Weiden nicht beieinander liegen. Irgendwann plante ich sie einreiten zu lassen. Dies schob ich jedoch einige Jahre vor mich hin, da ich sie ungern voneinander trennen und in einen Reitstall geben wollte. Inzwischen äußerten viele Pferdeleute Zweifel ob die beiden in dem Alter überhaupt noch einen Reiter akzeptieren würden, und wenn, dann würde es nicht einfach werden und einige Wochen wenn nicht Monate in Anspruch nehmen.

Ein Bekannter riet mir Kristin Zeller die Stuten einreiten zu lassen, die käme selbst mit Pferden in diesem Alter prima zurecht. Ich zögerte nicht lange und verabredete mit Frau Zeller einen Termin. In der Folgezeit arbeitete sie weniger als fünfzehn Mal mit den beiden bevor sie meinte, dass ich nun gefahrlos mit ihnen weiterarbeiten könne. Wir waren seit dem regelmäßig im Gelände und ich hatte mit keiner der beiden je irgendwelche Probleme.

Sollte ich wieder ein Pferd zum Einreiten haben, dann nur noch mit Kristin Zeller.

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