Overcoming Fear

Learn how to turn your fears into courage as well as becoming a better horse person

Any amount of Fear diminishes the peace, joy, pleasure and happiness we receive from special moments with our horses. This program will take you on a journey. During this journey you will learn to understand your horse as well as the psychology of the Fear & Flight animal. You will undergo a change, to the good, that will constantly create a smile on your face. Years from now, as something unexpectedly happens with your horse, you will hear his voice. You will smile because, after all these years, you still remember Stan Kruml, The Horses Friend.

Studies show all horse people have one thing in common and that is FEAR. That FEAR stems, From, Equine, Anxiety, Reactions and our lack of knowing what will happen NEXT. At one time or another, everyone that has straddled a horse has felt fear. Fear has surged through the hearts of the toughest of cowboys as well as the novice horse owner. It is always completely unexpected.

We have all felt fear and in most cases the fear is soon forgotten but for some of us that is not true. We never hear someone admitting to their fears in public, as a rule. However, the majority of non-professional horse owners are afraid of their horses or of being seriously hurt by their horse(s). This is especially true of horse owners over 35 years of age (New horse owners over the age of 35 are on the increase every year). This fear, IF NOT dealt with, increases the chance of injury as much as 75% and in some cases even more.

If you are one of the many that cannot forget your fears while being on or around your horse and being with your horse is not all the fun it should be T.H.F. has a program for you. This program will give you the ability to convert your fears into confidence. Your new found confidence and courage comes from knowledge. Knowledge is the foundation of every success story. The knowledge you gain from your personally designed Ten Step Program is given to you privately by your own instructor. You move at your own pace with guidance at all times. All your questions are fully answered and fully explained every time. If you wish to have your sessions recorded or filmed, you are free to do so at no charge.

By the time you complete this program, we at T.H.F. feel your goal will be the same as ours, and that goal is to see you in control of your emotions as well as taking full advantage of all the educational information available to you. Our goal is to see you at ease around your horse and looking forward to the next time with your horse, even before you put your horse away. Your success and happiness is ours, as well.

To our knowledge, at this time, there is not another program like this anywhere. This program is filled with understanding, gentleness (for horses as well as humans), kindness, friendship and love. This program has years of personal research in its designing. The research involved horses and humans covering a period of more than 50 years. You will receive your personally designed program from the man that did almost all the research. He will tell you," The best part of this program is you get better as time goes on." His name is Stan Kruml and he is, The Horses Friend as well as yours.

Ten (10) Steps To A Smile On Your Face

Step #1: Making sure the horse is not afraid of you - Learning the body language of the horse
Step #2: Learning the Psychology of the horse - Their psychology is much different than ours
Step #3: Catching and Handling a horse also Leading - Work done in round pen if possible
Step #4: Time with your horse. Quiet time - light meditation
Step #5: Saddling, Fitting and Head Gear
Step #6: Going for a Walk, Stop and Turns - Secrets few horse people know
Step #7: Mounting and Dismounting - The Unknown Art
Step #8: Let's Trot for a while
Step #9: A Loping we will go
Step #10: Jump that stick - The finishing touch

Steps # 7, # 8 and # 9 are part of our improved balance program. Good balance is essential to the success of any physical as well as psychological enhancement program.

This program outline will be designed around your specific needs. YOU will not be pushed but you will be asked to try. Your success will revolve around you! Stan will offer you positive re-enforcement at every step forward. However, the work is yours to do. He will not do it for you. After all we are working for a smile on your face. His will come with your success.

Ten-Step Program Conditions

This program can be completed within three days. However, it is designed for individuals with specific needs. Therefore, it can be modified to continue for an undetermined amount of time.

Prior to starting the program there will be a telephone interview conducted. This interview is conducted for two reasons.

1. Compatibility: T.H.F. always wants his clients to have a positive state of mind before starting the program.
2. Clinical Assistance: It may be to the clients best interest to seek help at a clinical level before starting the program.

There is no charge for either interview. However, there will be a minimum expense charge for any distance over fifty miles, in the event T.H.F. feels the client or the horse is not ready to participate in the program, at that time.

A Message From Stan Kruml, T.H.F.

Dear Friends:

Today, wherever we are in life, we find ourselves living our lives much faster than most of us would choose to live them. If we are lucky, we are able to buy a dream and bring a horse into our lives. A horse is a very special animal in many ways. A horse will change your life. On the other hand, if you did not grow up with horses in your working atmosphere and spend the majority of your time with them, they can be a bit over powering.

My life has always been shared with horses. It's been calculated that I have ridden horses for over a half million miles during my life so far. I sometimes feel it's three or four times that much. Whatever the actual mileage may be I love every moment I spend with horses.

Unfortunately, not everyone is as happy to be around horses as I am. For years I took in horses and schooled them back to being gentle horses once more. Then I took on the owners of those same horses. Only to find out it was not the horse that had the problems. The owners knew very little about horses. I would then educate the owners with information very few people seem to possess today. Armed with that knowledge, almost all of those riders and horses have been able to develop a compatibility which has made their lives much better.

Over the years two obstacles have shown up, consistently, between horses and their owners. In many cases a third shows itself sooner or later. The first one is the fact that so many owners know so little about horses. The second is no one wants to admit they do not know what they are doing and seek help. They watch others that are in the same boat as they are or listen to others that have little or no knowledge of what they are talking about. Soon they believe this inconsistent equine chaos is just part of horse ownership and accept it as so.

At first it's not too bad but soon the horse is a handful and soon keeping the horse under control is a real problem. Now you start to feel the third and worst obstacle coming on when you go to check on or ride your horse. You start to come up with excuses why you can't ride or spend time with your horse. You know the reason. The reason is FEAR and you don't know how to face it.

I invite you to utilize this program. It's taken me a great deal of time to build a program that would work for almost everyone. This program will work for you if you will dedicate the time and maintain that desire to make it work. Think back and remember how you felt when you knew you were going to buy your horse. Think about how long you waited for that day and all the plans you had for you and your horse together. Then fear crashed into your life and stomped all over your dreams.

If you want your dreams back this program will do that for you or there will be no charge. Start dreaming right now about the wonderful future you and your horse will have together and you can share those times with your friends as well. I wish you the very best in life. I also wish you a great life in the world of horses.

-- Stan Kruml, The Horses Friend