“Your horse will start choosing you over their own herd. There is no better feeling than that.”
Horsemanship built on mutual trust and respect: groundwork, riding, colt starting, problem solving and barefoot trims, at your barn, on your horse’s timeline.
Groundwork, riding, colt starting, problem solving and gentle barefoot trims. Rates are written on the page, and there is no online calendar. Kat would rather hear about your horse first.
You can make a horse look collected with enough equipment. Appearance is not understanding. Kat’s own words on how she works, and the horsemen she learned it from.
The National Weather Service forecast and air quality for your town, turned into the decisions it actually changes: the riding window, heat and cold stress, and footing.
Official trailheads and horse camps across the United States, with what the land manager actually says about trailer parking, turnaround and dogs. Riders add what they found.
Set the boundary, work out the acreage, and lay out barns, arenas, paddocks, fencing, gates, water and trailer access to scale. A planning sketch, not an engineering drawing.
Free, and none of it needs an account.
Print or export any of them.
No affiliate links, and nothing to sign up for.
The red flags that mean call the vet now, what to do while you wait, and normal vitals to compare against, designed to print and keep in the barn. Plus what trainers mean by feel, timing and release.
Equine veterinarians, farriers, trailer dealers and repair, tack and feed stores across the United States. Searchable by town or ZIP, and free to be listed in.
Kat and the horses she works with, through a year. The video and written instruction library is in production and is not open yet. Nothing on this site is behind a payment today.
Hands on work with you and your horse: groundwork, riding, colt starting, problem solving and gentle barefoot trims. At your barn or boarding facility, on your horse’s timeline.
Five services, with rates written on the page. No online calendar: Kat would rather hear about your horse first.
Twelve tools and nine guides for the ordinary arithmetic of keeping a horse: what they weigh, what they eat, what they cost, and whether today is a day to ride.
Free, and none of it needs an account. An account only adds saving your results against a horse.
You can make a horse look collected with enough equipment. Appearance isn’t understanding. Lazy K builds horses that understand the question and choose to answer it, which is the only kind of training that holds up when something goes wrong.
There is always another day to teach a lead change. There isn’t a good reason to spend a horse’s confidence to get it today.
Horses don’t hold grudges or ruin a ride out of spite. Every behavior has a reason. Boundaries can be firm without anybody getting angry.
A horse that knows the rules doesn’t have to guess what happens next. Clarity creates confidence, and confidence is where curiosity comes from.
Kat helped found Two Bear Therapeutic Riding Center and ran it for nearly nine years, putting riders with disabilities on horses safely. She is a recipient of the A Legacy of Legends horsemanship scholarship, founded by Ray Hunt’s widow and Buck Brannaman to pass the Dorrance and Hunt tradition to the next generation. She was named to the Flathead Beacon’s 20 Under 40 in 2024.
Heavy in the bridle. Won’t stand for the farrier. Spooks at the same door it has walked past a thousand times. Hard to catch. Distracted the whole ride.
None of those are personality traits. They are answers to questions somebody asked badly, and they are fixable, in an order, starting on the ground.
“We get out what we put in.”
Everything happens at your barn or boarding facility. Traveling services throughout the Flathead Valley.
With owners and their horses
One on one riding or groundwork instruction, at your barn.
Ask about this about Individual Lessons30, 60 or 90 day program
A structured program built around the individual horse, with a mandatory weekly lesson so the progress comes home with you.
Ask about this about Horse TrainingWithout owner present
Weekly work for horses needing foundation, problem solving or ongoing development.
Ask about this about Equine TrainingBefore and around buying a horse
Property layout, realistic goals, choosing the right horse, and pre purchase support.
Ask about this about New Owner ConsultationGentle barefoot trims
Patient barefoot trims, specializing in horses who are difficult about their feet.
Ask about this about Farrier Service“We have been working with Kat for over three years, and in that time, she has transformed both our horse and our lives. What sets Kat apart is her ability to help us see the world through the horse’s perspective.”
Erica, Todd & Mia Lengacher
“Kat has been the pivotal trainer who finally helped me and my horse make real progress. I only wish I had found her three years earlier. It would have saved us so much trauma, fear, and frustration.”Mandy Mohler
Nine guides, built to the same standard as the training: say the true thing plainly, show the reasoning, and be honest about what nobody actually knows.
What it really costs, what to ask a seller, and what a pre purchase exam will not tell you.
Sorted by the problem you are solving. What has evidence, and what is marketing.
Why a late trim changes how the whole limb loads, and what to do about it.
Trailer checks, loading, driving with a live load, and Montana paperwork.
A ten minute check you can run yourself, and how to read a sweat pattern.
Water and colic, feeding for cold, and the blanketing argument settled.
What trainers actually mean by feel, timing, release and the try.
Emergency red flags and normal vitals. Made to print and keep in the tack room.
Where this horsemanship comes from, with links so you can study it yourself.
There’s no online calendar here on purpose. Kat would rather hear about your horse first: what’s going on, and what you’re hoping for. Then she finds the right time and the right starting point with you.