Walter Zettl

Dear Friends,

I had a super week with Remmer and Walter Zettl last week! On the second day, I got a bit concerned because I thought Remmer felt heavy. When I told Walter, though, he had this bewildered look on his face. We watched the video that evening, and I could see why Walter had been so confused…Remmer looked fantastic!

Dear Friends,

When Walter comes to visit us, he teaches not only me and Pat, but also a handful of Pat’s Mastery Students. I love to watch these lessons as much as I can, because it is fascinating to see how Walter brings the horse and the rider together and how true he stays to his process. In fact, after I had my breakthrough with Remmer, I found myself being more focused on what the horse was doing and then what the rider needed to do. Let me be more specific. 

Dear Friends,

Walter Zettl has just concluded another visit with us here in Ocala, and my lesson on day four was a huge breakthrough! All of a sudden it all came together, everything Walter had been trying to get me to feel. As he said, it's like watching grass grow – it seems like nothing is going on and then suddenly the green tips shoot out of the ground!

When I said to Pat I was thinking about pursuing dressage again now that I had grown so much in my horsemanship, I was ready for the challenge. I knew that studying this was not just for me but that I would pass on what I learned and maybe help our students at a whole new level.

Everyday I am reminded in some way that Remmer is phenomenal! He is such a great partner and teacher. We’ve been together for 11 years now; he was almost 4 when I got him. Remmer was brought to a clinic that one of our instructors was doing at our Center in Colorado. I took one look at him jumping around, rearing and misbehaving and fell in love! He’s playful and opinionated, and he’s taught me a lot about really using psychology. He is a Left-Brain Introvert with a medium-high spirit.

The Lakeland Celebration was fantastic.  Right from the get-go, our audience was one of our most interactive, vocal and enthusiastic in the whole tour.  Reina, the HSUS rescue horse was fascinating, she’s a Left-Brain Extrovert whose dignity had been shattered, so she was really defensive and appeared aggressive when Pat went to mount her.  Up until then she’d been doing great, but when it came time to ride, she could not give permission and had zero trust.