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LodgeRopes - Made by horse owners for horse owners

 

Lodge Ropes

Quality Handmade Natural Horsemanship Equipment

 

Cypress Lodge is our home in the central goldfields of Victoria, Australia, with our kids and our horses and ponys.  We start, train and ride using ‘Natural Horsemanship’ techniques.  We needed good equipment for the job but the brand name ropes were too expensive and some of the cheaper ones were rubbish.  So over the years we have learned to make our own.  Now we only make what we use, if it’s not good enough for our horses we wont make or sell it.

 

 No gimmicks, just good traditional horse gear made from 100% Australian ropes and leather.

 

Please Note: We do not use any wildlife products in our equipment and if asked on the issue, we would say we were opposed to the commercial exploitation of wildlife especially the Australian kangaroo.  The commercial killing of kangaroo for a novelty leather product is the largest slaughter of wildlife in the world.  You can actively do something by not buying anything from anyone that sells kangaroo leather products.

 

###PLEASE NOTE###:  Lodgeropes will be offline during September & October 2009.

 

Rob, Sharon & India will be visiting family, friends and customers in the UK, France and Italy. 

We have already booked in London, Manchester, Shropshire, Kent, The Somme, Ieper, Paris, Marseilles, St Maxime, Lucca, Pisa, Rome but there are so many places in between.  We are looking forward to meet as many of our ‘online’ friends as possible.  Give us an email if you would like some Aussie visitors for a coffee, cabernet or a play with your horses as I guess we will be missing that special horsey smell after a couple of days.

If Oscars owner is online, we would love to meet the boy in France if possible.

Same goes for Dylan, the gypsy vanner in the UK.

We have lost so many contacts due to hard drive failures.

 

Please note that Des is not a pet.  Des is a wild magpie that shares our farm with us,

by her choice.  Des is free to come and go as she pleases

We have left these pics on our page as we really miss Des, she left one day and just did not come home.  We hope she joined a wild family group and has followed her natural path.

 

If you have the time, say G'day by signing our guestbook. 

 

Sorry about this one but due to increases in material costs, up to 80% in the case of some Brass items, We have to adjust prices on almost all our items. 

The price change will take effect on Ist Jan, 2009.

 

 

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LodgeRopes Around the World



Natural Horsemanship - You are Never Alone

Many of the people we meet online are often isolated from other Natural Practitioners.  They work alone from books and videos, never sure if they are progressing or if their horses are really improving from the work.  Self-doubt reaches us all at times.    We try to help and encourage when we can, sometimes mailing photocopies of things that have helped us on our journey. 

Remember, you are never alone.  Kindred spirits are only an email away.  Please click on 'Lodge Links' on the menu for some great sites to visit, including Natural Horsemanship equipment suppliers that have informative sites that you may wish to put in favourites for future visits.

A great  US site for you to visit: LESS is MORE Natural Horsemanship

NO WHIPS, NO BITS, NO SPURS. Michael has lots of info on hackamore riding and his training philosophy & methods are sympathetic to most Natural Styles.  

Michaels 12 Training Principles are worth reading and then re reading.

www.lessismorehorse.com



Balmer's Blend

You meet some of the nicest people when you hang around horses. This is a plain and simple unpaid advert for a great product handmade by one of the nicest people you will ever meet.  If you dont have a jar of the balmers blend ABC Gel in the tack shed.....GET ONE!!!!! 

We are so impressed with this product we have put it on our homepage ...logo and all....just to let our friends, customers and visitors know about the ABC Gel and other specialist products made by Balmer's Blend. 

Visit with Don (Mr Balmers Blend), here is his website with all the info you need,

www.thebalmersblend.com.au



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