RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.

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Mister and Jolene. Taking Drugs and Counting Sheep.

It's a sight to see. Usually, a huge bearded man and a tiny Chihuahua. Sometimes a blue-haired lady and a...
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The Politics of Horses, Dogs, and Humans

This week I went to dinner at a sports bar. I’m not the type, but there are no fine dining...
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The Dog Barn and Literary Lounge

Just a reminder, dear reader. I'm a horse trainer using all I know to raise a puppy. If your horse's...
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We Don’t Recognize Jolene

Jolene says, hurry up, would ya? I am not dawdling. I'm getting my hearing aids, looking for my outside glasses...
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Jolene’s Bathroom Habits

It was a bathroom sort of week here, in that way that the entire universe can fit in a small...
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Jolene’s Teen Angst and Roller Derby Bravado

Saints preserve us. This weekend, Jolene is having her friend, Tachi, sleep over. I'll believe the sleep part when I...
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We Were a Viking Family Long Before Jolene

The Viking Princess costume's debut 30 years ago. I usually write about living things, but today...
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The American Kennel Club Warns Me About Jolene

You know when you catch a toe and you have a little stumble and try to right yourself. Suddenly, you’re...
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Jolene Has Lacey Bloomers

Jolene is changing faster than the fall colors. It isn't just that she's grown lacey bloomers on her backside. Sometimes...
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Not the Job I Want for Jolene

Jolene tilts her head when she listens. Like Nipper, the phonograph-listening RCA dog, she focuses with intense concentration, adjusting her...
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