There’s More To Affirmative Training Than Saying Good Boy
Edgar Rice Burro has another abscess. At least that's what I hope because it's the least terrible option. Chronic foot...
Intuition, Trust, and Horse Training
I'm thinking about trusting intuition. Or even recognizing intuition. Or comprehending trust, for that matter. Those words are made of...
Count to Three and Jump… It’s a New Year
It's the week between Christmas and New Years. And call it a holiday tradition, but I have no idea what...
Horsewomen and the Reverse Banana Peel Approach
Do you ever just stop in your tracks, look at your (insert your choice: horse, dog, child) and go blank?...
How To Become a Horse Whisperer
In fifth grade, they pulled us out of class for hearing tests. They clamped skinny black headphones on us and...
A Problem with the Word “Connection”
I feel it in my bones like a rusty joint before a rainstorm. An itch that flopping around in a...
Problem Solving and Hay In Our Bras.
It blurted out the end of my fingers before I knew it. "Eventually I learned how to keep hay out...
The Art of Un-Training a Horse
The first video is of a Mustang, proud and breathtakingly beautiful. He's a burnished smoky buckskin, with a...
The Long Ear Answer to Humans Doing Everything The Hard Way
"I am not sure why horse people are especially prone to doing things the most difficult way possible, but it's...
Wild or Tame: Trust Actions Above Words
This is my neighborhood. That's Pikes Peak peering over the horizon, exactly where it was when I bought the farm....
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