Nube: What If This Isn’t Wrong?
My first ex-husband used to tease me about my frantic love of shortcuts. I was always up early, on the...
The Joy of Imperfection
We are sick to death of the violence against horses. It isn't just the damage caused by rollkur in reining...
The Gap Between Wanting a Horse and Having the Horse You Want
Sometimes it happens behind a trailer. The horse needs a moment, but the human is in a hurry. Horses and...
How To Buy a Horse
He was a bay gelding in his teens when we met. A Quarter Horse with a bit of a downhill...
Horses and Chimpanzees, Or Why Horses Aren’t Cuddlers
When I first moved to my farm, I pretended to be Jane Goodall. My land was a high desert...
Undomesticated Women. Anecdotal Evidence from the Road
30 states, 2 oceans, 14,000 miles, 8 months Welcome to our year of living compactly. My dog, Mister, and I...
Letting Edgar Rice Burro Get Old
Edgar Rice Burro runs with a gang of misanthropes. A goat whose broken leg healed stiff, so he has an...
Nube: How to Train a Horse to be Patient
I don't like cameras. How you can tell is my neck swells up and my double chins flare out wider...
Human Calming Signals: Actions Louder than Words
"Anna, after reading this piece I realized that I know how to do this; just not with horses. As a...
Bhim: Through Life Drama and Training Plateaus
It's been six months now since starting Bhim's Training Diary online. But time is a fluid thing for a horse....
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