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.

By Anna Blake | June 9, 2017

Rule number one about horses: There will be a high learning curve. Most of us are drawn to horses because...

By Anna Blake | June 2, 2017

This is Andante. He likes to have a conversation at the mounting block. He wasn't always like this. In his...

By Anna Blake | May 19, 2017

Photo by Sheri Kerley I'll start with the bad news. For those of us who grew...

By Anna Blake | April 29, 2017

I've been thinking for a while now about the process of learning. It could have something to do with the number...

By Anna Blake | May 27, 2016

Maybe you're mentally arranging your to-do list, or rehashing an imaginary rant about something that happened at work, or just...

By Anna Blake | June 12, 2015

These are two of my favorite topics and I write about them often, but this post is about how calming...

By Anna Blake | July 11, 2014

Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...

Enter your name and email to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Menu