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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Jolene Forgets Her Name

Jolene would like you to believe she is very mature for her age. And by that she means listening bores...
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Finally, Jolene Speaks.

It's still dark out, and I'm sitting on the edge of my bed trying to pull my pants on. Isn't...
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Jolene. Rebel Without a Tail.

Jolene, Mister, and I have returned home. Just in time for Jolene to transform into a charming but unrepentant hellion...
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Jolene Goes to Work

We just got back from a clinic in Wyoming, a place where the weather controls the landscape and there are...
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Valligators in the Trenches of Puppyland

When was the last time you tried to get an electrified dog collar, the kind with poison pins facing inward,...
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Bitey-Face and the Secret Passageway

We turn into the driveway and the umpire flings his arms wide and yells, "Safe!" It's the feeling I get...
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Jolene. Jolene. Jolene. JOLEEENE!

Sometimes, change sneaks up behind you when you least expect it, knocks you down, and drags you off, kicking and...
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Do Companion Animals Get Compassion Fatigue?

Lately, I've been worried about fluffy little lap dogs whose coat has gone oily and flat from excessive petting. Concerned...
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Reactive Dogs and Affirmative Peer Pressure

    Ruby Pearl and Preacher Man Ruby lives with my friend, Lara. We both have...
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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...
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