Vet Visit! Breathing is Connection.
Emergency vet call! One of my boarded horses is sick. He's a draft cross, timid but kind. He likes things...
Being Grateful for Things You Don't Like.
My favorite training mentor had a habit that drove me nuts. She would be working with a horse who spooked...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mini-malist
Spartan. Austere. Spare. Not more than required. Mini-mialist. Anything but... Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent
Descent means 'a way down' and it is how we learn to ride. Our information and learning trickles down from...
When Horses Go Through Menopause.
Disclaimer: I'm not a vet. Or a doctor. But someone has to talk about it. How can you tell your...
Horse Rescue: The Psychological Aspect of Physical Abuse.
I boarded the first horse I owned as an adult. It gave me something I hadn't had in the past:...
A Call to Arms. (or how to get on the wrong side of a horseperson.)
You've had this happen. Someone finds out you have a horse and they ask, “Do you know my sister’s friend,...
Ground Play, Cavalia style!
My Clara, at liberty and trotting up fast. This week, I attended Cavalia, the Cirque du...
Breath: The Miracle Cue.
It might be the word I say more often than any other during a lesson. I know it's the cue...
*Needs Confident Rider*
*Needs a confident rider*. If you see those words while paging though horse ads, what do you think? Used car salesmen...
A Recipe for Patience.
I want to start by saying I used to consider patience the exact same thing as procrastination. I had no...
You be the Judge.
“Too bad about that half pass to the left.” My horse and I were leaving the arena after my test,...
What does the horsie say? Seriously.
Our barn rat, Hannah, didn't meet the horses her first visit to the farm. She was only 3 days old....
Dressage: Cackling at the Canter.
Beach attire for the serious dressage rider. In the 80's, I marched with the Ladies Against...
Breaking up is hard to do. Is it time?
It was lunch break and the clinician came into the lounge to eat. She was an experienced competitor and focused...
Listen First, Train Later.
Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...
WPC: Contrasts
Contrasts show the far extremes. They show the difference; an attempt to understand right from wrong through black and white...
Contact: Holding hands with horses.
What is the world’s speed record for learning to ride on happy contact? 18 years? Maybe 23? It’s a joke...
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