Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal
Breath = Renewal. It's easy to forget how good it feels to lift your nose in the air and take...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry
"I am an Artist. I was told there would be no math." Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is...
A Public Service Announcement: The Answer is Forward.
In a normal week I probably suggest, chirp, cajole, beg, and sometimes yell- the word forward at least 3 million...
What's More Natural Than Piaffe?
“Will you come over and ride our horse?" she asked. "We know he's a dressage horse, we just don’t know...
The Relative Misery Factor (Prepping for Winter.)
The wind positively howled. There was sun, not that you could feel it. The horses didn't want turn out. It...
Beware: Colic Season.
She was lying flat- eyes closed, flank tense and very quiet. As I got closer I could see lots of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary
Solitary sun, solitary moon, solitary duck. One by one by one- it adds up to a one-of-a-kind world. Anna Blake,...
Autumn and Indoor Sports.
It is autumn now. I should be writing poetic blogs about geese on the wing, abundant golden harvests, or maybe...
Duck Dressage at Infinity Farm.
My ducks are growing up and they need a hobby. Dressage seems the obvious choice. Dressage has an elite, almost...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Free Spirit
His name is Spirit. He is the Grandfather horse of my herd, 25 years old. Free? I think in some...
Cheer up! It’s all your fault.
We've all been there: Schooling our horse, asking for something, but not getting the right answer. We try one thing...
Back to School Time.
It's that time again- the sun's a bit late in the morning. Geese are starting migration and horses are growing...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge
Merge: Sometimes it is hard to tell where one of us stops and the other one of us starts, in...
Is My Horse Suitable for Dressage?
The 2012 Summer Olympics concluded this week. Dressage got a bit more attention than usual, partly because of Great Britain's...
Victim of Love: The In-Your-Pocket Horse.
Photo credit: Carol Walker, Living Images -Written by request from another trainer. Nothing I am about...
Dog Agility and Horse Agility
I can’t remember who came first in my life- dogs or horses. I do know a few of each are...
Blurring the Line Between Predator and Prey.
One of the first things to know about horses is that they are prey animals. Simply put, that means that...
Mentioning Unmentionables.
I'm going to be blunt about sports bras- not trying to offend anyone, (or exclude either of my male readers.)...
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