What Are Your Legs Doing? (Half-halt Help)
How are the half-halts coming? Does a breath and a light thigh pulse work? Or are your legs exhausted by the end...
The Mysterious Half-Halt
Thanks to a request, I'm writing about the half-halt. Ever notice how every definition you read starts with the disclaimer that it's the...
Do You Communicate Like a Coyote?
Some of us baby-talk and cuddle our horses like they're twelve-hundred-pound teddy bears. Some of us enter the pen with...
Part Two: Norman, Is That You? (The Reactive Horse)
Last week, I wrote about horses who are The Strong Silent Type. This horse is the opposite. Describing him sounds...
Now What? (and Other News)
Now is the winter of my discontent. Hurry spring. A post from my other blog. Yes, I have another blog....
Part One: The Strong Silent Type (Of Horse)
I've said it before: While growing up, I saw She Wore a Yellow Ribbon more often than I saw my...
What To Do When Your Horse Is Wrong
It started small. It started the way it usually starts; the rider pulled on her horse's face. It's a fundamental disagreement:...
Photo Challenge: Shadow
I mean to blur the edge, a half-stop between dark and light, of the distance between us. He's walked on from this...
Email Subject Line: "Do I Want a Horse?"
February 2nd, 10 pm, 12 degrees. There was dense fog all day. We didn't see the sun and the temperature stayed...
Energetic Tidiness in the Saddle.
Some of us climb into the saddle and have all kinds of crazy dangerous things happen--right out of the blue. We...
Release: The Unflattering Truth
A few weeks ago, I was standing, talking with a client at the end of her lesson. She was at...
Safety and Being a Spoil Sport.
I'm a riding instructor. Wait, it's worse than that. A riding instructor who has read the small print of her liability...
Riding a Suspension… of Disbelief
Some of us are okay with who we are in the saddle. We don't question the ride, or if we do,...
Negotiating; Not Fighting.
It was last spring when this ancient donkey came to the farm. In the beginning, we thought she might not...
Mental Focus Means Not Trying Too Hard
My friend and I took yoga while we were in high school. It was 1971 or so, and I can't...
Thankful for You.
I'm doing something different today, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. When I started my blog, almost eight years ago...
Photo Challenge: Magic
Not other than here. Not other than now. Not other than normal. ... Anna Blake at Infinity Farm Horse Advocate,...
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