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.
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...
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