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How Long Must Animals Suffer?

And yes, in Colorado it is perfectly legal. Warning: I'm writing about death because I hope to make peace. If...
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When Horses Ask For Help

She is a woman of a certain age. A retired wildlife biologist who wears Crocs when weather permits, and muck...
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Calming Signals and Playing Poker with Horses.

I can't remember my age when I first saw Dogs Playing Poker, the famous painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. It...
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Count to Three and Jump… It’s a New Year

It's the week between Christmas and New Years. And call it a holiday tradition, but I have no idea what...
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How To Become a Horse Whisperer

In fifth grade, they pulled us out of class for hearing tests. They clamped skinny black headphones on us and...
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A Problem with the Word “Connection”

I feel it in my bones like a rusty joint before a rainstorm. An itch that flopping around in a...
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The Art of Un-Training a Horse

    The first video is of a Mustang, proud and breathtakingly beautiful. He's a burnished smoky buckskin, with a...
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Deconstructing Horse Aggression

When I got home after school, I walked in the front door, dropped my books, and walked out the back...
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The Home Barn and Separation Anxiety

May I brag? I have that strange career where I travel a lot, see beautiful country as a routine part...
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Nube: Undiagnosable

I hope I'm not going to end up writing some kind of justification for harsh training. Usually, it's easier than...
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