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Intuition, Trust, and Horse Training

I'm thinking about trusting intuition. Or even recognizing intuition. Or comprehending trust, for that matter. Those words are made of...
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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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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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Recording the Arc of Your Horse’s Life

The foal's name was Sunny, his registered name Sunbrite Sunset. This photo was taken just before we met. The rest...
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Nube: What Retirement Means

And so, Nube [pronounced new-bay] retired in limbo. Undiagnosable. Sometimes, the solution for a long-running struggle is to just stop...
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Human Failings, Horses, And Judgment

A four-year-old video surfaced this week and a dressage rider deeply apologized for the overuse of a whip. She will...
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How Affirmative Training Was Born.

I am not a bliss-ninny. Loitering in denial doesn't work for me. I'm a blunt truth-teller who doesn't enjoy being...
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Calming Signals: Another Word for Dominant

There is a wild stallion on the ridge fighting all comers for his harem of mares. We think aggression and...
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Travelblog: Thinking About Aging in Ancient Surroundings

I was in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I had finished ripping around Scotland and arrived at my hotel, where a group...
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Stay in Your Own Lane

I don't mind getting stuck in traffic. It practically makes me un-American to say so. I don't love it but...
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