The Truth Behind Bit Drama
Do you know how your bit works? No, I mean really. Not some cowboy-on-YouTube's fantasy about horses needing to learn to carry...
Ride Shorter, Progress Farther.
If I were to write a training book entitled Less is More, it would be hundreds of pages long. The...
You're a Timid Rider?
What if it isn't a bad thing? I have a "big picture" thing I want to say and it's going...
Serenity NOW! (Training Calmness)
She wrote, "I struggle with him to stand still. I suspect he recognizes I am nervous."I'm answering an email question...
Halt, Rein-back, Cha-cha-cha.
This is how it feels: It's a trot that's resistance free. He glides with relaxed strides. At first you think...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Frame
Wear black and drink the gallery wine. Formulate an intellectual opinion. Consider your emotions. Or Show so much tooth your...
A Trailer of One's Own
A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
How to Ride Creatively.
Riding a horse is the simplest thing in the world. Just point 'em and kick. What's so hard about that?...
Money: If Wishes were Horses…
"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
Photo Challenge: Look Up.
Look up to him? We all do. Horses would benefit if we loved them less and respected them more. ___Read...
The Trailer Isn’t the Problem.
The owner said his horse had trailer issues. He'd watched a video and used a whip and rope, with bad...
Photo Challenge: Partners
Move together in silence, an inaudible song. A wordless place, deep and shadowy and still. They wait for us to...
Admitting You’re Wrong.
Do you remember the first time you wanted to be right? It might predate memory or even language. Being good...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve
The mingling of moist breath, the warm embrace of a curve, the uncomplicated wholeness that we covet. And the guilt...
Reciprocity: A Softer Ask, a Softer Bend
I overheard some riders complaining like old campaigners. Asking a horse for bend sounded like the Hundred Years' War. They...
Mansplaining in the Barn
Thirty-five years ago, I stood with a group of women protesting a murder sentence given by a judge in Denver....
Women as Predators.
Do you identify as a predator? I was at a horse show a few years back, helping a client. It...
How to Defuse a Horse Bomb
Maybe you're mentally arranging your to-do list, or rehashing an imaginary rant about something that happened at work, or just...
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