What's More Natural Than Piaffe?
“Will you come over and ride our horse?" she asked. "We know he's a dressage horse, we just don’t know...
Beware: Colic Season.
She was lying flat- eyes closed, flank tense and very quiet. As I got closer I could see lots of...
Hard-Headed Women.
Bull-headed, sometimes pig-headed: these are names that you might call an obstinate tomboy of a daughter. It wasn't meant as...
Cheer up! It’s all your fault.
We've all been there: Schooling our horse, asking for something, but not getting the right answer. We try one thing...
Back to School Time.
It's that time again- the sun's a bit late in the morning. Geese are starting migration and horses are growing...
Is My Horse Suitable for Dressage?
The 2012 Summer Olympics concluded this week. Dressage got a bit more attention than usual, partly because of Great Britain's...
Victim of Love: The In-Your-Pocket Horse.
Photo credit: Carol Walker, Living Images -Written by request from another trainer. Nothing I am about...
The Dressage/Massage Warm-up.
What if an arena ride had the effect of a massage for a horse? Wouldn’t the rider feel great too?...
Dressage: It Rhymes with Massage.
Horses have been a key part of our culture ever since they civilized us centuries ago- in everything from transportation...
Love + Fear = Confidence
It starts pretty much the same way for most of us: One day we see a horse. He's beautiful and...
Why I Have No Sense of Humor About Arena Footing.
I have no sense of humor about arena footing. None. Let me start here: I don't consider a plowed up...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue
A different kind of blue eye: not blue- the color, and not blue- the emotion. Silver blue like a dream...
Do you think it’s time to clean the truck?
My hay guy got a new truck- a pristine dually in a pearlized-platinum color, with near Porsche-like lines. That big...
A Retirement Resistant Spirit.
An article of mine was published in a national dressage magazine in 2006. Spirit had been retired two years and...
Spotless- My introduction to Dressage.
Please excuse the photo quality- it's from the 80's. I have no excuse at all for...
Walk Detention
I've been remembering my first experience in Walk Detention. It was the dark ages and I was a training level...
Nope, it’s Me- I’m Too Sensitive (Part Two.)
“You know what your problem is? You're too sensitive.” Ouch. Have you heard this? It feels like being accused of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Down
Down, with a Trusting Eye. Anna, Infinity Farm.
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