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Photo & Poem: I Cannot Know

  We became strangers. I thought I knew her so well; that place just back from her ears where her...
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Photo & Poem: Sentient

  Long in the tooth, people say. Gray hairs dusting his temple, this gelding plays the part of good uncle,...
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Aggressive or Assertive?

She was a breathtaking draft-cross mare who I met at Duchess Sanctuary this year. There was just a presence about...
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Photo& Poem: Go Fish

  Mom took us kids in the station wagon to the church bazaar. Homemade women’s goods for sale; boring cross-stitched...
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Brain Science as a Training Aid

  It was a two-day-long science class and we were promised a brain dissection. I signed up immediately and have...
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Photo & Poem: Dwindling Light

  His swayed back so warm in the late afternoon but he doesn’t lie down. His shoulders bear his weight...
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Confidence Lost and Found

  We thought having a horse would make everything perfect. It's a dream most of us were born with; we...
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Photo & Poem: Hand

  One draws attention, standing by a tolerant gelding and playing the horse whisperer, tickling withers, teasing his whiskery muzzle....
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Affirmative Training and Spoiling Horses

Most of us hear voices. We might be working with our horses on an issue and floundering in the moment,...
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Be-Here-Now: Focus on Safety (Helmets and Response Time)

  You're standing in a tennis court just behind the baseline, being mildly uncomfortable in your tennis togs because the...
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