RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light
Half-light is that instant of still understanding riding a swell of unbounded mystery. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge...
Pony Smart and Carrot Shy
Last week I wrote about loitering in the sun with horses and not feeding carrots. People who train with treats...
Carrots Aren't Enough.
We've had a lot of company at the farm lately. Sometimes I take them into the family pen. The Grandfather...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Harmony
Harmony: Spring training has begun for our elite and highly competitive Infinity Farm Synchronized Napping Team. New coach this year,...
A Better Name for Chronic Lameness
It was the first day that the notion of chronic lameness got personal. My Grandfather Horse was young but he'd...
What's the True Value of Riding?
There's a meme that travels around Facebook that states, "Most people don't need a $35,000 horse. They need a $1,000...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons
There's nothing fresh about this winter season but that doesn't mean there isn't something hot, opinionated, and not all that...
Energy Without Emotion.
Some of us originally learned to ride by watching Westerns. Cowboys held both reins in one hand and jerked the...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Life Imitates Art
Life Imitates Art: Reclining Nude (Rubenesque) From the first cave paintings to the most contemporary work, artists across the spectrum...
A Reminder about Horse Memory.
The temps were mild. No one was shedding but the geldings were sunbathing flat and I was able to chip...
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