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Left in the Dust: Your Ridiculously Slow Response Time.

Have you noticed that horses are incredibly quicker than we are? I'm going to tell you the good news about...
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The Stepford Horses, Dominated to Submission.

Remember the Stepford Wives--a little too submissive, a little too darkly docile? I saw horses just like them last week...
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The Everyday Value of Dressage.

Is your horse a different person under-saddle? Maybe tacking up is all good, but once you are ready to mount,...
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Being Grateful for Things You Don't Like.

My favorite training mentor had a habit that drove me nuts. She would be working with a horse who spooked...
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*Needs Confident Rider*

*Needs a confident rider*. If you see those words while paging though horse ads, what do you think? Used car salesmen...
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A Recipe for Patience.

I want to start by saying I used to consider patience the exact same thing as procrastination. I had no...
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What does the horsie say? Seriously.

Our barn rat, Hannah, didn't meet the horses her first visit to the farm. She was only 3 days old....
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Dressage: Cackling at the Canter.

Beach attire for the serious dressage rider. In the 80's, I marched with the Ladies Against...
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Listen First, Train Later.

Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...
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WPC: Contrasts

Contrasts show the far extremes. They show the difference; an attempt to understand right from wrong through black and white...
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