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How to be a Brilliant Conversationalist: Horse Version

You know how the cat magically goes to the person with the allergy? Or she goes the person who happens...
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Leadership Percentages and Confused Horses

Pause here. Look in his eye. He's sensitive and intelligent and looking for a partner who's his equal. If we're...
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How to Relieve Your Horse's Anxiety

Growing up, only one person in our home was allowed to have a temper and the rest of us kept...
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Redefining Work Under Saddle.

I had a blog request, in two parts. First: "[Does] training and working a horse inherently make a horse less...
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Part Three: Riding Above Fear

This is what we knew then: It started with a dream of dancing hooves and a flowing mane. He was...
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Part Two: Now I'm Afraid

[Part One: My Horse Betrayed Me.] Something bad happened. The details don't need to be repeated for me to understand. It...
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Photo Challenge: Unusual

It's not unusual to feel still air rush over your cheeks and past your ears. It's you moving forward in...
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Bit or Bitless? You Won’t Like the Answer.

Does anyone agree on bits? No. Is riding bitless the perfect solution? No. I've been asked for some bitless information,...
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Concept Clinics: A different approach

I've been thinking for a while now about the process of learning. It could have something to do with the number...
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Bend… Like a Crescent Moon.

I arrived at the barn mid-fight. The barn manager was refereeing a dust-up between a trainer and a boarder who...
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