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Leading from Behind, Part Two and Beyond

Leading from behind is an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp, but most things about working with horses are counter-intuitive for humans...
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Leading from Behind, Part One.

Here's Norman, the new kid at the barn. He's a young Percheron-TB cross with pretty wonderful gaits and a sweet...
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Riding: Feeling Every Stride, From Our Inside

This is the recurring nightmare. You're on a twisted version of Dancing with the Stars. There are glaring lights and...
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The Middle Path: Negotiating Care With Busy Professionals

My advice: Find someone who gets along with donkeys.   A question from two readers: "We...
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Self-Awareness Without Apology

We aren't kids anymore. That's the complaint. Riding seems easier in memory. When we were younger, riding was rose-colored and...
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Meeting the Przewalski's Horse in Scotland

  Val and her son, Hulagu They're wild horses discovered by Nikolai Przewalski, a Polish-born colonel in the...
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See It Through His Eyes

It's a perfect day. No wind, not hot. The kind of day that you spend most of the months of...
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A Natural Instinct to Dominate

I find it fascinating to watch children talking to animals. It's almost like studying mustangs. Kids are who we are,...
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The Middle Path: Lighten Up, It's All Your Fault

Sometimes people tell me that I'm preaching to the choir with my blog. That it's the other "really creepy horse...
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Heart Horses

  "He's my Heart Horse," she says by way of introduction. A hush falls over the room. Or maybe that's just...
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