The Middle Path: Discipline
“… not wanting to be a namby-pamby nag.”
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Talking Animals at Midnight
A holiday message, from one who doesn’t celebrate.
Seriously Lighthearted
Us, from our horse’s perspective.
Leadership Percentages and Confused Horses
Can you listen too much?
How to Relieve Your Horse's Anxiety
The trouble with being stoic, like any stoic horse will tell you, is that you don’t have fewer feelings; you just try harder to hide them.
Part Three: Riding Above Fear
Only go as far as the beginning of anxiety and pause…
Things to Not Say When Someone’s Horse Dies.
I’ve been tinkering with this essay since my Grandfather Horse died five years ago, but it would have been ungrateful to post it then. People were truly kind and part of it was my doing. I wrote a memoir about him, and strangers felt they knew him. Since then, two horses and two donkeys (including … Read more
Clinic & Consultations
Clinics & Consultations Let’s Work Together Relaxed & Forward is Affirmative Training Note: I continue to travel for live clinics, but fewer this year. I have some elders at home and don’t want to be away for so long. I’ll be focusing on the Barn School courses. Online Learning: The Relaxed & Forward School offers intensive small-group … Read more
Part One: My Horse Betrayed Me.
The price of our words.
Teaching Your Horse to Relax
Less correction; more direction.