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Reactive Dogs and Affirmative Peer Pressure

    Ruby Pearl and Preacher Man Ruby lives with my friend, Lara. We both have...
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Intuition, Trust, and Horse Training

I'm thinking about trusting intuition. Or even recognizing intuition. Or comprehending trust, for that matter. Those words are made of...
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False Spring and the Dying Gasp of Winter

Have you been hibernating? It's a smart choice, but time to wake up. The geese are back. I've been courting...
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How Long Must Animals Suffer?

And yes, in Colorado it is perfectly legal. Warning: I'm writing about death because I hope to make peace. If...
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The January Manure Wars

I like to use farm implements for a couple of years after they first break down because I'm frugal. Think...
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When Horses Ask For Help

She is a woman of a certain age. A retired wildlife biologist who wears Crocs when weather permits, and muck...
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Calming Signals and Playing Poker with Horses.

I can't remember my age when I first saw Dogs Playing Poker, the famous painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. It...
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Calming Signals: In Honor of a Truck Dog

It's Corgi tufting season. I gather enough hair in my mouth to build a bird's nest hourly. It's effortless, but...
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Count to Three and Jump… It’s a New Year

It's the week between Christmas and New Years. And call it a holiday tradition, but I have no idea what...
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Horsewomen and the Reverse Banana Peel Approach

Do you ever just stop in your tracks, look at your (insert your choice: horse, dog, child) and go blank?...
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How To Become a Horse Whisperer

In fifth grade, they pulled us out of class for hearing tests. They clamped skinny black headphones on us and...
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A Problem with the Word “Connection”

I feel it in my bones like a rusty joint before a rainstorm. An itch that flopping around in a...
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Thanksgiving Traditions: Both Light or Dark, Please

  Over the river and through the woods, To grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry...
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How the Farm Says Thank You. (Audio)

Happy Thanksgiving from Infinity Farm and The Gray Mare Podcast.
... Relaxed and Forward Training by Anna Blake...
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Calming Signals: Haunted by a Black Cat in a Pink Dress.

I was taking the trash out to the dumpster in the alley. As I reached the back gate, I saw...
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Problem Solving and Hay In Our Bras.

It blurted out the end of my fingers before I knew it. "Eventually I learned how to keep hay out...
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The Pendulum of Change Doth Swing. I’ll Be In the Barn.

It started snowing the night before last and snowed all yesterday. The wind speed was higher than the temperature. That...
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Halloween: Twenty-Five Years on This Farm

It's a special day here on Infinity Farm. I signed loan papers on this property on the last day of...
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