Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
Letters: Most writers have stacks of paper on their desks, but I have stacks of cats. It's an element of...
It’s a Riding Lesson- What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Photo: J.J. Fierro. It starts innocently enough, just like every other thing that happens around horses....
Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top
The thing about being both a rescue dog and a herding dog, is that you've already lost your herd once...
Calming Signals: Are You Listening?
If you are standing next to your horse and he looks away, do you think he's distracted or even disrespectful?...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
Humans build monuments to those we honor and respect. Simple love usually isn't enough for monument status; it has to...
Training Confidence and Trust.
There's a way that a mare can pin her ears back so hard that they make almond-shaped divots on her...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold
On this side, us. On that side, ducks with no clear direction, cats with bi-polar issues, large black dogs who...
Dressage on a Rescue: Doing More with Less
Andante, ex-PMU, casts a giant shadow. I have a confession. I shop-lifted when I was in...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
Street Life on the farm is not much different. Individual personality makes for rich diversity. It takes all kinds, just...
Volunteering 101: Come Get Me.
This week spring hit the Colorado prairie. You can tell because the temperature and the wind speed are the same....
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
They are siblings; they reflect each other, they reflect their sire and dam. They reflect the herd they live in...
Subtle Abuse: When Aids Become Weapons.
My client's mare is lovely; a very well-bred athletic horse. When my client bought her, the previous owner suggested my...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
Inside? No, but thanks for asking. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a...
The Art is in the Transition.
When I see kids learning to drive these days in compact cars with automatic transmissions, I wonder where's the challenge?...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
Edgar Rice Burro is born for free jumping. I know, suspend the disbelief. No whips or spurs, just equine excellence!...
Explaining Dressage: the small print.
First of all, the reason Dressage needs some explaining is that the there are some misconceptions about this riding discipline....
Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned
ABANDONED.....NO MORE! Not the Corgis...Me. I'm no longer abandoned in the bathroom, ostracized in a tiny damp room that smells...
The Woman Who Cheated with Horses.
I like to hear Horse Husbands whine as much as the next person. Sometimes it’s almost amusing. He complains about...
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