WPC: Relic
Relics: Senior horses are the very best. The Grandfather Horse and I have been together for so long that the...
Listen First, Train Later.
Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...
A Muck Meditation on Barn Swallows.
I feel sorry for people who don't muck. How do they organize their thoughts? Or come up with creative training...
WPC: Contrasts
Contrasts show the far extremes. They show the difference; an attempt to understand right from wrong through black and white...
Contact: Holding hands with horses.
What is the world’s speed record for learning to ride on happy contact? 18 years? Maybe 23? It’s a joke...
WPC: Between.
Between our heads and their hearts, between our feet and their flanks, between our hands and their mouth, let there...
Wrestling with Helmet Safety.
I almost got in a bar fight a few months back. It was bad: I got frustrated and when...
WPC: Extra, Extra
It is hard to put into words what the thing is about horses. What the extra different thing this animal...
An Argument Against the Whip.
There is a time-worn adage about whips. Just like bits or spurs, whips are only as cruel or kind as...
Edgar Rice Burro says Good Night. (Video)
It was one of those perfectly beautiful evenings at Infinity Farm. Edgar Rice Burro had been wrestling and scratching all...
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