RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Container
It's the best container for a hairy black dog in July. This is Tomboy (aka Swamp Thing.) She likes the...
Donkeys for Peace: Edgar Rice Burro, my Hero.
It was the gelding's day for the south pasture, the best turnout spot. They are athletic boys who like to...
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...
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