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 : Culture
Culture, as a verb, is to maintain conditions that nurture and grow. That's the plan: to grow in understanding and...
The As-If Rule.
“That horse has been beat!” is her opinion. Sometimes you can look at a horse and just tell. He's showing...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Edgar Rice Burro. Easy to look UP to, in so many ways. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is...
Relationship Status: It's Complicated.
I've been thinking about the words we use to label our relationship with the animals in our lives. It isn't...
Weekly Photo Challenge – Change
Change. Inevitable. Necessary. Not always pretty. “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs...
Mutual Respect and Trust, at Any Size.
I love working with ponies and minis. I know it isn’t politically correct for a dressage queen. I don't think...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
One of the first things you notice about living on the plains is that it's kind of... well, plain. There...
NEW BARN RULES
I was at a barn recently, talking to the manager about a client who would be hauling her mule in. ...
Weekly Photo Challenge: A Day in My Life
Live a day in my life, walk a mile in my shoes, before you judge me. Well, judge sounds harsh,...
Lead Mare/ Musical Chair
I’m lucky to have a herd of horses under my care. Some people call it horse poor, but I feel...
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