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Finding Sanity While Worrying for the Future

Wrung out and pooped from consecutive days of snow and 40 mph winds, interspersed with monster gusts that felt like...
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There’s More To Affirmative Training Than Saying Good Boy

Edgar Rice Burro has another abscess. At least that's what I hope because it's the least terrible option. Chronic foot...
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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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