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: Future
Future A reckoning comes at the end of the day. A chance to notice the continuum between here and there,...
Is That Horse Hot or Fearful? The Importance of Relaxation
It's a question I've asked groups lately, "How can you tell the difference between a hot horse and a fearful...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape
"Our memory landscapes are made up of the very best and worst moments standing side by side, jerking our...
Release: Giving Your Horse Dignity
Do you remember the very first time you heard the term Natural Horsemanship? I loved the sound of those words...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light
Half-light is that instant of still understanding riding a swell of unbounded mystery. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge...
Dogs and the Things We Cannot Change
Are you the kind of person who gets nervous in a new place if there isn't a dog to talk...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance
Ay yi yi yi...Tequila Spring on the Prairie. For Edgar Rice Burro it's all about a longear tango of arc...
Pony Smart and Carrot Shy
Last week I wrote about loitering in the sun with horses and not feeding carrots. People who train with treats...
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Love
What is it about a sunset? Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share...
Carrots Aren't Enough.
We've had a lot of company at the farm lately. Sometimes I take them into the family pen. The Grandfather...
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