A couple of video and blog views today really struck me. The first from Andrew and Vicki of horsesandhumans.org: “The basic relationship between you and your horse is not something…

In my ‘line of work’ I need to be able to communicate with the 1000 lb. critters without voices of their own. Horses are unique simply because of their size…

– Almost always, the way to get a better response is to back the pressure off,instead of adding more. via [IceHorses] rashid quotes.

Equine Consulting.   A link to some poignant quotes:  http://www.thepenzancehorse.com/2009/QUOTES/quotes.htm

Mark 9:33-34 “After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?” But they didn’t answer, because they…

Last year we had several months that included PLAY DAYS here on PENZANCE. I’m excited that I can now report that this coming season, 2012, will also see regular PLAY…

I’m posting a blog post from http://heccateisis.wordpress.com cause I think its one of the most poignant posts I’ve read in a long, long time. Everyone talks about the horse has to trust…

The magic … the draw … the inner swell of Horse. What is it that is seemingly genetic in our blood that goes through the generations? The photo above is…

This happened a couple of years ago and as I re-read it I was reminded of the unique connection we can all have with our horses … so special and…

horses, balance, control, alpha, boss, energy, synergistic, riding horses.

For almost 50 years I’ve lived and ridden and worked and played with horses. For almost 50 years they’ve been the most incredible teachers for me. Now, at 60 years…

When we are blessed to have a very best friend do we not think and do what we might feel is in the best interest of that friend? Why, then, do we, as much as we espouse ‘friendship with horses’, continue to think of our horses as some ‘things’ to be ‘controlled’?

On Leadership and Horses …

Arghhhhhhhhhh!  JUST read a post on a forum where someone described her horse as images of my former, horrible, buddy-sour, evil-b**ch mare THAT is just wrong. Horses are horses. They…

Wow — all these new ‘buzzwords’ coming around for “Horsemanship”. I won’t name any but suffice they’re all feel-good, words-of-the-day, to describe something that is centuries old … GOOD HORSEMANSHIP….

We are but pilgrims in the land of Equus. Unkown, unfamiliar travelers who seek to find the answers. What are we but mutual, created beings upon this earth? In the…

Something is in the air. Something is changing. Something which I can’t quite put my finger on. I think – the horses listen. I talk – the horses listen. I…

My appointment was for a hour – this was only the 4th time I’d worked with this gal and her young filly straight off the track. The horse was one of the most dangerous I’ve worked with as she operated on sheer reactive memories. Mostly those reactions were conceived from terror. There were no warning signs – this filly would merely swing around and come at ya to save her life, ears flat back, teeth bared or hooves flying.

To give a bit of definition to 12 Senses Horsemanship, these flash cards will define each point.

TODAY :: View the flash cards and with each one think of how you can use this sense with your horse today.

Today I am embarking on a journey — a 12 step journey. The steps may be big, they may be baby steps but they will be steps forward. Even in backwards steps we go forward if we strive to learn from them.

Care to join me?