The 12 Fastest Ways to Connect with The Horse Modeled after “The 12 Fastest Ways to Establish Rapport” from “littlethingsmatter.com” by Todd Smith In his article, “The 12 Fastest Ways…

Can’t wait til Spring! Can’t wait til the temps get into the 70’s … so much to do. So many things I want to work on with the horses and…

Every morning God plants seeds in my heart about one thing or another. This morning I watched yet another ‘rescue’ video as I have watched so many. But my heart…

Ran across this today while browsing. Very worthwhile to pass on. Thank you, Anne Gage! http://confidenthorsemanship.wordpress.com/author/confidenthorsemanship/ Inspired from The 10 Commandments From a Pet’s Point of View by Stan Rawlinson, the Doglistener….

Random House definitions: Discipline: to punish or penalize in order to train and control; correct; chastise. Punishment: a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc. Both denote that a behavior…

Today as we succumb to yet another winter storm I had to smile. Looking out the window from my kitchen I see Tami and Diego hiding in the barn aisle-way…

ALL “worldly” medicine is scientifically based, unless it’s faith healing or magic-based. Which I (but not you, apparently) consider an altogether and entirely separate thing. Natural (therefore bound by the…

Time stands still in the star laden night. The moon shines down upon the soft white covering of snow while the horses breathe steam into the cold, frosty air. A…

As I was browsing through blogs, I ran across this. (Words in parenthesis are mine.) Dancing With God Adapted from a poem originally written by Rowland Croucher (Think of “Dancing…

I don’t usually post links to rescues as there are just so many of them and it makes my head spin and heart break. But a gal posted to FB…

What I do is shape the horse’s character to fit in harmony with me … Uh oh — am I about to embark on something that will raise hackles ? …

IS YOUR HORSE LOVED? Are YOU loved? I mean – u.n.c.o.n.d.i.t.i.o.n.a.l.l.y. Really? How can you tell? Do you fault your horse when he or she does something ‘wrong’?  In whose…

Today, November 5, 2010, almost 9 years to the day has passed since I wrote this article below. The core has not changed. On the contrary — this writing provides…

Yesterday I worked with a younger horse — a gorgeous boy!  Typical ‘guy attitude’ who thought he could push his little gal all over the place. When I first greeted…

OK, so that’s a pretty brazen title. Got your attention, though, didn’t it? The Round Pen Lie :: the lie that perpetuates itself over and over again. Going back over…

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.

When you look at a horse, what do you see? Color, legs, mane, hooves, withers and more? Look harder. Get closer. Don’t be afraid. Look in to the horse. Look…

Ok, so that’s a weird title for a writing about horses. But as I fed each one of my guys their suppers and just lightly held my hands on their…