“Every barn knows of at least one horse with a hang-up. “She‟s a great horse, all except for this one weird thing…” “This horse is bullet proof as long…

Copy of a note I just sent to a group list talking about social behaviors of horses … and that ole dominance thang … This conversation intrigues me. Only because…

No one is saying that using pressure and release of pressure does not work. No one is saying punishment doesn’t “work”. But there is a difference in the quality of…

  Alot of hoopla about connecting and establishing relationships with horses … its all over the natural horse cyberspace … and I will be bold enough to say alot of…

  If you’d like to be part of learning how to utilize positive reinforcement training I will be doing several workshops: JUNE 30th: Full Circle Equestrian, at beautiful BALLARDS FARM…

FORUM QUESTION >>My older gelding has recently developed the terrible habit of spinning around and kicking out when I let him out in the field in the morning. I’m at…

“The harem group has a clear hierarchy in which the stallion and head mare are the two most central individuals in a very literal sense. The head mare is often…

When you keep working through a whirling dust storm, you will spend the next few days picking little bits of hay and wind-driven-dust out of every imaginable place—your hair, your…

Just saw this on Facebook … couldn’t be more apropos for …  GOOD HORSEMANSHIP!

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…

I was browsing through Shawna’s blog this morning and ran across this. Thought it was apropos to post considering Chief’s terror over having his hooves handled. I concur with this…

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

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…

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…

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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….

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.