[The story below was written a few years ago. Two years ago, in 2010, Dorian was laid to rest here on PENZANCE. He was 30 years old. Amahl is still…

The article below is from http://www.equestrianprofessional.com. As I was reading it I really felt what Elisabeth was saying and I also felt it from the HORSE’S perspective! Imagine how your…

      The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates there are 500 million users of homeopathy world wide. 500 million people can’t be wrong!  — “While conventional medicine often tends…

The purpose of these photos is to follow up on my last blog writing. For anyone who wants to believe that my horses are ‘dying’ from ‘lush pasture, too much…

“Ambitious Kate” said,  — “don’t think she cares. she creates these dreamy scenarios which sell to clients woo woo and looks for written substantiation that what she is doing is…

From a discussion forum today: Today at 7:58am, jp wrote: I think that Caballus wanted the horse to keep it’s attention on her, did you Caballus? I think that’s very sensible with a…

Public health officials in Berkshire County say they have discovered the deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in mosquito samples for the first time ever. “It’s been tracked in Massachusetts since…

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I received a letter yesterday that was sharply revealing about the general lack of understanding about clicker training in the horse world. The letter, from an equestrian professional, stated that…

From:  http://www.animalnaturopathy.org/ Just for fun and your information, I wanted to share a few tips on how to keep any stretches you do with your horse safe and effective Have a sense…

EXCERPT FROM KATHY PIKE’S “COACHING WITH HORSES” http://www.coachingwithhorses.com/documents/kathy-pike-making-friends-keys-to-joyful-relationships.pdf“     He receives positive reinforcement. The more I tell him what is good and what works well in our relationship, the…

Horses are mammals; dogs are mammals; humans are mammals. Mammals tend to learn behaviors similarly.  In other words, if a certain behavior reaps a pleasant reward of some sort that…

A great article! http://www.equineresearch.org/support-files/hanggi-thinktrainpositively.pdf  Luv, luv, luv Evelyne Hanggi!    

OK, so you’ve seen the words “breaking” a colt or “gentling” a horse but, in viewing the methods, which term is more apropos?  In my opinion the ‘breaking’ of a…

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…

… “I think, Bob, that physiologically, the anticipation of a primary reinforcer (food, sex, water) will cause a very sharp rise in the dopamine levels which cause the horse to…

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…

Do this, do that, no – don’t do that! Do this! How many times during our horsemanship lessons (with or without a human coach *grin*) do we hear these words…

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