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Category Archives: Horses and Life
Before the Fire: Planning for Emergencies
Ive been keeping an eye on the most recent California wildfire, dubbed the Lockheed fire, which at the time of this post has burnt some 6800 acres. Fires out there are commonplace, but this one, of all of them, is … Continue reading
Horse Domestication Reconsidered
Findings from Krasnyi Yar, the Kazakh site inhabited by the Botai culture, suggest that domestication of horses occurred 1000 years earlier than previously thought. Traces of milk and meat in unglazed pottery and evidence of bit use on jawbones date … Continue reading
Family Trail Ride: Horse Dreams Come True II
The family was finally ready to live their dream of a family trail ride. I trailered the ever-dependable Lucy over to join them. While the family was tacking up, Lucy and I fully enjoyed playing in an actual ARENA. Our … Continue reading
Posted in clicker training, Horses and Life, Lucy, Natural Horsemanship, Natural Trainer On The Road!, trail riding
Tagged english riding, ent, family horse, horse, horse for sale, horse show, horses, hunt seat, hunter, j.r.r. tolkein, jumping, lord of the rings, lotr, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horsemanship, parelli, parelli natural horse-man-ship, parelli natural horsemanship, pat parelli, QH, quarter horse, tb, thoroughbred, tolkein, trail ride, trail riding, treebeard
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Thoughts on Natural Horsemanship and Horse Whispering
The Horse Whisperer. Both history and the pop culture notion of natural horsemanship paint an image of the silent, mystical horseman whose mere presence calms the wildest equine outlaw. By using skills invisible to the average human, the horse whisperer … Continue reading
Posted in Horse Trainer's Mindset, Horse Training Philosophy, Horses and Life, Inner Natural Horsemanship, Natural Horsemanship
Tagged advice, classical dressage, classical horse training, classical horsemanship, equestrian, equine, horse, horse trainer, horse whisperer, horse woman, horsemanship, horses, john rarey, natural, natural horse, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horseman, natural horsemanship, naturally, nonverbal communication, principle, principles, tip, tips, training
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Horse Training Tale of Threes
Today’s horse training success story came in a trilogy. No small wonder, God kinda favors threes 🙂 Got the kind of call midday every trainer dreams of: “you probably don’t remember me but…” “Of COURSE I remember you, you’re Cassidy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Balanced Seat Riding, Dressage... Naturally!, Horses and Life
Tagged 4 year olds, best of luck, cassidy, cassidy kushner, chiropracters, colt, dressage, electric shock, equestrian, equine, fridse, frisian, google, horse, horse rescue, horse story, junior, kid program, KY kentucky, leadline, lexinton, manda, midday, morgan horse championshios, morgan horse dressage championship, national, nations, natural horse training volunteer, ouke, preamble, rescue, rescue foundation, secretariat center, small wonder, stallions, things that go bump in the night, thoroughbred, thoroughbred rescue, thoroughbred rescue foundation, threes, training, trf, valley trader, vets, wonder god, world, worlds
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Fire at Southern States Feed Co-Op
The leading edge of the storm raged violently enough to wake us around 3:30 am. The sky glowed like daybreak and thunder rumbled and crashed continuously. We marveled at the window as the storm grew more powerful. We had no … Continue reading
Posted in Horses and Life
Tagged equestrian, equine, feed, feed co-op, fire, grain, horse, horses, lightning, ranson, southern states, west virginia
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Gift From A Horse
Like any young horse in training, Wally the Warmblood has his good days. He has his not-so-good days and he has those frustrating, tear-out-your-hair days when he seems to forget how to put one foot in front of the other, … Continue reading
Posted in Balanced Seat Riding, Centered Riding tm, Dressage... Naturally!, Horses and Life, Inner Natural Horsemanship
Tagged advice, dressage, equestrian, equine, horse, horse whisperer, horse woman, horsemanship, horses, natural, natural horse, natural horse training, natural horse training methods, natural horseman, natural horsemanship, naturally, principle, principles, tip, tips, trail ride, trail riding, training
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Eclipse From The Round Pen
Hoofbeats soft on snow. Nickers beneath the eclipse. There! A shooting star!
Posted in Equine Art and Inspiration, Horses and Life
Tagged 2007, almost heaven horse source, eclipse, february, haiku, horse, lunar, moon, natural horsemanship, photo, photography, picture, poem, poetry, round pen, roundpen
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New Horse for Training. The More Things Change…
…The more they stay the same. Wally the warmblood arrived safe and sound for 6 months or so of training board while his owner is out of the country. His owner’s goals: use Centered riding, natural horsemanship and classical training … Continue reading
Posted in Centered Riding tm, Challenges, Ideas & Exercises, Dressage... Naturally!, Horses and Life, Natural Horsemanship
Tagged 3-day eventing, boarder, classical training, dressage, dressage horse, eventing, horse, horse riding lessons, horse trainer, horse training, horse woman, horse women, horsewoman, horsewomen, jeannie, natural horsemanship, oldenburg, philosophy, polocrosse, pony club, powerful woman, show jumper, sinjin, thoroughbred, three-day eventing, training board, training principles, wally, warmblood
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