Communication between person to person is easy, right? We do it every day. It should be natural, right? Not always. How many times have you had a conversation with a friend or a spouse/partner and just shook your head afterward? How many times have you been frustrated because you either couldn’t get your point across or you didn’t understand their point? ...
Well, it’s been another exciting week! I finally finished renovating my backyard pond. Or should I say my “Serenity Space”. First I had to clean the old one out, remove all the rocks, put the fish in an inside tank, pump out the water, and throw away the liner. Lots of heavy-duty manual labor. It was a good workout. Then the ...
Today’s blog is just for fun. As with your horses, a balance of learning and playtime is very important. So, let’s play! The old wives’ tale is that we choose animals that have similar personalities as our own. And that if we took a hard look at what we see in our horse, we could see ourselves reflected back. Take a ...
Recently, I was trying to remember what my first training experience was, how old I was, and was it my cat, dog, or horse. After much thought, I remembered… It was actually my baby brother, Bryan. I was 15 years old and my brother was about 12 months old. He had just started saying his first words. His first word was ...
I’m not sure if your journey with horses has been quite like mine. But I’m guessing it’s safe to say that you’ve tried learning what you could to get to where you are now. And like me, you’ve probably gone through some periods of trial and error, kept some of the ideas you’ve learned, and tossed a few of them out ...
One of my students told me she was looking for a new horse and asked me what she should look for. She said that she had gone out to see two horses for sale and the seller had her watch her handle the two horses on the ground and in the saddle. But the seller didn’t allow her to handle the ...