As you know, if you’ve been following my past blogs, that Jazz was my heart horse. He and I were best friends for 34 years. I came into his life when he was about 1 as his trainer. Then became his owner and his rescuer a year after that. But the short version of our long journey together is that I ...
Today’s blog is a heart-felt condolence for all those who have lost horses in their lifetime. It is a blessing to have a horse, but it is also devastating when you lose one. Just this past month I lost my beloved Apollo. He was 31 years old and had a heart attack during a terrible storm here in Maryland. We had ...
This is a continuation of the blog story from the last 2 weeks, so if you haven’t read those choose one of the links below first… https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/is-it-you-or-your-horse-part-i/ https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/is-it-you-or-your-horse-part-ii/ In the last part of the story, I had finally regained the use of my legs and had gone back to my old study books to try and discover a more compassionate way ...
This is a continuation of last week’s blog story so if you haven’t read that first, click this link… https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/is-it-you-or-your-horse-part-i/ As you will recall, after being confined to a wheelchair I found that none of the usual training methods were working and I couldn’t figure out why. Just as I seemed destined to fail…the breakthrough came. What I learned from the ...
In this week’s blog I want to tell you a little about my background and how I got to where I am today. At first glance this might seem a little self-serving, but by reading about my journey with horses, my hope is that you too will benefit from the insights and lessons I learned along the way. I promise you, ...
I have another story for you today. I want to tell you about something that happened to me in 2005 that changed the way I looked at horses forever. It was a morning like any other morning as I drove to the barn to look after my 2 horses, Jazz and his son Apollo. Before he was born I was hoping ...