The day started off just like any other day… I finished my morning coffee, kissed hubby goodbye, and headed out to the barn to see my boys. Everything seemed perfectly normal and the horses were in the pasture happily eating the new grass that was starting to grow with all the rain we’ve been having. Except something in the back of ...
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good holiday season.Mine was, shall we say, a little different than normal and not quite what I had been expecting.However, I won’t go into the gruesome details but suffice it to say there were times when I wished it wasn’t just the turkey being stuffed.I should have remembered the words of my dear ...
It’s the age-old question, isn’t it?The Carrot or the Stick? Which should you use when it comes to training your horse?Is it possible to develop a close relationship with your horse and still get him or her to do what you want?These are questions I regularly get asked by students. So, if you’re wondering the same thing, I’d like to answer ...
Dave had been around horses most of his life and was an “old cowboy”. When I saw him actually tear up at the end of our second day together I knew he could feel a connection with his horse he had never felt before. The horse in question was called Bob. Bob was a large, stocky thoroughbred Dave had rescued from ...
“He’s a real ogre, I’d watch out what you say or do when he’s around.” This was the introduction to my new boss from my colleagues. This was back in the day before I became a trainer when I started work as a behavioral psychologist at one of the nation’s leading mental health facilities. I was young and impressionable and so ...
“Can you help me, I can’t control them!”This was the urgent phone call I received from a friend the other day.But the problem wasn’t horses, it was humans…She went to on to tell me that about how much trouble she was having with the employees in her division at the prospering, small business where she works. My friend is the sweet, ...