What are you thankful for in the way of horses, and family who may make horses all possible? Give it some thought this holiday season and create your own list! Here’s mine!
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10 lessons in horse love
It’s debatable whether horses love people or not. But they definitely feel very big emotion for them and about them. It’s easy to be flattered when a horse pays special attention to you and depends upon just you – even more so than when your dog licks your face!
The “no change zone” for dealing with changes for horses
The changes in horse’s living conditions can sometimes make a sensitive horse upset. The things that are constant will comfort him, but the change in surroundings – sights, smells, sounds, can all make a difference to his well being. Until he gets used to it, it can be a time when new behavior emerges.
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The healing herd
When the old horse was led out past the barn, the younger one lifted his head in curiosity and sniffed the air. Something was not right, or perhaps it was. The old horse had been wobbling, fragile, his skin becoming paper thin and hanging on his bony frame like ghostly fabric. His heart was missing beats, and there was not much natural timing left in him. He was not able to eat much, and so therefore the younger horse would eat all he left. The younger horse had watched and felt old horses become distant and other-worldly before they passed on. He knew, the moment the old horse hit the ground, his heart suddenly stilled, that he was gone, and his pain was a thing of the recent past.
Working with all six senses and horses
I’m traveling this week, and decided to post this blog that I wrote last year about working with all the senses with horses. I think it’s an important topic for all of us – attuning ourselves to what our horses are seeing, hearing and feeling.
Beyond the norm: no force = great horse
Recently I’ve been in social situations with my horse and other riders where I’ve been faced with how differently I do things.
I have come to a rift in thinking with most people who ride or work with horses. The popular jargon states that we must “make our horse do things” and “keep the feet moving” and “don’t give up on the activity or the horse will have won.” “I run my horse around in the round pen so I know what kind of horse I have before I ride.”
In the big pasture of life
Yesterday my mare Zuzka was the last to come back in from the pasture. The two boys came in willingly as they knew it was feeding time. She knew this too, but she loves grazing more than anything, even dinner.
On the way to performance with liberty horse training
Recently liberty presentations have been a part of national competitions, such as the Extreme Mustang Makeover and just this past weekend, the American Horsewoman’s Challenge (AHC). These events require trainers to train a horse within a prescribed space of time.
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5 paths to building connection with horses
Liberty walking with your horse deepens the working bond
I’m reblogging this Body Language blog from 2013 this week as I’ve been at a clinic all weekend and haven’t had time to write one. Take a look and watch the video. If you like the blog, consider subscribing so you can receive the blog on a weekly basis. Thank you , Susan