Channel Archives: Learn

If your breakfast, like our breakfast, consisted of cutout cookies and a white chocolate mocha, it's easy to feel like your diet day is already shot. (Oh that was just us? Okay then.)...

I recently read a quote by George Morris that resonated with me a lot. Now, I’m not a “GM groupie”. I respect his accomplishments as a horseman and I think...

In far-East Siberia, the winter landscape is as beautiful as it is fatal; an unbroken sheet of white stretching out as far as the eye can see, desolate and frozen. This...

Unless you happen to be flying south for the season, the first snows of winter are just around the corner in many places, and the time to make sure you’re prepared...

We all know that adding more shavings to a stall often just feels like, well, more:more to clean, more to pay for, and more to lug in and out of the barn....

In Part 1 I spoke of Operant conditioning training as one of the different forms of teaching we can employ. During these discussions I have sometimes struggled with making clear...

While perusing the internet in search of a delicious slice of horse news to feed you fine people, I came across a tantalizing headline: "Horse Breeding and Human Rights in Turkmenistan". Click. If...

[caption id="attachment_2980" align="alignleft" width="395"] Mary Ida Young (Courtesy of Absorbine®)[/caption] Whether the men of yore like to admit it or not, women have always played an important role in horse...

The kind and natural approach Several years ago, in search of an ethical alternative to the harsh and seemingly senseless mainstream training techniques, I began following a system of natural...

1. Humans making sudden, unnecessary movements—movements that could be perceived as aggression on the part of the human (like chasing them with a plastic bag tied to a whip). [caption...

Along with back-to-school jitters, warm hazy mornings, and some dynamite sweet corn, the Dog Days of summer are notorious for their late-season flies, which can be a nuisance to your horses,...

Horses are amazing. This is a fact that has become abundantly clear to me throughout the 2+ years I’ve worked with horses as a Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)...

Colic has been recognized in horses for a long, long time, but it’s only fairly recently that have veterinarians have been able to accurately diagnose, and effectively treat, colic cases....

We’ve all seen the scary adorable Chinese Crested dog and the weird unique looking Sphinx cat, but where are all the hairless horses on the Internet? Equine hairlessness, it turns...

Perhaps one of the most destructive of all emotions is fear of failure. This is not your normal everyday fear of being injured; it’s the fear of making a mistake,...

Maybe you have worked with and around horses for most of your life, or perhaps you have simply owned the same horse for years. You are comfortable in your knowledge;...

Elastic on the girth hinders saddle security. Bloating does not. Tension fluctuates with pace. Forget everything you think you know about girths. The research is in and it goes against almost...

Working horses in summer heat creates some significant welfare issues with consequences as severe as death. Research has provided some very valuable information but despite this there are still many...

Okay. If you own a mare, then this article is not for you. If you own a gelding and clean his sheath daily with postman-like predictability and discipline, then this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNXUho0YbaA You’re heading to the first jump on course. What could go wrong? ONLY EVERYTHING. 1. Your horse spooks A golf-cart backfires, the speakers pop, Jumbotron blows a bulb, the mere...