Dealing with anxiety at a show, or in any context for that matter, requires the effective application of certain skills. As much as many of us would love a quick...
Unless you hail from Southwest Germany, chances are high you have never seen a Black Forest Horse in the flesh. And that's a shame because they are flat out GORGEOUS....
A pair of pack horses are injured when they lose their footing during a river crossing in a remote Alaskan backcountry. Eight hours from the nearest road, it’s a mad...
On the bit. It’s one of the most common phrases you hear in horse training, but what does it actually mean? Before we can work on getting on the bit, we...
Three-day eventer Elisa Wallace, of Jasper, GA, redefines the term “barn dance” in her latest video blog. Watch her cut a rug while desensitizing the spooky young Mustang, Sparks, to Elle King’s pop hit “Exes and Ohs.”...
[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignleft" width="229"] Dr. Hilary Clayton[/caption] The following is a summary of Dr. Hilary Clayton’s clinic on equine biomechanics at the University of New Hampshire Equine Program on October...
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....
