Genetic wiring, prior experiences, personality styles and horse proclivities all play a role in designing an effective strategy to build a partnership with the horse. If you’re not keeping your horse in the conversation, you’re losing opportunities to bond on a much deeper level.
Category Archives: Horse Humor
Horse wishes for the holidays
Horses that view shelter as their pristine palace and don’t hold it in then deposit with pride the moment they enter their stall or shed
Horses (and the dumb things people do with them) will make you laugh
There have been a couple of mornings when the wind is fierce and the temperatures low that all horses are enjoying the comfort inside the run-ins. Most days, though, a number of herd members have decided these new additions to their living quarters are an ideal lavatory. I’m getting ready to hang signs to re-label all the run-ins ‘outhouses.’
Grand Prix Jumping
It’s hard not to be awestruck by the athleticism of horses competing on the Grand Prix circuit. This is a fun video that shows a group of guys hamming it up to clear the height without the benefit of a horse beneath them. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbo3yr_horseman-a-dresden-homme-cheval-bab_shortfilms#from=embed To get a little personal for a moment, I did track…
What can Arlo Guthrie teach us about horsemanship?
Friday’s Opinion Driving through Massachusetts yesterday morning on my way to Thanksgiving with family in Connecticut, I started flipping through radio stations (any of you who have driven the Mass Pike from points west know how quickly signals fade on the dial through the Berkshires and beyond). I tuned in half way through a song…
Top Ten signs your horse has driven you to madness
10. You spend more on your horse than you do on your kids 9. Mud and manure on your clothing are considered, in your mind, a cute accessory 8. You love to cuddle with your horse and resent all the clean up time required for your spouse 7. Your instructor, your family and your dogs…
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