I’m teaching the boys to pick out their written name. I made cards with their names (front and back of the card) and the names of people they see frequently. I’ll need to create duplicates of the people cards and …

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You won’t believe what we did today.

This morning we put two hula hoops together so that the BIG hoop was 5 feet in diameter. The hoop we use for lifting over his body is just a wee bit over …

We’ve been working on having Zelador fetch an article and give it to a specific individual. Initially I walk towards the person and later I stay where I am and he figures out whom to carry it to. For example: …

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A year or so ago I was thinking that it might be interesting to take a hula hoop and move it from around the horse’s front legs, over its body and rest it on the floor around its back legs. …

A friend who’s already taught her horse to paint said the brush she uses is three inches wide with a three inch long wooden handle. She also wrote that she uses a stencil with the first initial of her horse’s …

Yesterday Zelador demonstrated (once again) that he understands a lot more than we think he does. He was on the rotating top pedestal with both front feet nicely balanced in the centre. Someone in the small audience (four people sitting …

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I had an idea. Why not ask Zelador to take something to another person? I know he can figure out their names. So, we tried this Monday. Ann Clifford was here and so was Amy Harris who manages the blogs …

I received the following email from a lady who attended our clinic with Nicole Weinauge.

Hi Winnie,

I have just finished reading a book about someone who was able to teach a horse many things.  Beautiful Jim Key.  Here is …

Thursday, August 4th, there was an auction of 22 Arabians on a farm south of Schomberg. A friend of mine, Sandra, toured the farm where the Arabian horses were stabled on Tuesday, with her vet.

Whenever she glanced at a …

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