Here are some of the paintings the horses created this December. They painted more, but by the time we got photos of them many of the paintings were in their new homes with my vet, riding coach and several friends. …
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Wow, where has the time gone? It feels like a distant memory already, our time in France.
After we returned, and Sam had some rest, I took him a few hours down South and did a competitive trail ride at …
I’d like to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a positive New Year.
I also wanted to thank Horse Canada for publishing my articles. I will only be doing the blog this coming year, so those …
Clicker training for many is something they slip on easily like a well fitting glove. For others it represents a real U-turn in their thinking. They have become comfortable with their current tool kit. Swinging a lead doesn’t feel forceful.
Winter, say First Nation native people, is when nature slows down, sleeps, hibernates, re-charges itself, a time for reflections. Feeding this morning, just before the seasons turn into longer days again (oh yes please!), the hoar frost is spikily
December fourth Bill and I celebrated our thirtieth wedding anniversary. Invariably we recall a few of our most memorable moments. Often they are stored under the heading “Bad Boy Bill Stories”. (Believe me when I say, “I could write a &hell
“Horse people,” remarked a fellow equestrian instructor a while back, “still buy books,” and surprised, I realized she’s absolutely right. Mind, my local library reports a decrease in Kindle-read literature, but a surprising 16 per cent
The weather forecast for this weekend is WARM! We’re looking at no precipitation and temperatures around 5 Celsius. Time to break out the paints and brushes and give the horses an opportunity to express themselves on canvas. I learned a …
This week I was reminded once again just how small the horse world really is sometimes. While Jen and Luc rocked another two-day clinic with Melissandre Lincourt, I unexpectedly ran into an old riding comrade. She was riding in the …
