I recently ran across a series of videos of Sylvia Loch giving a talk and lesson on classical training methods. She covers a range of concepts in an easy to follow manner. The first and last are short, but the others run over sixteen minutes. So, grab that bowl of popcorn and enjoy! Part 1 … More Sylvia Loch
About fifteen years ago, when I backed off from riding seriously, I got my first dog. It was late in life, for an animal crazy girl like me. I’d grown up loving dogs, almost as much as I loved horses. But, by the time I was an adult, I’d come to mostly not like them. … More Dog “tricks” for horses
I am about to become a supervisor again, after five years of being responsible for my work only. In fact, I spent today interviewing candidates for one of the positions on my new team. This change in role and responsibility has me thinking about leadership again. How do I get the people who have been … More Establishing leadership
Another adventurous day with the horses … perhaps a bit too adventurous this time. It started with Tally. I am so proud of her progress – slow but steady. Today she was so relaxed that she was actually lazy! When else would you be proud of a horse being lazy? But that is a significant … More Of triumphs, tearaways and terrifying aliens!
We have been amused, recently, by new residents in our barn. Our encounters first began with a mystery – some small critter was leaving its “calling card” on the floor of my tackroom. It might have been a rat – we had an explosion of them last year (hazards of having a barn) – but … More A slight diversion …
I learned this week that Noble’s sire was recently euthanized. To non-horse people he would be “just a horse”, but horse people know that there are those special horses that rise above the rest. For Katje’s person, he was one of those horses. I never met Katje, as he lives a continent away, but I … More Farewell, Katje
Horse Crazy Once Again 