Ben and Joy

Anna Blake recently posted a piece on bringing horses home that deals with the all too often ignored aspect of just how much disruption we subject horses to.  I have long been sensitive to how what we see as simple, and often necessary, changes in a horse’s life can actually be highly disruptive to what … More Ben and Joy

Social Politeness

At the recent ground work conference I attended, there were two demonstration handlers who were said to be professional trainers.  From the first moments, when they were awaiting their demo, there was an aggressiveness to their handling of the horses that bothered me.  In most cases, they were handling horses that did not belong to … More Social Politeness