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Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin

This isn’t real horsey and it is an advertisement but the message is a great one. Know who you are and be comfortable in your own skin. It’s also kind of fun! Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin  Read More →

Great Bridle less and Horsemanship Video

This is a great video of a horse trainer in Texas on a Mustang. Horses are truly amazing animals. Enjoy! Teach Your Horse to go Bridle Less  Read More →

Free Style Dance with Horses In Dixie ( Video)

This is a fun and great video. Horses are such amazing animals. You don’t even have to ride to have fun and achieve your goals with a horse.  It’s worth your time to watch this. Horses can teach us as much as we teach them. Dixie National Free-Style Reining: Diane Ward Mustang Exhibition You can also find this video at Rail and Pattern... [Read more of this review]

5 Horse Trainer Rants and 5 Gratitudes

I’ve owned, bred, raised, worked with and been involved with quarter horses for over 10 years now and before that paint horses and before that a mixture of no particular breeds. I had my daughters involved in 4H and open shows when they were growing up. I got into breed shows when I owned paint horses and then quarter horses and starting showing... [Read more of this review]

Horse Lovers Goals May Be Simple

Yesterday I spent the day with a friend whose mare has just foaled a pretty filly for him by HH Redrock. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. The barn where the mare and foal reside is located in the unlikely middle of a busy suburban area south of Seattle. The owner of the barn and I chatted about the upcoming show season and I asked her... [Read more of this review]

AQHA Horse Lovers and Dressage Lovers Unite

Take a look at the following link to find out about how AQHA is adding Dressage to the AQHA shows: http://www.aqha.com/news/2010PressReleases/01252010dressage.html AQHA Welcomes Dressage as an Official Class American Quarter Horse Journal The American Quarter Horse Journal, January 25, 2010 – Dressage is now an official AQHA class – one in which... [Read more of this review]

Warm up Horses for us Over the Hill Gang

You might be asking what hill is that? Well my hill is the over 50 age bracket hill ( I just can’t bring myself to admit to more than that) and how is warming up horses different for me than you 30 somethings out there…here goes… My horses and I have had the winter off from any real training or horseback riding so we are a bit soft... [Read more of this review]

Horses Don’t Lie

In his book Horses Don’t Lie Chris Irwin has this to say about how we affect our horses behaviors. “In other sports, if you’re not having your best day, it doesn’t bother your equipment. Your golf clubs don’t care if you slice and your surfboard doesn’t care if you fall off. Horses, however, care intensely. Remember,... [Read more of this review]

The Real Meaning of Ride Your Horse in Western Pleasure

Ok maybe it’s just me and you haven’t fallen into this particular horseback riding trap…Or maybe you have and just don’t want to admit it. What’s the trap? Read on and find out… You love your horse and aren’t sure how to really get them finished for a particular riding discipline for example western pleasure.... [Read more of this review]

Horses Give Us Instant Feedback on Our Leadership of Them

Humans (us)  live behind polite faces and  constantly live in the past or future. We are either worrying about what we did in the past or what the future will hold for us. We live behind political barriers and polite faces so others rarely see who we really are. Horses on the other hand live entirely in the moment and have no need to hide behind... [Read more of this review]

Enjoy Your Horse at Any Age

It doesn’t matter what your age is you can still enjoy your horse. My husband and I have a lot of fun working our horses from the ground. I still ride but he has given up riding but loves going out to brush them, talk to them and teach them from the ground. Which of course works out for me because he keeps them all clean and shiny for me and... [Read more of this review]

Horses are Being Abandoned

Horses Abandoned Due to the Economy « On The Scene « FOXNews.com By Claudia Cowan Across the nation, a staggering number of horses are winding up at animal shelters, either relinquished by their owners, or seized by animal protection officers. At the SPCA in Monterey County, they’re seeing a 5-fold increase – 20 … On The Scene –... [Read more of this review]

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