Rescuing Rusty

Nate’s history deserves a post all its own. I will barely touch on it here, he was starved, locked in a stall, gelded late, slightly crazy, forgiving, and dependable. That’s…

The idea of stopping the whole rule following thing. Let yourself be who you are without all the people telling you who and what you  should be. What could be…

Rusty and I are back at it with the Western Dressage. Our first virtual show is done and over. Reading through the comments on our test was a test of…

“The moment you say “yeah, but, ” is the moment that you don’t want my honest opinion. You want me to say what you want to hear.” Quoting Denny Emerson,…

I’ve been having way too much fun dressing the horses up for Christmas this year. As I went back through the videos I happened to stumble across this lovely little…

I took Rusty and Harvey in to the school to do a few tricks for the kids. It was a perfect day, warm and still. Tomorrow it is supposed to…

I don’t talk  to my dad very often. Not because I don’t love him, I do! He’s a great dad. Neither of us are much at the phone thing though.…

If training horses is like raising children… No matter how we raise our children or train our horses it is guaranteed that they will embarrass us if people are looking.…

If training horses is like raising children… Yes, children who are told no and yelled at often can be just as rotten as those who are raised in a more…