This week I worked with Libby, a 30 year old Quarter Horse mare, for the first time. Libby and her owner, Kirsten, were referred to me by Libby’s massage therapist, Heather Davis. Libby suffers from some lameness due to injury and hard use (before Kirsten). Not surprisingly as a result she holds her body very tightly. The massage therapy has helped Libby but Heather believed that if Libby could become more...
Editor’s Note: Laurie Grann is a dear friend and a most excellent horse woman. She recently participated in a week long clinic with Mark Rashid. She wrote up her thoughts about how she is working his ideas into her every day riding. The result is what follows. Perhaps if we are all very nice to her she will contribute again!
Today, my sister and I went on a 14 mile ride–2 loops of about 7 miles...
I have “known” Ann Bradley (in the cyber-sense) for many years. I’ve always felt in her a kindred spirit, a person of like mind. So, it is no surprise, really, for me to be writing now that I nodded my way through her book, “Of Life and Horses: The Nature of the Horse.” I expected to enjoy the book and I did!
This is not a book about training horses in the sense of providing...
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On a recent visit my client, Nell, told me about an interview she listened to with Dr. David Bresler. FYI, David E. Bresler, PhD, LAc is a neuroscientist, board certified acupuncturist and health psychologist, author, and educator best known for his pioneering work with people in chronic pain. Anyway, during the interview much of...
On his blog Tom Widdecombe brought up the point about how important it is to get the little things right. It is important because it is those little things that add up down the road to mean a nice ride or a less than nice (or worse!) ride. In his article, which you can read here, he specifically mentions a problem his horse was having turning his head to the right without tipping. He’d spent quite a bit...