Posted by
sharon on Nov 18th, 2009 in
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No, it isn’t going away and that is a good thing. On Sunday, the folks at DressageDisgrace.com hosted a teleseminar with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling to talk about the history of rollkur and how it has lead to the death of the spirit of the horse. This was a live event but it was recorded so if you want to listen just go to the DressageDisgrace.com site.
While there you can sign up to get updates on what is...
Posted by
sharon on Oct 19th, 2009 in
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About a month ago I posted about a video I’d seen called Equine Massage for Performance Horses. I was so impressed with it that I decided that I needed to learn more. So this past weekend (October 17-18, 2009) I attended a 2-day clinic with Jim Masterson himself teaching his approach which he calls Integrated Equine Body Work. It is ‘integrated’ because there are elements from a variety of...
Eve Alexander who maintains a blog at Examiner.com asked me for an interview to talk about clicker training and my book! I was delighted to agree and here is the result. Eve is a prolific writer herself with quite a collection of articles on horses, horse care, training and more. Check her...
Posted by
sharon on Oct 1st, 2009 in
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After 20-something years of owning and always boarding my horses I am beginning a new phase on my personal journey. My horses are now in my very own back yard.
It is very cool to be able to look out my window and see them there. I’m also really looking forward to getting to know them much better than would ever be possible when someone else is caring for them. Like this morning I noticed that they took a...
I had the honor of being interviewed by Jane Savoie about my experiences with clicker training. Jane maintains a wonderful website called Dressage Mentor which is geared toward helping dressage riders address the problems they are having with their horses and riding. A very hot issue for her members is the matter of fear… fear of losing control, fear of falling off, fear of getting seriously hurt by their...