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This is something we try very hard to avoid in animal communication: Anthropomorphizing. Which, in this context, basically means attributing  human emotions and characteristics to the animals we talk to rather than accepting what they show and tell us on its face—whether it matches what […]

A couple of days ago, I had a most interesting happening when riding my mare, Bella. After months of lameness and then surgery in late May on what would be the equivalent of our ankle, she and I are now in the riding phase of […]

Well, I of course can’t say for sure, but based on my communications with animals for the past 20 years, I’d say animals’ memories are pretty much the same as ours. And if not exactly the same, they are at least as important. That said, […]

Something happened today that brought this question to mind. No. It brought something like a KNOWING to mind: that Mustangs–even those domesticated and in captivity–share what’s known as a “group mind.” If you’ve ever watched a large school of fish swimming, or birds flying, then […]

Meet Cinco, the 17-2, 1500-lb. 8-year-old Holsteiner who was bred and born for jumping. Cinco is perfect in every way for this career… except that he just can’t handle it. He either doesn’t want to move forward or freaks out—bucking, rearing, spinning, and generally putting […]

This past weekend about 20 of us New Mexico horsey-types had the distinct pleasure and rare opportunity to learn from Lucile Bump, a certified Level 4 Centered Riding instructor. Whether riding or auditing, we all took away priceless knowledge and awareness. Because the moral of […]

If you’ve ever gone through a laminitis episode with one of your horses, whether acute and later resolved, or chronic and ongoing, you know what a nightmare it presents—both for you, the owner, and, more painfully, for your poor horse. More and more is being […]

Here is another guest post by my friend and amazing holistic horse vet, Dr. Madalyn Ward. Living in the desert, with hardly ever a blade of natural green grass or forage for my horses (as you can see in this picture), this article especially speaks […]

This post by my dear friend and amazing holistic equine vet, Dr. Madalyn Ward, is too cute not to share. Especially since I have at least three or four friends who have horses with this type of personality. And I used to have one myself, […]