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, […]

“A horse is a horse, of course, of course…,” Mr. Ed sang for his theme song, but did he fit the average horse mold? Not on your life! Horses have as diverse personalities as we humans do, and being able to identify them can really […]

A rare few have had more than one. Some of us have never had any. But if you’re a horse lover and a lucky duck, you have, hopefully, at some point found that once-in-a-lifetime horse you dreamed of as a child. I did, after having […]

1.  At dinner, eat very slowly — very. And do not lick your plate like you usually do. This should give them the first hint that something is not as it should be. 2.  At breakfast, eat a couple of bites … very slowly, then […]

I realize a study of horse personality types is not “ever fascinating” to everyone. But, being a horse nut, it is to me. And if you share my passion, then read on. I have two mares, both coming 10: Bella, a Mustang from a wild […]

If you’ve read this blog in the past, you may remember a bit about the little Quarter Horse mare I rescued back last November. We called her Lopeh. She came out of years of running pretty wild in a breeding herd, and she was only […]

I bought my very first piece of original art when I was in college — a French lithograph of a teeny, tiny boy standing behind a huge Percheron draft horse, holding her lead rope and yelling at her in French to “move her butt!” Which […]

I’m not talking about a bronze statue here. I’m talking about a constitutional type that in Traditional Chinese Medicine is called Metal. And Reyacita is an adorable little Mustang mare who falls into that category. Reyacita, Rey for short, is the most recent of my […]

Today let’s take a look at the Wood horse personality type. The element Wood in Traditional Chinese Medicine relates to, among other things, the liver and gallbladder, the eyes, connective tissue and, emotionally … anger (uh oh). I guess in the name of learning all […]

Meet Fred. Fred is a girl — a Mustang girl. In this picture she is about 1 year old and is in the process of killing the saddle blanket you see on the ground to express her displeasure at being asked to stand tied for […]