Sharon Madere and I have been investing time into preparing 2 year olds, Tranquilo and Bailador, for riding in the trailer. We did this over the course of a month or so in several sessions. We first ensured that they were happy to get on and get off. Check. Then...
June 9 notes. “You really should be documenting this process!” says my wise amiga, Sharon Madere. Although the progress has been slow, we are miles ahead of where we were back in February. Of course, I should have kept a daily journal. It would have been...
In February, 2018, I started working with an 11 year old mare named Corazona. Prior to this point she had been a brood mare. However, this year she is not pregnant. Seeing as she is a very nice horse, athletic and sensitive, we decided, although we have a bit of a...
This evening I read a post on HippoLogic titled “The Difference between Positive and Negative Reinforcement” by Sandra Poppema. It inspired me to share some of my own thoughts on this subject. After explaining (accurately) the scientific difference Sandra...
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...
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...
