Or perhaps I should ask, do a horse’s feelings matter? Shortly after the publication of my rope halter article over at Horse City, I made the painful error of viewing the storm in the forum. I expected some of the reaction(s), but I was admittedly unprepared for a couple of responses that I saw come [...]
Yesterday I received a very long and thoughtful email response to my recent rope halter face-off article, up at Horse City; it was from someone who was obviously very much a believer in natural horsemanship and rope halters. I think he was sincerely trying to get me to see the error of my ways and [...]
My horse constantly surprises me. Perhaps it is for the simple reason of keeping me on my toes and letting me know that I do not know it all. I was sweetly reminded of that yesterday, just two days after blogging about how Sage usually resisted leaving the herd, could definitely be called herd-bound, and [...]
Long ago I naively believed the books and the trainers when they said you need to be a good “herd leader” for your horse. But I was never really part of Sage’s herd. Herd Member Or Poor Substitute? I would blow in like the wind a few times a week, interject myself into her daily [...]