As you can see from the picture, Sage has settled into her new home quite nicely. She and the other mare, River (four year old part Clydesdale), love to spend time practicing their bodywork skills on each other. This is fabulous for Sage, as she needs the spine stretches, the square stance, and the relaxation. [...]
I recently embarked upon an eight day trip through Oregon and Northern California and back again to my home state of Washington. I am California-born and raised, so it isn’t uncommon for me to visit. What is unusual is that this time my husband and I packed two young children and one very large dog [...]
About three weeks ago Sage had her second session with Dr. Suzan Seeyle. My horse is now healthier and moves freer than I have ever seen in my eight years of knowing her. (I also had my own transformation that day, but I am saving that for the book…) Part of the aftercare recommended by [...]
Today I took these pictures of Sage and her little buddy from the other side of the fence. He is a young calf that seems to really like Sage (and vice versa); I find him by the fenceline near her quite frequently even though he has other cows to hang out with in his own [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to give Sage her new Safe Horse Halter, and I must say that she does look pretty in purple. More importantly, this new halter is super lightweight, easy to put on and take off with its clip feature, and probably bothers her a whole lot less than her old heavy-weight [...]
…and today it was Sage. She won over the power of the past. It took me about half an hour again today, just hanging out with her and introducing the halter slowly again. She seemed wary, but I felt confident and determined. Not pushy, just determined to take her as far as she would let [...]
Today I felt a lot like I was playing tug of war with the old memory. The rope still seems to have some power over Sage, but she is trying really hard. As soon as she was comfortable with the rope back on her neck, I introduced the halter again. She stayed with me a [...]
I was just reading an article summarizing research into the incredible long-term memory capability of Equus caballus. It seems that the survival of their species has depended upon the development of an exceptional memory. A cougar behind a rock that attacks them and almost eats them would leave the memory of the rock as a [...]
Last Thursday Sage had her first session with Dr. Suzan Seeyle out of Seattle, WA. I felt excited and fortunate to have her coming before she ever got there, but at the end of it I knew I had found the key for Sage. I have dedicated a page on my website to the Evolution [...]
OK, so I haven’t personally had a good pedicure myself in a very long time, but its nice to know that my horse is finally getting her feet taken care of properly. On Monday, Lori came out for the second time to trim Sage’s hooves. It had been five weeks, and we decided that was [...]
Everything was going fine for about three weeks; great, in fact. And then I started showing up and got no whinny, no trotting up to the fence to greet me, and I knew something was definitely wrong again. Sage’s way of telling me she is in pain is to ignore me, which is kind of [...]
Hindsight Is 20/20: An Update On Sage’s Hooves I was only cautiously optimistic about the switch in my trimmers, and the new look and trim for Sage’s hooves, so I have waited a while to post an update. When you have farrier-itis, it takes a while for the “inflammation” to recede and make way for [...]
I now have yet another apology that I owe to Sage. For several months now, her hooves have been looking, well, a little odd. I was having such a time with self-doubt, though, that I kept my questions to myself until very late. Too late for my horse’s comfort. You see, my farrier had trained [...]
To Charles Darwin, it was not necessarily survival of the fittest but survival of the adapters. Those who fit. As with many things in life, adaptation and flexibility are key. Thus, I went out and bought a new blanket for my horse Sage and put it on her today. And felt immediate relief. I think [...]
When I first moved to the soggy Pacific Northwest from sunny California, friends and family joked that I would be growing moss between my toes in no time. Well that didn’t happen, but over the last couple of years my horse has had a case of rain rot during the winter. This winter after her [...]