I learned quite a bit about the Choctaw Princess’s history and perception of humans while free-longeing her last fall. I learned that she had, as her previous owner put it, been ‘over-schooled’ to freeze when a human put a rope around her neck or a halter on her head. As soon as there was pressure […]
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A bucket of probiotic mash (click here) was enough to keep the Choctaw Princess’s attention long enough to get a side view photo. After 90 days, her condition is starting to stabilize. Although the changes are more subtle now, they are still important. Even a month ago, the top line of her croup was still […]
Of course, I could have solved my book cover dilemma by stuffing everything into one encyclopedic volume. The idea of turning my horse training blogs into a series of books on horse training actually came from my Fly-By-Night publisher. At first, their insistence that no one would ever read a book longer than 40,000 words […]
One of my questions my Fly By Night publisher never responded to was how to go about getting a couple of beta readers for my manuscripts. I have this peculiar and persistent idea that my instructions and stories on horse training should be tested to make sure that they are accessible, engaging, and usable before […]
Thank you for your interest in my blog. The information in this post has been incorporated into my series on horse training. Click here to see what books are available. The little prince went away, to look again at the roses. “You are not at all like my rose,” he said. “As yet you are […]
