I sat on Robin! Three or four times now, for between one and three seconds. It's a big thrill for me. I've had her for a little over a year, and have not been on a horse in about two years. So far so good. I have not asked Robin to take a single Read More
THIS IS WHAT AN EQUESTRIAN LOOKS LIKE
Reaching the Animal Mind
August 24, 2009
I recently read the new book by Karen Pryor, the queen of clicker training. It's called Reaching the Animal Mind, and it gives an overview of clicker training, with the clearest writing on teaching a cue that I've ever seen. It also includes great training stories, and a look at Karen's fascinating and unorthodox Read More
Hot Tip on a Cool Craft
August 12, 2009
The other day I set out to make a book bag to carry Horse Crazy! around in.
I used a product called Quick Fuse Inkjet Fabric Sheets, made by the june tailor company. They come in cream and white. I had cream, and got a cream canvas bag from Michael's to match. Set my Read More
I used a product called Quick Fuse Inkjet Fabric Sheets, made by the june tailor company. They come in cream and white. I had cream, and got a cream canvas bag from Michael's to match. Set my Read More
Peppermints Rule!
August 6, 2009
I bought Robin a bag of peppermint candies yesterday, and already it's changed our lives.
She adores them! We are working on bridling, which up to now involved her weaving her head around and nipping. Today she knew peppermints were a possibility. After some typical behavior, suddenly she started shoving her nose into the Read More
She adores them! We are working on bridling, which up to now involved her weaving her head around and nipping. Today she knew peppermints were a possibility. After some typical behavior, suddenly she started shoving her nose into the Read More
Learning From My Own Book
July 29, 2009
This is the blog post I wrote for Storey Publishing's website--and paging through my own new book to find the reference page numbers was so much fun. I keep finding all these cool things I discovered for the book--and with nonfiction, it feels easy to tell people about it. This isn't me--it's stuff I Read More
Rhuthm Bell--Beads TK!
July 17, 2009
I think she likes it!
Lunged her again yesterday with her new bell. She is a beginner and I am clumsy at lunging, so we've had lots of elliptical "circles" and little forward momentum. Yesterday with the bell Robin looked happier (ears forward) and moved much more energetically, even breaking into a trot at Read More
Lunged her again yesterday with her new bell. She is a beginner and I am clumsy at lunging, so we've had lots of elliptical "circles" and little forward momentum. Yesterday with the bell Robin looked happier (ears forward) and moved much more energetically, even breaking into a trot at Read More
Starting Over
July 16, 2009
I'm horse crazy! I admit it! Oh, the relief of having it out in the open!
To the 92 of you who looked at my previous blog--both entries!--it's gone. I'm too busy to train Robin and write a book about her and blog about her too.
Instead I want to just talk about horses. Read More
To the 92 of you who looked at my previous blog--both entries!--it's gone. I'm too busy to train Robin and write a book about her and blog about her too.
Instead I want to just talk about horses. Read More