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Canter

Posted in Basic Training, tagged , , , on September 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This blog has become lately a kind of diary of my practice with the horses. ChoCho and I have been taking riding lessons on the occassional Saturday with Margaret Beeman. She is a professional trainer, specializing in colt starting. ChoCho did 3 months of basic training with her 2 years ago. You can see his [...]

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Dance Routines

Posted in Liberty Play, tagged , on August 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

These August days have been brilliant and hot. I have been quite lazy, and that seems to suit the horses, too. We practice in a light and playful spirit. We take videos with a little flip camera and post them right onto youtube without editing. Everything is kept simple and short. As always, we look [...]

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Khemancho’s Soft Trot

Posted in Dressage, tagged , , on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For those of you who don’t know – Khemancho and I have been taking dressage lessons. My actual teacher/ trainer is Margaret Beeman, who started Khemancho as a 3 year old colt 3 years ago. (How time flies!). You can see her work here. Although I have never met her, I also consider Karen Rohlf a [...]

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Go Trot & Come in the Snow

Posted in Joyful Horse, Waterhole Ritual, tagged , on March 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »

We have deep snow in the back paddock. Yesterday we played “go trot and come” in the snow with ChoCho. His version of this Waterhole Ritual of Carolyn Resnicks, is quite lively and dandy. Enjoy his youthful stallion-ness.

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Waltzing with ChoCho

Posted in Dancing with Horses, Waltz, tagged on January 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday I had my chance to put into practice an idea I had about waltzing with ChoCho. Here is a video of our first trial run with music on the line, and then a short piece we did to music under saddle.

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Stallion Spirit

Posted in alderlore, tagged , on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was a beautiful Autum day. It was Sandy’s birthday. I took the day off, and Sandy, Amy and I trailered ChoCho and Hootch over to the horse park, Steep Rock. Hootch (the quarterhorse paint) thought it was a perfect day for relaxing. ChoCho & I took advantage of the rare opportunity for a good [...]

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The Rider has NO RIGHT to the Horse’s Head!

Posted in Horse & Rider, tagged , on September 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »

This is something I say and write over and over again: The Rider has No Right to the Horse’s Head! Recently I have been asked by Kim over at enlightenedhorsemanship.net to expound on this in my own post. So here goes. I believe that a person has no right to a horse’s head. The tendency [...]

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Natural Enthusiasm

Posted in Joyful Horse, tagged on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Many people have horses that will “do their job.” Some people have horses that are “willing to perform”. Rare are the partnerships that engender true natural enthusiasm in the horse — a relationship built solely on the natural joy and enthusiasm that the horse brings to the relationship. Words do not do justice to what [...]

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Khemancho Photo Ops – Just for Fun

Posted in Joyful Horse, tagged on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A  friend of mine emailed me some photos of me and Khemancho having fun. Thought I would share them here.

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The King

Posted in Horse Type, tagged on March 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I want to introduce the character type The King Everyone agrees this is who I am. You can see how much I resemble the figure in Klaus Hempfling’s book that epitomizes The King. And here is a photo from the book, and below one of me working out. Here is what Klaus Hempfling writes about [...]

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