It isn’t because I love picking on competitive Dressage, it is because it is prevalent in competitive Dressage since it is right in front of us, that I can point to the examples so easily seen. False forms of collection abound in every arena however, and it isn’t because it is more fun to fake [...]

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Many of you may or may not be aware, but I was in fact in a movie. Last fall I worked on an indie psychological thriller and am excited to say that the premiere is coming up fast! The premiere is open to anyone wanting to pay to get in the door, and is coupled [...]

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I have two more video clips to post from this weekend’s Core Workshop held in Milton, Wisconsin at Awareness In Riding. Thanks again for those who participated!
Clip #2

Clip #3 - A brief conversation

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It became my ultimate goal this spring, to successfully capture two of my horses as they play against one another down a stretch of open field at a beautiful canter… and that is just what I succeeded to do this week!

So, of course we must start out with some introductory photos. We head out on [...]

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I talk considerably about movement, dance, rhythm and harmony in my book, “Centered Self, Centered Horse,” and cannot emphasize it quite enough so thought I would once again write about it. Why is the presence of ‘dance’ so vital to our interaction with the horse? To sum it up, we cannot expect from the horse [...]

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While at the Midwest Horse Fair this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, I was asked about correcting a gaited horse who would no longer gait. My first horse was a Paso Fino, and over the years I’ve played with a variety of gaited horses. To me, they are intriguing and fun, playful and energetic, and at [...]

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I’ve rekindled my need for physical activity. Still cold, still snowy after a new accumulation of 19+ inches just this week alone. I’ve got a bit of cabin fever, combined with watching videos of my old teacher talking about seat training… pushes me out the door. Scout, my love, was quite anxious to be brought [...]

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Scout’s overall improvement from yesterday to today has been very noticeable. We are looking for forward, forward, forward. A familiar sentiment from my work with Andie… We are getting more energy, more involvement, more mental connection. We had less forward in leading today from yesterday, the temperature difference was noticeable and the horses were [...]

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Andeut
Finding relaxation is often a trying task. Andie, as she is affectionately called, has not had the most relaxing life. From what I have been able to gather, she had been trained using methods to bring her into hyperflexion prior to my purchase of her. My primary interest was only for breeding when I was [...]

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