Horses As Therapy

Horses As Therapy

There’s some bills I don’t mind paying, and for me that’s the horse expenses. I mean after all, I look at what I’m spending and I could either be paying that in copays to a medical system that has shown time and time again that it has failed me...
Thinking About A Course On Writing Horses

Thinking About A Course On Writing Horses

Last month I did an AMA type event over on Mastodon and I really had a lot of fun. One of the questions I was asked was “will you ever make a course on writing about horses?”. Now I know there’ve been a couple of books on the topic, and I either have...
Product Review: Nicker Doodles

Product Review: Nicker Doodles

When I first started giving my senior mare her arthritis medicine, I joked that a 1000-lb horse was much easier to give a pill to than a little 10-15 pound cat. Of course, heart mare lacks sharp canine teeth and claws, and also has been wormed and is used to being...
Heavy Heart, Warm Muzzle

Heavy Heart, Warm Muzzle

CW: This post discusses pet grief, knowledge of pet loss, and senior horse health issues. I place my hands on either side of Thunder’s broad head and kiss his forehead. He sniffs my face, sometimes touches his muzzle to my forehead, and then he gets the kind of...
Introducing Horse Agility

Introducing Horse Agility

I was doing horse agility before I even knew what it was. I never have sat on the back of my heart horse, but we have spent innumerable hours working in-hand going over the bridge that someone built for practice, weaving through cones, and going over poles. Of course,...