I have written before about owing it the horse to get him warmed up in both his body and mind before throwing a leg over and heading out. ...

I wanted to do something so people other than locals could see the Cowboy and Western artwork of my late wife, Susan K. Guile. Susan, 5 M...

An old cowboying partner of mine, we are both in the last half of our sixties, sent this to me. He copied it from a post on Facebook. Mu...

I've been a fan of Standlee Forage, headquartered in Eden Idaho, for years now. Finding their products a very high quality, I use a ...

Cathy sent in a question on lateral flexion. "Hello, I wonder if you could write about some tips for lateral flexion issues in my 4 ...

I think most people would agree that the day a person stops learning or trying to learn is a day that should not come about. In fact, one...

I received a call from very nice lady named Loretta who asked about tips on getting a young horse to back out of a trailer. "Hello, ...

I almost always wear gloves when handling horses. Mainly because my hands have been chewed up over the years, splitting from dryness, bei...

Sheridan wrote me to see if I have a list of obstacles that I train my horses on. "Hello, I like your website and check it often to ...

Today, 26 July 2025, is National Day of the Cowboy. So what are we celebrating? For one, I'm not celebrating the movie Cowboys. Few ...

Margaret sent me a question on using flags, specifically on the article Restarting Monte, Part 3, when I was getting Monte to pick me up o...

On the last day that Monte's new owner was here, I showed her how I went about loading Monte in the trailer. He had only been in a tr...

When we started with ground work on Monte, I introduced him to following a feel on the lead rope moving to be able to control a foot with ...

Once in the saddle, beginning on Day Two of Monte's restart, I worked on lateral flexion and untracking his hind end using as minimal...

Although this is part 3 of Re-starting Monte, I began untracking him on the lead rope around his hind end on the first day of ground train...

Continuing with Monte, I worked with him to understand the slight differences in asking for a front foot to step out and being sent follow...

Monte is a registered Arabian from Polish Arab stock and was used an on the track racehorse before my late my wife bought him when he was ...