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 ...

I was riding a few weeks ago and realized that I was pretty much solely focused on the performance of my horse. At some level I was aware ...

I received two questions these past couple weeks relating to lunging. Kathy wrote "Do you still make lunge lines? I have been using ...

I picked up a 2 year old sorrel gelding last year at a sale. I was really happy to have the winning bid on him, kind of surprised that he...

After losing my wife to cancer 5 months ago, a terrible disease that came back on her with a vengeance that took us all by surprise, and th...

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgivng and was able to spend with those people in your life that are important to you, be it family and/or ...