One lesson that my father instilled in me from a young age is that if you are going to be around livestock, you should always have a knife in your pocket. He never let me forget it either. He’d ask me to spread straw and when I reached for the scissors...
With the huge movement of "natural" horsemanship, rope halters have become quite popular as a training aid. They are said to work on certain pressure points on the horse's face, improving communication and giving clarity to your directions. Though I ...
First I want to apologize for not posting lately. Life has been crazy for the last few months. As I wrote in my last blog, a friend and I started a group called R.O.P.E. (Redirecting Our Passion for Equine) and it grew really fast. The group has been...
Somebody in an online group commented that they don't use a bit on their horse. This person then decided to make some rude remarks about putting a bit in a horse's mouth being inhumane. Needless to say the discussion got pretty heated. Everyone has their...
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