WooWoo Ranch

Revealing Your Hidden Horse

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:46:58 +0000

An Englishman by the name of Mark Hanson has recently released a book that will benefit every horse that relies on a human for its care and well-being. It’s one of those books that once you read, you understand your horse—and mostly its needs—in a brand new way. The desire to change a few things [...]

Native peoples and horses

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:29:17 +0000

If you can see this exhibition in Washington D.C., at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, please do it and comment below about your experience. It looks fascinating… http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/horsenation/bonds.html I especially love these gorgeous horse masks: http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/horsenation/lives_on.html

Heart of a Horsewoman

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:05:53 +0000

I read this in Mary D. Midkiff’s She Flies Without Wings: How Horses Touch a Woman’s Soul and saw myself: I recognize the heart of a horsewoman whenever I see a: • Taste for the natural world • Willingness to get dirty and to sweat • Wish to experience a sense of power • Longing [...]

Breathe!

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:58:49 +0000

The harder I focus on my cues and how I’m riding, the more I forget to breathe. And the more I forget to breathe, the worse I am at riding. Luckily, I just came across a DVD that teaches how to breathe and ride a horse at the same time! Enter Riding with Chi: Your [...]

How to work with a fearful horse…

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:12:52 +0000

This is a wonderful example of how to win the trust of a fearful horse. Apparently “Pony” had come from the racetrack with major headshy issues making it extremely unsafe for people as well as the horse for a halter to be put on or taken off. Even the sound of the lead rope snap [...]

Horse Mania in Lexington

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:48:47 +0000

I love a city that puts art on every corner, but I especially love a city that makes it about horses and offers a a few different forms to local artists to choose from and get creative!

Think Centaur

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:45:55 +0000

I am fascinated with Mark Rashid’s training, especially his emphasis on how important a rider’s breathing is, and I found a wonderful blog about his work and clinics at AYearWithHorses.blogspot.com. The author has followed Mark’s 2009 and 2010 clinics and has written about the pairs of horses and riders who participated in them. I just [...]

Clicker Training Example

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:39:35 +0000

I had to laugh when I read this blogpost about clicker training because the author describes my horse when he was 3 and 4 years old. I could definitely relate to the “100% effective training” her pony used on her to get her off his back! I wish I’d read this then. I had the [...]

Talking to the animals

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:51:06 +0000

I’ve bought two or three books by various animal communicators over the years because I’ve always been fascinated by animal behavior and I would love to know what they’re thinking that makes them behave the way they do. I’ve had moments when I felt sure I knew what an animal was telling me. For example, [...]

Trigger could dance!

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:15:58 +0000

Roy Rogers sings about four-legged friends and Trigger dances at the end: