Encore is bored with my circles and I need to come up with new ingeniuos exercises for his quick little mind.  So he got last night off and ...

Thank you so much to all of you who have participated thus far in the 2011 Fix Solo For Christmas Sale!  I have a bunch of things stacked up...

I often have to remind myself these days of this post I wrote almost two years ago .  There is no "1, 2, 3, success!" in horse tra...

The sound of winter blowing in is the clink of blanket buckles against a stall front and the rustle of dead leaves under hooves. It's a...

I've made a warmup routine for Encore -- since we don't yet have much of a bend button or a leg yield button yet, I use circles to s...

Exhausted.  Training 3-Day at Waredaca was awesome yet again.  Many tales to be told.  All competitors made it around safely save one, who h...

PetAg nutrition is sponsoring an awareness campaign for National Pet Obesity Awareness Day (I don't think they mean just NOTICING your ...

I think Solo's feeling a little bummed out.  You would think he'd appreciate hitting the horse jackpot; his life consists of grazing...

It is hard not to let the heartbreak take over.  Solo does not feel good, despite my plea with him to make the hock injections magically fix...

We always used to play that game with our babysitting charges when we were younger, trying to get them to stop moving and shut up, even for ...

Field work has kept me away from both horse and computer for the past week as we've been out snorkeling Carolina rivers, in our endless ...

Might as well be useful, right?  I always love a project and we have jumps that always need to be maintained so every once in a while the b...

Despite the 17 layers of sweat, Solo and I had a great ride today!  Funny how two months ago, a great ride meant powerful extended gaits and...

Did you notice the sarcasm font? Oh, Solo. See, I get a little crazy when I can't ride. Ok, I get a lot crazy. I get all balled up...

Talking to a friend the other day.  She was having an SFH day & fancied herself failing at progressing with her partner. I think this ...

I stopped by the local post office.  Which means our three lucky contest winners , Braffie, molly, and sumaclab, will be receiving an exciti...

Not familiar with that acronym? Well, it is what I own: a S tupid F *cking H orse. Just in case you thought life with Solo was all sunsh...

A visitor outside my office window Azaleas are in full bloom under the bright wings of swallowtail butterflies.  Trees are pushing out ea...

Was that really only two weeks ago ? Hard to believe on this drizzly, grey day. What I am ACTUALLY doing today - It's just not t...

The rumbly truck is home!  With a new tie rod end and freshly packed wheel bearings, it is ready to resume Solo-hauling duty with renewed vi...