Blind Ambition
…to HorseFriends, a nonprofit foundation that works with mentally and physically disabled children and adults. Not only is HorseFriends in warm Greensboro, North Carolina, but president Emilie Storch also had…
Search Results for: mentally handicapped
Gaited Horses: Smooth & Surefooted
…be taken as a signal that something is wrong, physically or mentally. After all, your horse wants to keep on his feet. In his 57-million-year evolutionary memory, hitting the ground…
Rehab Done Right
…mentally prepared to go back to work. Just as you would if you were cooped up in a small space for an extended period of time, your horse will get…
Earn Your Horse’s Respect
…the wrong thing. You can make him feel uncomfortable mentally without ever touching him. If I stood five feet away from most horses and waved a plastic bag up and…
Sandy Ponies and Renewing Rides
…for spring break, I was mentally exhausted and overwhelmed. Thoughts of graduation, the work I still have yet to do, and other worries consumed majority of my head space. Hey,…
Anne Kenan’s Easy Steps to Improve Your Horse’s Topline
…well muscled, and he appears both physically and mentally relaxed. When he moves, he coils his loin muscles and raises the base of his neck, allowing his back and shoulders…
Symmetry of the Horse and Rider
…horse were physically in balance, then it’s time to check your horse mentally. Maybe you need to get his attention. If so, then my third step is to make the…
5 Ways to be a Horseman Now
…interested in how sound their horses are physically and mentally. This is especially true in today’s generation of trainers. A lot of young people care about horses only as a…
The Klimke Approach to Dressage
…set the example and showed me the importance of a versatile approach that keeps horses physically and mentally fresh for a long time. To train a horse to the highest…
Project 1: “Hawkasaurus”
…for him mentally. In Hawk’s world, he was physically recovered and ready to start his “retirement”—but mentally he was still angry and bitter that he might soon return to training…