The following is an excerpt from this week’s Study Group topic on Confidence – want more? You can join our…
When you first dip your toe in showing a Miniature Horse, chances are you’re going to start with a Halter…
We’re all doing our best, there’s no doubt about that! But there is also always room for improvement, and odds…
This month inside the Miniature Horsemanship Study Group our topic is transitions. Below is an excerpt from the topic page…
Zoom was gelded on Thursday. Because my vets always ligate (tie off the vessels with suture) when castrating Miniature Horses,…
Horses can’t learn anything if they’re scared. Fear prevents them from understanding, learning, remembering. Fear only lets them react. That…
Today, our oldest horse turns 30! Chinook’s Knight Rider joined our family as a youngster and by the time he…
Horses are herd animals. We all know that. But what does that really mean? We think it means, “Horses are…
The scientific definition of Learned Helplessness is as follows: Learned helplessness occurs when an animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive…
Desensitization is a word that generally means teaching your horse not to respond to things. You can see how people…