December 2022 archive

Knowing yourself, your limits, and your horse

I do a lot of backcountry riding far from groomed trails, exploring new-to-me country and difficult terrain, and “I just want to see what’s on the other side of that ridge”. That leads to many an unexpected adventure. I’m also not, not even in the least little bit, a fearless rider, or a fearless person …

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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

3 Mustangs, same HMA, all geldings, got here the same day, have had the same number of sessions, all 3 very sane and very, very smart. Oh and handsome, let’s not forget that. We all spend a lot of time just drooling over them. Not ideal when it’s 20 degrees out. These pictures are from …

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If you’re scared to do something… Do it scared

Here’s a post I’ve been dreading writing. A post about the word that starts with ‘ew’. Ew for vulnerability. 6 years ago gentling Mustangs started as a wild experiment (pun intended) after over 2 decades of working with domestics of all sizes, on 2 continents, with horses that had varying amounts of human-induced baggage. As …

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It’s #ColoradoGivesDay !

Sometimes life happens and things don’t go as planned, right? That’s what happened to us this week when we realized, after hours of troubleshooting, emails and phone calls to the support team, that our account on the Colorado Gives Day page has glitched and won’t be operational for today’s giving event. So, in the spirit …

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