The Best Horse Sense

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When, the veterinarian stepped into the pen to help our ailing horse, her first words were,
 
"OK, Bitch, let’s see what you got."
 
I was thunderstruck. Georgie was one our beloved horses, and to have [...]

When I expressed my bewilderment to the clinic instructor, she watched Cody and me a couple of times. She asked me to dismount. “Stand with your weight evenly distributed over both feet,” she asked. “Now, change your weight so that most of it is on your right foot.” I dutifully complied.

“Lift your right foot.”

I had a choice. I could either not comply with the request or shift my weight off my right leg.

I found this post by Dr. Rick Kirschner at http://drkblog.com/persuasion/start-off-on-the-wrong-foot-what-to-do. Of course, I found a way to relate it horses.

So let’s say that when you begin to interact with someone for the first time,  you have your say and then something in what you say causes all of what you say and do to be rejected.  Better [...]

I received this in a bulk forwarded e-mail today. It’s worth passing along. Unfortunately, I don’t know the origin or the writer.

NEED WASHING??
A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind [...]

Embedded video from CNN Video
 
 
In the above video, Tabitha Darling uses her pony, Trixie, as a seeing eye horse. Darling, who is legally blind, rides Trixie six and a half miles into Ft. Worth. The video shows Tabitha and Trixie at a Dairy Queen drive through and shopping in Target. That’s right: "IN Target." Darling [...]

What leaders do you admire? Just as a horse will mirror our habits, we reflect what we experience. Our own leadership philosophy can be shaped by many individuals and finding someone you truly admire helps the whole journey appear to be that much easier.

As a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Chorus, I have the privilege of being led by two different kinds of leaders. Roger Melone, our choral director, works with us every week to teach us the music we are going to perform. Guillermo Figueroa is the Music Director and Conductor for the whole orchestra. Guillermo works with the chorus the week of the concerts when the chorus and orchestra get together. Both of these leaders understand music with a depth I will never understand, and I am grateful that we get to work with both of them.

Sometimes, the emotional moments in music just jump up and grab you.
Our choral director says that as performers we often have to suppress our emotions while performing so that we can concentrate on the singing. The audience should have the emotional experience while we do the work of creating the music. Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Missa [...]

Tresaca Hamilton sent me a link to her blog post about how to use increase your sales from lessons from a dancing horse. I have posted the first couple of paragraphs, but you should go to the link below to read the whole story.
"Yeah right!" I thought to myself as I started to turn off the [...]

Tell me if this has ever happened to you. You ask a friend, “Do you know what time it is?” And, just to be a jerk, he answers, “Yes.”
Not only have I had this happen with a human friend, I’ve had this happen with my horses. When, I was learning to work with horses at [...]