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The fragrance of blossoming trees brings an extra sweetness to the warm spring days here at the ranch. Soft winds caress the winter coats off the horses’ bodies and out into the pastures where birds collect the fibers to build their nests. Coyotes continue to yip during the full moon evenings and at dawn I [...]
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Filed in General Content,Kathy Pike
“It takes a village to rescue these foals,” says Anna Twinney, about her recent gentling clinics for PMU foals in Connecticut and Arizona. It certainly has been a long journey for these young foals that traveled from Canada. Some went to the eastern coast of the USA and others to the southernmost border, all to [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,General Content
*This week’s guest blogger is Alessandra Deerinck, Certified Carolyn Resnick Trainer, sharing the story of her student Astrid Clavé, Kenya, Africa. News from Kenya, Africa by Alessandra Deerinck We did it again! Like Rosalie, another racehorse, Aliocha, has developed a fabulous relationship with her owner Astrid Clavé, and this is just the beginning of the [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick,General Content,Member Content
It is common for folks to recount stories of their visits with the horses but every now and again, someone will relay an experience which can only be described as a literal “message from the herd”. In keeping with the winter theme of this issue, I’m reminded of a visit the horses and I had [...]
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Filed in General Content,Member Content,Sandra Wallin
Chuck taught me how to smile. He had one of those smiles that spoke volumes. Chuck was a soft, gentle, polite and formal man that I highly respected. He was my coach in horsemanship and horse training. I was twelve when I started training with him. I met Chuck showing my horse Sweetie Pie, [...]
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It was a perfect spring day. The horses grazed quietly and I could hear the buzzing of bees as they buried their noses in the clover. Ever the watch dog, Chiron swung his head up as a little black car pulled up the driveway. I left the horses and walked over to greet Sara. Her [...]
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Filed in General Content,Sandra Wallin
Reflections on the Beyond The Waterhole Rituals Clinic – March 2012 Another Beyond the Waterhole Ritual Clinic has come to a close. Each group has its own heart beat. Every class is as exciting to me as the next because of the people that attend. This group was effusive and we were all about [...]
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Part 1 Have you ever wondered how people get horses to move the way they do? Envision an orchestra conductor bringing together different sounds. She communicates to the musicians by the gestures of her body and her baton which are signals between them. In a similar way, a human can learn [...]
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Filed in General Content,Member Content,The Path of the Horse
Return to Freedom… Don’t you just feel your heart skip a beat when you read those words? Mine sure did, and does, for I know within the loving and protective embrace of America’s Wild Horse Sanctuary awaits the stuff that dreams are made of… MUST ANGS! So when I read about Tony Stromberg’s photography workshop [...]
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Filed in General Content,Member Content,Sandra Wallin
Welcome to the Reach Out to Horses® program! If the horses have called to you, if you have a heart-felt desire to make a difference in the world of the horse, let Anna and the entire Reach Out to Horses’ Team help you turn that dream into a reality. If you are unfamiliar [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,Events,General Content,Member Content
“Nothing of beauty can ever be accomplished by the use of force.” – Xenophon A few weeks ago, I went to a confidence building clinic with 2 of our horses, Chiron and our new horse Xenophon… Xen for short. The flyer talked about building trust and understanding, two things I’m all for. The clinician [...]
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Filed in General Content,Member Content,Sandra Wallin
The Left Brain vs. the Right Brain There is the left brain and the right brain. This idea helps me communicate with my students and understand how to approach a horse in the moment. Being a linear thinker, using the left brain, a person would need to follow a specific formula for training a horse. [...]
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What approach do you use with your horse when leading with a halter and rope? Have you ever thought about how the influence of tack affects your relationship with your horse? When using tack, many times a person will catch their horse as quickly as possible with no thought to rekindling the friendship and [...]
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Mara LeGrand and Jonathan Ratner Here is the replay of the excellent call with Mara LeGrand, the director of the documentary movie Wild Horses in Winds of Change and Jonathan Ratner, the Wyoming & Utah Director of Western Watersheds Mara is an award winning photo-journalist, screenwriter, videographer and film director. Wild Horses In Winds of [...]
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Filed in Audio,General Content
Here KFH is shown with a green arabian horse. The development of the rider’s “presence” and an orientation to holistic principles is integral to this work. Klaus has the ability to “know” a horse within a few seconds and within a few minutes of the first meeting, he establishes a relationship so firmly that anything [...]
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Filed in General Content,Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Hi Welcome back to this month’s HorseConscious Newsletter! Well, just when I thought we’d escaped the winter without snow, Siberia chose to dump on us today as we woke up to a covering of the white stuff. I wouldn’t mind so much except I’m due to travel to the UK on Saturday and memories of [...]
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Filed in General Content,Miscellaneous Contributions
While the rest of the world continues to be mesmerized by Alexander Nevzorov’s school and the revelation of a horse’s ability to be taught and perform difficult school elements without pain and force, Alexander has been developing further by teaching his horses to read. “LECTIO EQUARIA PALAESTRA is a very old School technique, by which [...]
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Magic and I are having fun together playing at liberty in the woods. The connection and bonding comes through the power of positive reinforcement. Sometimes Magic and I go to a place together where there is just love and play forgetting we are different species.
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Filed in Debra Olson Daniels,General Content
When working with the nature of horses you do not need to “get it done” to advance your horse’s training. Evolution will do it for you. Nature is always working for us if we can be in tune with it. Removing the Focus on Force The celebrated method of horse training in this country is [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick,General Content
Happy Holidays everybody! With your help, we had an unbelievable year, full of fun, joy, and wonderful people, and we’re excited to start afresh in 2012. But let’s not rush things because first we get to enjoy a beautiful (and very snowy) holiday season. We are also proud to let you know that, because of [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,General Content
Photographer and author Carol Walker is known for her breathtaking images of the wild horses whose cause she passionately champions. In this account she wrote and photographed for her blog, she chronicles a fall round up of the Adobe Town Herd in southwestern Wyoming by the Bureau of Land Management. It’s a testament to these [...]
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Feral Foals to Foals in Training ROTH’S Foal – Gentling Daily Diary Day 4 Anna Twinney of Reach out to horses brings her unique methodologies to gentle 8 slaughter bound Canadian foals and 2 former nurse foals. Within just 3 days, and only a few hours you witness the progress each student & foal [...]
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Wondering how to begin Liberty Dancing with Your Horse? The “Beyond the Waterhole Rituals” students of 2011 will show you… it is easy, you begin with a smile and “Step By Step”… We’ve just finished the “Beyond The Waterhole Rituals” clinic and would love to share the week in photos with you… horse meditations, single [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick,General Content
Anna Twinney of Reach Out to Horses teams up with Ray of Light Farms, CT & Equine Angels Rescue to save 8 foals from the Canadian feedlot. Through her “foals in training” program Anna invites students from all over the Globe to share in this life-changing experience. Over a 6-day period these foals will be [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,General Content,Video
Rescued from the Canadian slaughter house, Anna Twinney with Reach Out to Horses raised the funds to save, transport and take care of these foals at Ray of Light Farms, East Haddam until they find their foster and/or adoption homes! Using trialed and proven methodologies of giving the foals a voice by understanding and conversing [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,General Content
Anna Twinney of Reach Out to Horses teams up with Ray of Light Farms, CT & Equine Angels Rescue to save 8 foals from the Canadian feedlot. Through her “foals in training” program Anna invites students from all over the Globe to share in this life-changing experience. Over a 6-day period these foals will be [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney,General Content
Here is a accompanying article from TheHorse.com entitled: U.S. Horse Processing Could Resume Soon This are the comments received so far – names withheld. Please add you own in the Comments section below. Horse slaughter for food is no different than cattle slaughter for food. The animals should be treated humainly [...]
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Filed in General Content,Miscellaneous Contributions
Leadership with horses is so easy. They are herd animals. It is natural for horses to lead and to follow. But when we begin to train they can seem to be resistant to the whole idea of us taking a leadership role with them. Often this response is because the person training the [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick,General Content
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