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EP 75: 25 Tips for Happy Horsekeeping

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This episode is brought to you by: Lucas Equine Equipment and Tangent Materials.

If you’re one of the lucky horse people who finally get to bring their horses home or start that boarding business you’ve always dreamed about, you’ll appreciate this episode. Tips and advice about horsekeeping are plentiful on the internet, but many of them are either unreliable, sketchy, or based on a situation that’s very different than yours. Today’s tips are generic enough to be used just about anywhere, they don’t cost you a fortune to implement, and each one is backed up by credible research. Plus, get the scoop on Helena’s new sand ring in the works. Listen in!

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EP 45: Compassion as the Antidote to Drama

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It’s summer in the western hemisphere. It’s hot. We ride early and retire to other business indoors, either in the air conditioning, or even better, at the beach with a good book. 

With most of the U.S. still feeling hobbled by the coronavirus, using the down time to expand our knowledge is a great way to turn a bad situation into a good one. In today’s episode, I’m revisiting a favorite book of mine; The Compassionate Equestrian, co-authored by Susan Gordon and Dr. Allen Schoen, DVM. The book describes 25 principles that compassionate equestrians use as a guide to create healthy and productive relationships with their horses.

As we circle back to the principles of compassion when we work with our horses, this episode’s conversation digs deeper into the concept of reducing drama with your horse (and your barnmates!) by checking in with yourself and your ego. Ooooh, listen in! 

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Understanding the Ego

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EP 23: A Conversation with Emma Ford

We’re going world class today with a guest who works at the top level of our sport. She’s the kind of person who’s brain you could pick for days on end and still never feel satisfied. Her name is Emma Ford, and her career as a professional groom, most notably as Olympian Phillip Dutton’s groom, affords her an expertise in horse care that few can rival. The exception would be Cat Hill. You see, Emma and Cat wrote a fabulous book together. It’s called World Class Grooming for Horses, and every horse owner should have this book in their horse library because IT. IS. AWESOME. And by awesome, we mean, Has Lots of Pictures.

Emma joins Helena in this episode to talk about how she got to where she is today, what has kept her on the Phillip Dutton Eventing team for so long, and a few pro tips you may be surprised to hear. Listen in! 

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EP 21: A Compassionate Equestrian

In our continuing series on horse books we recommend for your stable’s library, we feature a great new book called The Compassionate Equestrian.

The book, co-authored by Susan Gordon and Dr. Allen Schoen, DVM, describes 25 principles that compassionate equestrians use as a guide to create healthy and productive relationships with their horses.

One such equestrian is today’s guest: Melissa Deal, a dressage trainer and horse behavior specialist who talks with us about how Compassionate Equitation can improve your horse’s attitude, help you achieve your riding goals, and create a more harmonious relationship with your horse. It’s a really interesting conversation. Listen in!

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EP 19: In the Middle with Tik Maynard

Wouldn’t it be great if every barn could have it’s own little library in the tack room, stocked with books old and new about horses and horsemanship?

Our lives are so overrun by digital media these days, that it can be overwhelming. Yeah, doing a Google search to find out more about a health or training issue is definitely a blessing, but the internet is terribly distracting, which makes absorbing and experiencing the content different than when one reads a book. Working with our friends at Trafalgar Square Publishing, the Harris clan is building up our library of treasured reading material. The first new book in our updated library is already a favorite: In the Middle are the Horseman, by Tik Maynard. It is a fantastic read!

Tik began riding with the Vancouver Pony Club in British Columbia. After achieving his ‘A’ rating, he began competing in Modern Pentathlon, where he represented Canada at three World Championships, and the 2007 Pan– American Games. In 2008, Tik began a unique journey in order to improve his riding, as well as to reset his personal compass. At the age of 26, his journey as a working student took him from Canada to Germany, Florida, Texas, and New Jersey – all in search of a learning experience from the best in equestrian sports. Along the way, he discovered something more important: horsemanship.

Tik joins Helena in this episode to talk about some of those experiences and how they translate to modern horsemanship for both the pleasure rider and the competitive equestrian. Listen in!

 

Small challenges like this make riding – and show prep – fun!

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