One tiny bell can help your communication with animals become more soft, clear and refined. There’s a trick when working with horses to put a bell on the tip of the whip. Every time you move it you hear the music! The “goal” of the game, if you want to view it that way, is to hear the bell as …
Soothing Repetition
The human world is a mysterious, often confusing place for our animals. Although it can be easy to forget this, it’s important to remember that our animals don’t see any reason for much of what we do. That’s why repetition can be our best friend. This is something I really stress with clients – I train guide dogs for the …
Dance Class
Ideally our interactions with animals is a dance. When we first learn a dance, our teacher will teach us the steps, perhaps one at a time. “1 and 2 and 3 and… spin! 1 and 2 and 3 and side step to the left!” But eventually, you start to get a feel for it and the teacher doesn’t have to …
The Dining Dog
A week or so ago, my boyfriend and I made this video with my dog, Mowgli. It was our first time making one like this, so we’re going to try again and improve! Hope you like it 🙂
Rabbits or Smart phones?
When I was little, I had a lot of different animals. One of them was a rabbit (which turned into like 16 rabbits after my friend’s bunny visited…). It was something I had to care for: we had bunny-kid adventures, and it was awesome. That’s not enough for kids right now – they need something fast. A game or a …
An Education
“When we listen to our horses, we get an education. When we don’t, we get experience.” – Mark Rashid
The Heart Technique
“The technique we use with our horses isn’t near as important as the kind of heart we put behind it.” – Mark Rashid
Start Right
“Don’t break something just so you have something to fix later.” – Kalley Krickeberg
Chicken Wire
Pat Parelli has many stories (ones he may also repeat more than just a few times…), but there’s one that’s stuck with me to this day. The story goes: Pat Parelli was at a colt starting clinic with the amazing Tom Dorrance. Pat turned to Tom and asked, “What do you think is the ideal material to build a round …
Active Neutral
“Active Neutral is when we embody, confirm, and allow our horse to do what we have asked… It is a silence, where the energy and intention are still held.“ – Karen Rohlf