Posted in Chuck Mintzlaff, friendship, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Mark Rashid, Michael Bevilacqua, natural horsemanship, Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2017
“You have a leadership problem with your horse. Your horse does not recognise you as a leader.” Your trainer may have said this to you on occasion or something similar to it. As a result, you may have shrunk into your shell and seized the first opportunity to slink off quietly to find a quiet […]
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Insistently he paws the ground, his strong black neck rounded down to a bulging shoulder, a hint of the powerful magnificence he once must have epitomised as a stallion. “Surely you cannot leave before I have you again?!” Is this what his powerful posturing means? She inclines her head gently in his direction. He snorts […]
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Halfway up the hill the energy, hers, pulsing through my legs and loins suddenly surges and I am immediately conscious of a change of pace. We are trotting. No, I have not asked this of her yet I feel no need to slow her down. Clearly, she is more comfortable with this. And if she […]
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It was close, so very close. Vicki and I stood poised to cut short our visit to Australia and rush back to Spain to deal with what at first glance appeared to be a major emergency affecting our mares. The decision had already been taken. Reflection following a good night’s sleep suggested that this was […]
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Who would not jump at the opportunity? A trip to Mallorca, all expenses paid, you would have to be seriously crazy to turn this offer down, right? So okay, there is a catch to it. You would have to accompany your sister-in-law to travel a little under 900 km from Andalusia to Valencia in a […]
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