No one should face a goodbye like that alone—and I was grateful to stand beside her as Tate found his peace.

Blanketing your horse isn’t a debate for social media — it’s a simple choice based on your horse, your setup, and your own common sense.

Many horse owners resist positive reinforcement because it challenges old beliefs about control and dominance. This heartfelt reflection explores why traditional methods fail, how wild horses reveal the truth about fear and trust, and what happens when humans finally cross the threshold into empathy-based training. Real partnership starts when both horse and human feel safe enough to choose it.

There’s a video floating around the internet of a woman working with her horse completely at liberty. No halter, no rope, no pressure. She walks to her tacking area, sets down the saddle, and the horse follows her — unasked — and stands still while she tacks up. Then she moves to the mounting block, and again, the horse walks over, positions herself, and waits for the ride to begin. The horse could leave at any time. She doesn’t. People flooded the comments with criticism. “I

True horsemanship starts within. Learn why empathy, balance, and personal change matter more than tradition or dominance in training horses.

Horses mirror our emotions—when we seek balance with them, we don’t just create better horsemen, we become better humans.

“77–93% of equestrians in the U.S. are women. So why do the biggest microphones in horse training still belong to men? It’s time to redefine strength in horsemanship.

Goodall and Fossey taught the world that animals are more than categories—they are individuals with voices, feelings, and relationships. It’s time to apply the same shift in perspective to horses. Let’s move beyond obedience and open the door to true partnership.

What if your horse isn’t being stubborn… but just trying to survive a moment that doesn’t feel safe? We’re diving into Polyvagal Theory and how understanding the nervous system is reshaping the way we train, connect, and communicate with our horses—especially the sensitive and wild ones. This isn’t about control. It’s about connection. And it starts with you.

When nay-sayers of Positive Reinforcement (R+) Training, Reward Based Training or Clicker training refer to it as “treat training” its a...

I adopted my first mustang June 2023. His name is Ryder and he lives here at our farm with my quarter horse, Tango. Though he is my very first mustang horse I have ever adopted, the wild mustangs of the west had already been living in my mind and heart since I was a child. I set a goal that one day I would adopt a former wild mustang and when I lost my horse Penny in April 2023 I knew that the door had been opened for that horse to come right on in. When I decided to adopt a