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Episode 306: In Conversation Pt 2: Foot Care, Lateral Work and Round Penning People
This is a fun episode. We begin with foot care and the connection to lateral work. The lesson I describe is especially useful if you...


Episode 305: In Conversation Pt 1: Trailer Loading, Microshaping & Criteria for Ending a Session
In November Dominique and I spent an afternoon catching up and talking about a wide range of topics. We talked together for over four...


Episode 304: Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier Pt 3: Restarting Riding for a Crossover Horse
This is Part 3 of a three part conversation with Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier. In the spring of 2024 Carmen sent her three year...


Episode 303: Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier Pt 2: Starting Young Horses
This is part 2 of a three part conversation with Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier. In the spring of 2024 Carmen sent her three year...


Episode 302: Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier: Starting Young Horses Pt 1
Michaela Hempen has been a guest many times on this podcast. We began in Episode 27 with single-subject design and then Michaela...


Episode 301: Christa Culbert Pt 3: Teaching Children
In this episode Christa shares effective strategies for bringing horses and children together. She reminds us, among other things, to...


Episode 300: Christa Culbert Pt. 2: 300 Episodes! That’s Worth Celebrating
This episode is filled with Celebrations. We’re celebrating our 300th Episode. That’s quite a milestone. And we’re celebrating the...


Episode 299: Christa Culbert Pt 1: Celebrations and Teaching Children
I’ve just published the newest book in the Kenyon Bear series of children’s book, Kenyon Bear’s Christmas. This week we’re talking with...


Episode 298: Advanced Training Pt 3: Our List of Advanced Handler Skills
We’re talking about advanced training. What makes something an advanced behavior, or an advanced topic or concept? When people say they...


Episode 297: Advanced Training Part 2 - What That Means for Handlers
We’re talking about what how we would define an advanced skill or topic. What makes something advanced? In Part 1 the focus was on our...


Episode 296: Advanced Training Pt 1
In this three part series we’re considering what makes something an advanced behavior, or an advanced topic or concept. When people say...


Episode 295: Giving Breaks Pt 2: Working with Multiple Horses
Breaks are good for learning is something we hear a lot. Certainly we all know that no matter how much you are enjoying an activity...


Episode 294: Giving Breaks Pt 1
This week we’re talking about breaks. We’ll be talking about what breaks are and how you teach them. We’re also talking about the many...


Episode 293: From Goat Stories To Rope Handling and the T'ai Chi Wall
This is Part 2 of a Two Part Conversation. Last week we followed up on our previous conversation with Michaela Hempen on horse welfare. ...


Episode 293: Assessing your Own Horse’s Physical Comfort and A Goat Story
For this conversation Dominique and I both wanted to follow up on our previous conversation with Michaela Hempen. We were talking about...
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