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09/02/2022

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02/11/2021

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09/16/2020

This!

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Wow. This is powerful and eye opening.

“Most horses pass from one human to another - some horsemen and women are patient and forgiving, others are rigorous and demanding, others are cruel, others are ignorant.

Horses have to learn how to, at the minimum, walk, trot, canter, gallop, go on trails and maybe jump, to be treated by the vet, all with sense and good manners.

Talented Thoroughbreds must learn how to win races, and if they can't do that, they must learn how to negotiate courses and jump over strange obstacles without touching them, or do complicated dance
like movements or control cattle or accommodate severely handicapped children and adults in therapy work.

Many horses learn all of these things in the course of a single lifetime. Besides this, they learn to understand and fit into the successive social systems of other horses they meet along the way.

A horse's life is rather like twenty years in foster care, or in and out of prison, while at the same time changing schools over and over and discovering that not only do the other students already have their own social groups, but that what you learned at the old school hasn't much application at the new one.

We do not require as much of any other species, including humans.

That horses frequently excel, that they exceed the expectations of their owners and trainers in such circumstances, is as much a testament to their intelligence and adaptability as to their relationship skills or their natural generosity or their inborn nature.

That they sometimes manifest the same symptoms as abandoned orphans - distress, strange behaviors, anger, fear - is less surprising than that they usually don't.

No one expects a child, or even a dog to develop its intellectual capacities living in a box 23 hours a day and then doing controlled exercises the remaining one.

Mammal minds develop through social interaction and stimulation.

A horse that seems "stupid", "slow", "stubborn", etc. might just have not gotten the chance to learn!

Take care of your horses and treasure them.”

- Jane Smiley

Cara Blanchard Kilbourne

09/09/2020

Yes! Balance and correct posture are so important! If a rider is unbalanced, I can see it in the bodywork.

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To help you understand what the horse feels when you sit crookedly in the saddle …

"Load a wheelbarrow heavily to one side as in the center illustration. Now push the wheelbarrow, and feel how it pulls to the weighted side and how you are forced to lean in that direction to compensate. That’s how your horse feels when you sit unevenly in the saddle, as shown in the left image. When you sit evenly, the horse will be centered and balanced as shown in the illustration on the right." —Sharon Sweet

🎨 Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

This Solutions concept is brought to you by Practical Horseman magazine's Summer 2019 issue.

08/28/2020

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Another great example of how well the Bemer works!

08/08/2020

So excited!! 😁😁😁
Just arrived in New Hampshire for a weekend of Masterson Method schooling and testing! What a beautiful state!! I got here in a hurry tonight, but I'm looking forward to a slower/scenic route home Sunday.

08/06/2020

Thank you Amber Ulrich for allowing me the opportunity to work on Duke again! Each time he's better and better, you're such a great horse mom. It's obvious that he loves you very much! Thanks for the great pictures too! 🧡

07/20/2020

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This is a great visual of how well the Bemer increases circulation!

07/17/2020

PM today to schedule a Bemer session for your horses, they'll love you for it! ❤

BEMER is an FDA registered consumer medical device that, during an 8-minute session, sends a low level electromagnetic field throughout the body in order to ...

07/14/2020

*UPDATE*

Update on this guy... spoke with his owner last night, he is standing with almost full weight bearing on the injured leg! Monday night when I Bemered him, he was completely non weight bearing. The Bemer uses a signal rather than physical movement such as pulsing or vibration to increase circulation therefore making it much more effective at increasing circulation in the smallest of capillaries, not only the major veins and arteries. This is especially helpful in treating injuries on the lower limbs where there is limited bloodflow to begin with.

Stopped for a last minute Bemer session on this guy. He's by far one of the sweetest studs around! Hope you feel better soon Hampton! ❤

07/14/2020

Blessed with the opportunity to work on a new guy last night. 😊 Waco, you're a cool one! Thank you Debra Mekeel for trusting me with your boy! ❤

06/24/2020

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Better Circulation | Better Health | Better Life