by LR | Mar 16, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing, Saving Paddy
Love for Paddy at First Sight At only four years old, he walked into my life and captured my heart. He was a big, raw-boned and gawky “kid”–a cross between a Clydesdale and a Thoroughbred. He sported a wide blaze and four dazzling white stockings...
by LR | Mar 9, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
Set Aside Money for Support or Set Up Arrangements for End of Life With Dignity A heartbreaking post about abandoned, forgotten horses from The Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue. Your horse, any horse, deserves better. Plan ahead now for your horse’s care in the...
by LR | Mar 5, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing, Uncategorized
This week we switch to Daylight Savings Time–usually a sign that winter is over. In a little more than a week, spring official begins. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel like it! Here in the Mid Atlantic, we’re still experiencing sub-freezing temps, ice...
by LR | Feb 25, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
How Can a Horse be Like a Novel? You may ask, How can a horse be like a novel? The answer is one word–relationship. Every good horseman knows the relationship you develop with your horse is critical to your success as a rider. Every good writer knows that the...
by LR | Feb 17, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
Becoming a Barn Rat Just after New Years, I became a barn rat. If you don’t know what that it, it is usually a term applied to kids who hang around the stables doing any kind of work in order to get free rides, lessons, or training. It is most definitely a young...
by LR | Jan 11, 2019 | Horses Hope Healing
How a rescued pony and a determined trainer are changing the way we view size in competitions. Professional dressage trainer Ashley Kennedy, with her long auburn hair tucked under a ball cap, lovingly drapes an arm over the back of her talented equine partner—a...
