enlightened horsemanship through touch

Among those posts at this month’s Carnival of the Horses I found to be most interesting:

An article at Animal Tourism about the impact cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) may have on the BLM/Salazar issue, saying,

A big difference in the two leading plans for 33,000 wild horses now held by the federal government is whether mares and geldings may mix. The issue may come down to undescended horse testicles. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s plan wouldn’t let geldings mix with mares, who would also be on birth control. Madeleine Pickens’ plan would let the geldings run free and form normal social groups.

A really neat meditation on separation anxiety and its horse.human implications, with lots of colorful artwork at A Multi-Colored Life

Each ride, each scary shadow or noise we faced really bonded us. I also at the time was facing some obstacles in my own life in which fear and anxiety could take a hold and run. I learned with Abby to separate my thoughts (fear) from my body responses so as not to allow things to spiral downward. I literally and figuratively learned to move forward in spite of fear. We learned to be brave.

Esther Garvi’s unique setting in Niger, illustrated in Equine Expansion. Great photos of a very different place to have horses.

Although Tanout (the least developed area in Niger) was always Eden’s main target area, villagers from the Zinder bush approaches the project nearly twenty years ago with the desire of setting up their own Eden Gardens, and were given advice on how to do it. As a result, the entire Zinder bush has changed colour, and everywhere I ride, I cross Eden Gardens in the making.

Martial Arts Pony or the Pony and the Punching Bag, complete with video at Hoofbeats.

I’ve been telling everyone that my mare does yoga and my colt does martial arts. While I haven’t gotten any good pictures of the positions that Harmony can get into (and she gets into some doozies), we finally got some video of Tobi practising on the punching bag.

Many thanks to Mary of Stale Cheerios for hosting. It’s never too early to begin thinking about what you might like to contribute next month.

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