Law 6 – To be a leader, you need to know the personalities of who you are leading.

Take four people and ask them to take out the garbage from the kitchen.  The first one, you say, “Take out the garbage,…

Law 7 – Seek first to understand…

This law is the first of two intrinsically connected laws, yet they need discussion separately. Originally it came from Stephen Covey’s book “The Seven Habits Of Highly…

Law 8 – … then to be understood.

All leaders have a plan. A leader’s purpose is to have a vision of where the group will end up. Again from Stephen Covey’s book, “Begin with the end in mind.” If the leader…

Law 9 – Energy is everything.

Whether looking through a microscope or a telescope, everything you see uses energy. Some of you may believe in a deity, a divine being, who is the creator of this energy, and…

Law 10 – A horse is a horse.

Horses are living, breathing beings with thoughts, needs, wants and desires. They have a unique digestive system. They live in herds with a unique method of social…

This is a very dangerous situation to be in. Walking into a field of horses with a bucket of grain can lead to your death. It has happened. Horses are like sharks in blood filled water when they think there…

Rewarding bad behavior is the most common mistake people make every day with their horses as well as the other people in their lives. Horsemanship IS leadership, but there can be no leadership if good behavior…

Never turn out horses together in a field when any horse has hind shoes on.
If I punched you in the jaw with my fist you will remember how much it hurt. If I punch you in the jaw wearing brass knuckles, I…

Treating the horse as a patient requires those treating the horse to respect it and treat it as a living being and not as as inanimate object.

Acupuncture In Horses

Ankylosis (Fused Joints) In Horses

Asymmetric Hoof Walls

Coat patterns are made of white hairs (non-pigmented) that are genetically determined and applied over the modified base coat color. They are categorized as white markings, roan markings, pinto markings,…

This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. “Taking this old horse off of grain caused him to lose weight so Renew Gold® was added as a source of calories from fat rather…