A New Feature on Barnmice Community News:  

We would like to thank Christilot Boylen for sharing her adventures riding on a special quadrille team for an important horse show this week in Oman.  Oman is a Sultanate on the south east corner of the Arabian Peninsula.  It has a strong and ancient history of equestrian activities and horse breeding.  The current ruler, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, has promoted modern methods alongside traditional practices of horse-keeping and…

If your horse’s shoulders are stuck, it’s like having a kink in a water hose. The energy can’t flow from behind, over the…

The name "Shakespeare" is synonymous with great literature. The Shakespeare of old is legendary. The Shakespeare quoted here is a legend in his own mind!…

Perfect the Basics Clinic & Symposium Series with Olympian Belinda Trussell  …

Kick Start a Healthy Life – 10 Tips you can Start Today

By Lindsey Forkun BScN, PHN

1)      Eat more…

Everyone know that if you have a business of any kind – you really need to have a web site – it’s almost a pre requisite for business these days.

Your web site not only helps potential clients find you, but also do a little research about your company.

If you are reading this you are well aware that people not only search on line but they also compare.

If you are offering a “service” your potential…

Have you ever wondered why such a big strong animal like a horse would allow us puny humans to ride and dominate them.

Now don’t give yourself airs it has nothing to do with your superior horsemanship or equine experience.…

Saw this article from thehorse.com and thought it might be useful for people with aging pets (or aging people if you want to do some testing! haha)

Omega-3 Fatty Acids to Treat Arthritis

The Monday before last I had a lesson with Madeleine Austin. She is a very talented dressage rider and trainer and the mother of another very talented dressage rider and trainer. In my lesson we worked on my very tight hips and ankles. I did many tours of the arena stretching my legs out and back one after the other. It did help loosen my hips up. I am thankful for the very quiet school horse I was on during this, since…

Great article from thehorse.com if you're planning on fostering and/or rescuing abused horses.  Always a sad subject but good to know that there are people out there who take rehabilitating horses seriously. 

Feeding the Starved Horse Article

My wonderful son asked me last week what I wanted for Christmas, muttering that it was probably too late to order on-line to get something by Christmas.  I went to the wonderful book site (amazon) and found that I could get any amount of horsie books by Christmas, and I asked for "Riding and Schooling Horses" by Harry D. Chamberlin, the Captain of the US Cavalry teams for international competition so long ago.  This book, an old…

 ”Peace on Earth”, -The Wild Texas Wind, aka Windy, Infinity Farm Matriarch.

  “Good…

  I would like to send out warm wishes to all of our members, you have all made it a merry year on Barnmice! There have been great blogs, wonderful discussions as well as amazing videos and photos posted throughout the year, all thanks to our members! I hope you all have a safe and merry holiday season with family and friends! We're looking forward to more great blogs, discussions, videos and photos in the New Year!





I now…

In Beth’s dreams a pony white

Would dance and frolic through the night.

By day into her mind he’d trot

A fancy, floating, fleeting thought.

Sometimes upon his back she’d ride;

Sometimes behind a veil hide

And simply watch him prance and play.

He would be hers, she knew, one day.…

"We bind ourselves together, by taking hold of each other's hands so

firmly and forming a circle so strong that if a tree should fall upon…

Last week I gave a lesson to a student of mine, Stephanie, who has a Welsh Cobmare that she has been driving and riding. The horse is very fearful and so shehad started doing the Uberstreichen Exercises and working on getting hercomfortable in her territory.

The problem I noticed with this mare was that although she was doing well withthe Waterhole Rituals™, when she was brought to the barn, she did not want…