Author: Elle
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Don’t Accept Her Invitation: Medium Free Fiction Read #1
Don’t Accept Her Invitation -Elle M. Athens Less than 150 words: a flash fiction piece revealing a less than ordinary fireside interaction between two village neighbors. She made the best soup in the village. I had to accept her kind offer.” “Come visit around five. The door’s always open. So I did… (Read more) Published… Read more
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On the Difference Between Unnecessary Punishment and Correction
There is a difference between unnecessary punishment and correction. Today, I’m here to write about why it’s important to realize that horses don’t see punishment like we do, but that they can work well with fair correction. First, I’m going to use an example from my childhood involving an instructor who had me unnecessarily punish… Read more
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Build Trust By Relieving Doubts In A Horse’s Mind
Training without doubt isn’t just about dealing with doubts that build up within our human minds as we train; it’s also about the doubt that our horses develop as they interact with us. Do we really inspire trust between horse and human, or are our horse’s unrecognized doubts opening the door to miscommunication? Horses trained… Read more
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What Causes Horses to Get White Line Disease or Seedy Toe?
I want to write about White Line Disease (also called seedy toe) today because I finally feel like I have a broad enough sample size of affected horses to analyze. There are certain conditions and qualities that I’ve noticed make a horse more prone to White Line Disease than others. I’ll be listing them here… Read more
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Horses Teach Us To Be Curious
Horses are worthy teachers. They are the reflecting pools of human action. Equines have an expressive way of throwing our frustrations right back at us when we’re out of line. In the opposite vein, their behaviors show the best of us when we humble ourselves to them. These reflections lead to a lot of teachable… Read more
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Buying My Kentucky Farm Sent Me On a Life Changing Detour
I pulled my body weight in weeds today. I won’t tell you how much I weigh — a lady never tells — but it was a monstrous amount of weeds. I don’t have anything against weeds either. Weeds are just outcast plants. I actually love dandelions! The problem with weeds is that, when left to spread, they choke out… Read more