Posts filed under “Miscellaneous”
Just for Fun…
A few weeks ago, I was lamenting to a friend about the decided lack of representations of the shoeless horse in the horse world. I mean, every piece of jewelry, sign, and T-shirt uses the horseshoe as a symbol of the horse. But for those of us who don’t believe horseshoes are in the best […]
It’s Clinic Time (Again)!
First and foremost, I want to remind everyone, particularly my European readers, that the registration deadline for the Insights from World Leaders in Hoof and Horse Care conference and natural hoof care training workshop is upon us. I would encourage every horse owner to consider joining us next month in Barcelona, Spain for this important […]
An Interview with The Vet
While in Tennessee recently, I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with Dr. Neal Valk, a board-certified veterinary surgeon, friend, and fellow clinician in Liberated Horsemaship’s hoof trimming training program. I’ve known Neal for six years now, and continue to respect and appreciate his contributions to my knowledge base when it comes to […]
An Affaire to Remember
With all the craziness in my life these past several weeks, both professionally and personally, I’ve definitely not been able to keep up with Enlightened Equine postings. But I’ve got a number of them in the works, as they say, and I promise it’ll be worth the wait! In the meantime, I received word the […]
The Road Not Taken
The path we follow through life is a funny thing. And it’s been on my mind these past couple of weeks with the very unexpected news that my father had been taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a rapidly-progressing terminal illness. And so I went to New York to see him one last time, […]
Print & Share!
One of the interesting things about managing a blog is the sense of frustration that occurs when you can’t find exactly the right tool to do what you need. That was the case when, a few months ago, people started asking for copies of my blog articles to hand out to their fellow horse owners. […]
Off to School…
A very quick estimate reveals that I’ve now spent well over 10,000 hours in university classrooms over the past 34 years, teaching a wide variety of technical subjects to students of all ages and backgrounds. Those teaching experiences, along with my other parallel careers/passions – electronics engineer, hoof care professional, recording engineer, and jazz musician […]
The “Expert Syndrome”
One of the constant frustrations I encounter is nicely illustrated by the preceding clip from the 2004 – 2008 television show Wildfire. No, I’m not talking about chipped hooves and the common perception that they’re a problem; I hope I’ve adequately addressed that issue in earlier posts. What I’m talking about instead could perhaps be […]
Liberated Horsemanship
I’ve mentioned Liberated Horsemanship in passing before, but I thought I’d take this opportunity to discuss our upcoming clinics at the end of next month (9/28 – 10/2). From my perspective, what’s offered a couple of times a year in Warrenton, MO (an hour west of St. Louis) is of immense potential benefit to every […]
Half a Trim?
A client of mine recently pointed me to the website of another “natural” hoof care practitioner. Always hoping to learn something new about the equine foot, I visited the site and did some reading about her trim philosophy. Wow! What a disappointment. Although what she describes definitely has some elements of proper trimming, her philosophy […]