Posts filed under “Miscellaneous”

A Matter of Conscience

This started out as what I had envisioned as a fairly straightforward post, written in response to some comments made by a reader and by a local horse owner. Instead, it turned into an extremely challenging one to write – I suppose because I have so much to say on the subject that the difficulty […]

A Useful Gift!

I created the following image to compare horse and human ages some years ago, after reading the results of a study in Equus magazine. I updated it a bit, and thought I’d share it with you. It features one of my favorite photos of my first Peruvian Paso – Misionero – always known as ‘Spud.’ […]

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

This isn’t really an equine-related post, but one of the wonderful things about dating the very talented designer Annie Selke is her willingness to help where I fall short – in this case, her way-over-50% input on the redesign of the Enlightened Equine blog header, featuring a photo of my beloved Andero. I love the […]

Why Me?

Before saying too much about hooves, I think it’s extremely important to give you a little information about my background. After all, how credible would this blog be if all I had to back up my assertions were more of the usual “credentials” many horse people tend to offer, like “I love horses” or “I’ve […]

A Simple Question

With so much information readily available to today’s horse owner, particularly online, why did I decide to start what might be perceived as just one more blog? Simple – because, quite frankly, much of what’s out there is outdated, inaccurate, or pure nonsense. And, ultimately, your horse suffers for it. He deserves better. This blog […]