I think it’s part of the human condition to make horrible decisions in traumatic times. For me, going through a divorce, I decided to rescue a dog. Oh, but not only rescue a dog, I rescued a dog who wasn’t housebroken, had heartworms, and wasn’t neutered. Oh, AND, come to find out, he has some…
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The Other 80 Percent
Much debate has been had about the “20 percent rule” of the rider-to-horse weight ratio. On the one hand, many equine professionals and amateur trainers cling firmly to the scant number of small-scale studies conducted around this subject, while the plus-sized equestrian community, mostly made up of plus-sized women, rails against this rule as “fat…
Starting Here
There was never a time in my life that I didn’t want to be known as a horse girl. Even when I hadn’t ridden in years, I still galloped over fields in my heart. I knew I’d get back to it eventually. I had to. Trying to define what being a horse girl is like…