I am sure a lot of you have heard about slow feeding, the benefits and reasons behind this feeding system. I am a strong believer in slow feeding and have seen some positive changes in my horses that I am most certain is due switching to a slow feeding system. Slow feeding is just that, slowing the rate at which the horse can consume its feed. Usually this will allow the horse to have free access to hay 24/7, or at least draw out the the time it takes the horse to consume a m

So as most of you know, I had surgery on my right ankle the beginning of September. My injury was from overuse, and not one specific event, just too much time in the saddle, imagine that! But I also had some abnormal anatomy that was not helping things, so really, it was multiple things that were causing my pain. The tendon that stabilizes my ankle was torn, I had extra calf muscle running behind my ankle that was removed, as well as an EXTRA tendon (WHAT?!) that was removed

I got a message today from a friend of mine sharing her reflection off my post with the saying: "if you keep doing what you're doing, you will keep getting what you're getting". She said that she normally doesn't ride in a certain part of the arena with her gelding when its dark because she is sure to get big spooks and shenanigans, and she hardly ever visits her walk to canter transitions because they are something that they both struggle with. She said after reading my post