Season 3

Return to Podcast Home Page Season 1 Season 2 Season 4 Season 3 Listen to Episode 1: Jec and Maddy On the Fence and a Season Premiere Listen to Episode 2: Jec interviews Ali Kermeen, author of a new book on Working Equiation. Listen to […]

Season 3 Premiere

Listen to Episode 1, Season 3 Welcome to Season 3! Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their horses. Plus, we like to feel safe and have […]

Episode 25: Sex, Power, and Best Practices?

Listen to Episode 25 Best practices. Most of the time, we are talking about the very tangible, practical matters of care and riding and management and handling. All that stuff is endlessly important and we are very keen on getting that information out on the […]

Episode 21: Karen Rohlf

Listen to Episode 21 with Karen Rohlf. One of the things Jec and I are working on, here on the podcast, in writing, on social media, at at the Cayuse Collaborative Clinics, is humanship. We think that in order to be best for your horses, […]

A Horse of My Own?

Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]

Dr. King: Vets Need Humility not Hubris

Editor’s Note: To benefit our equines, tasks are often performed by specialized individuals: farriers, equine dentists, and veterinarians. For those who can afford more, there are nutritionists, saddle fitters, trainers, chiropractors, and body workers. There are acupuncturists, equine scientists and researchers. How is the horse […]

Vet Your Vet!

Episode 11: Virtual Lessons

Listen to Episode 11 with Patrick King For this episode, Jec invites Patrick King, the renown clinician and trainer with a very active online presence, but who travels widely, too. They talk about the pros and cons of virtual lessons. It’s pretty cool because Jec […]

Solving Arena Boredom

Editor’s Note: Amy Skinner is a regular guest columnist and has been a horse gal since age six. She has presented twice at the Best Horse Practices Summit and is the author of To Catch a Horse: Finding the Heart of your Horsemanship. She rides […]

Episode 8: Rider Fear

Listen to Episode 8: Rider Fear Maybe it’s more common among women. Maybe it’s just more openly talked about among women. Maybe what we do, ride an animal that’s about 10 times our weight is a good, cold fact to consider. According to folks out […]