Buck the Trend Therapists Episode

Listen to Episode 24 We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 24 of Season 4. In it, I […]

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Episode 16: Mary Ann Simonds

Listen to Episode 16 Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. We […]

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Episode 23: Colic and Vision Science

Listen to Episode 23. This is Episode 23 of Season 3 and in it, I’m going to talk a bit about brain science as well as a scary colic incident. You can find articles on vision science here and here. It’s fascinating stuff! You will […]

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Giving Our Horses Jobs is Key

Editor’s Note: We welcome past Best Horse Practices Summit attendees and fan, Kerry O’Brien, as a guest columnist. Kerry lives in Colorado and is a lifelong student of animals, behavior, and brain science. Before that, she had a bodywork and functional movement practice in Los […]

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Episode 27: Alayne Blickle and Sustainable Solutions

Listen to Episode 27 In this episode, Jec visits with Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water. Alayne is a former Best Horse Practices Summit presenter based in Idaho. Here, she talks about many strategies we can use to address best practices around horse management. […]

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Episode 26: Coaches’ Corner with Lynn Acton

Listen to Episode 26: Considering Treats In this episode, Jec visits with Lynn Acton for a Coaches’ Corner discussion around treats. I am really pleased that they are taking this topic. Like you, I have an opinion around treating that has been reinforced by experience […]

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Why Horses Now?

Editor’s Note: Maddy Butcher presented with Connie Crawford and Kari Weil at Brown University’s Re-Examining Conservation. The symposium’s equine-related presentation was title “Horse Sense.” Maddy Butcher writes: The horse, as a species, can be so mystical and mythic and magical. It’s easy to get lost […]

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Episode 19: Dr. Doug Thal

Listen to Episode 19 For this episode, Jec interviews Dr. Doug Thal of Thal Equine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I first started talking with Doug a year or more ago. He came highly recommended by Katrin Silva as someone personable and knowledgeable on all […]

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Episode 3, Dr. Martin Nielsen

Listen to Episode 3 Jec talks with Dr. Martin Nielsen, a parasitologist at the University of Kentucky and one of our super-fantastic presenters at the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington, Kentucky, Nielsen’s backyard, in October. Martin has a host of popular YouTube videos that […]

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10 Signs of Good Training Progress, Part II

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 […]

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