Posted in Misc on Oct 20th, 2008
Hello again, hope you had a lovely weekend. Well, we’ve had a busy weekend updating the site and I’ll tell you about that in a moment.
First let me bring you the results of the survey last week about how often you would like to see a new blog post. This came about because although I have lots of lovely comments about the blog, we were getting a number of people saying that they couldn’t keep up with it. Anyway, as they say on awards ceremonies, without further ado here are the results:
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Posted in Observations on Aug 8th, 2008
Hi. I’d like to continue today with my thoughts on racehorses and how we can help them.
One big problem I see is how to get people to give up a lifestyle of joy and celebration around the love of horseracing when its history is full of legends, heroes and greats. There are many honourable traditions of horseracing and many families live these traditions, worship famous trainers, jockeys and horses that love to run like Eight Belles.
Let’s not forget about the money, personal self worth, joy and drama that surround the racing industry. It seems like a mammoth undertaking to try and change it, doesn’t it? Much like riding a horse towards a jump that you know you can’t make and on the other side is the unknown… could be it’s an eight-foot drop ending in a hopeless crash. It’s pretty scary and maybe the smart thing would be to stop trying. But you can’t do that either because of the anger, guilt and gnawing in your stomach.
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Posted in Advice on Jul 25th, 2008
Hi. Before we get on to today´s blog post, I just wanted to say “thank you” to all the people who have been posting comments on my blog. Because of my work with horses, community is something that is very important to me and so to see our little community here growing is wonderful. I will endeavour to get back to you on any questions that are raised as we go along.
Right, today´s blog post is a question concerning how to handle a new foal and comes from Nancy who writes:
Hi Carolyn
I have your DVD on the Waterhole Rituals. I wondered if you could give me some tips on how to handle a new foal. We have a one week old foal who is so cute but he is already charging us, then turning and kicking out towards us and he is trying to nip. He is quite a handful. We aren’t sure what to do so he trusts us and wants to approach us but stop the inappropriate and potentially dangerous behavior. Also, is there anything you recommend teaching young foals?
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Posted in Misc on May 23rd, 2008
Hello again. I try to reply to comments people make on my blog whenever I can but I thought I should reply to one I received this week in an actual post.
It was a lovely letter from a lady called Ellen and it brightened my day to hear how my work has such a strong and positive impact on people. I also hope that it will bring a sense of hope and direction to those out there who feel in their heart that there is a gentler and more natural way to be with horses but are struggling to find it. If you persevere and follow your heart and instincts, as Ellen did, then you will find the path that is right for you.
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Posted in Q&A on May 19th, 2008
I get so many wonderful questions from so many lovely people and so it’s such a pleasure to be able to share them with you.
I sincerely hope you enjoy reading my blog and that the lessons are of practical use to you. If you have faced similar challenges and found my advice useful, then do please share your story with us, we’d love to hear it.
This question comes from Victoria, who is a regular contributor and has her own blog here.
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Posted in Misc on Apr 9th, 2008
Hello again and welcome to my blog!
After months of preparation we are finally off to the races.
I will be writing to you on a regular basis with a mixture of advice, Q&A, stories and observations. If you want to ask me a question, just fill in the form just on the right there. If you have any other enquiries, you can always use the form on the Contact page.
Of course, I also look forward to chatting with you via Comments, so do please give me your feedback and stories by adding a Comment whenever you feel you have something you’d like to say.
I also hope to be adding shortly some short video demonstrations as well as some longer audio pieces that you can download to your iPods or MP3 players. All of this technology is fairly new to me but I’m keen to reach out and connect with as many of you as possible.
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