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There just seems to be one underlying concept/argument: Whether all beings have the right to autonomy, protection of self, desires...

An emergency is not training. I can pull a child forcibly from the path of an oncoming car while knowing putting my hands on a child I...

You use your big human brain to figure out why they don't want to. Is it scary, is it uncomfortable, have you set them up successfully...

Personally I think if you're at the point of even having this train of thought, you will probably notice when your horse is only doing...

Mostly it starts out quite well, though there are already licensing requirements for riding schools... Interestingly, a few things that...

Actually, unfortunately for the type of sudden death we saw yesterday, there is very very little notice at all. Horses have dropped dead...

Hellllloooooo Felix, Myka and Mylo. Big sis and her little brothers. Though actually only Mylo is related to both of them. Plus pic...

Failing to provide raw images is a problem but most of us who are trying to make a judgement with the evidence available to us, and are...

Racing gets a lot of both deserved and undeserved bad press. It's certainly got a lot more power in regard to whip use (and no spurs)...

Think that's a lot of the problem. It seems that many top riders don't care about the partnership, just the wins. Otherwise why would...

It's just SO ridiculous. What is the word for the phenomenon when a large number of people state they feel a certain way about...

What if dressage was like big air? https://media1.tenor.com/m/EaFwlImZeFIAAAAd/gino-d%27acampo-gino-dacampo.gif

That is realy interesting. One of my RIs had what she described as an 'out and out' competition horse. At home she was a spooky mess and...

Agreed. SBloom's posts are always well thought out and come from a place of good intention and thoughtfulness. Not so some others...

This. Why the beef? Seems entirely unnecessary, patronising, arrogant and rude. For no obvious reason 🤷‍♀️ If someone has an issue with...