Crissi McDonald

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Heartline Horse Training

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  • It’s Not a Catching Problem

    Our new clinic horse Top is a chocolate bay with a kind eye and a pink spot on his lower lip that makes him look like his tongue is always out. He came to us from South Dakota, and before that he was a working ranch horse. Top’s ten years old. Undoubtedly, he knows stuff. […]

    HeartlineHorse

    March 4, 2020
    Horsemanship, Horses, Learning, Prose
  • Too Much Lateral Flexion

    In 1996 I’d been training horses for less than a year. I got a call from a neighbor who wanted help with her horse. When I arrived, Polly, a paint mare, stood quietly at the hitch rail, a spring breeze lifting her brown and white mane. I was chatting with her owner that morning, finding […]

    HeartlineHorse

    February 14, 2020
    Horsemanship, Horses, Learning
  • The Best Tools

    There’s an expression currently making its rounds in the horse world. “It’s another tool for my toolbox.” Having answers to our horse’s questions is a good thing. To be with horses safely and with pleasure, there are things we must know about them. They are prey animals, and running will always be their first instinct; […]

    HeartlineHorse

    January 14, 2020
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Learning
  • The Season of Acceptance

    There are things I like about this time of year. The Christmas lights that festoon the trees lining our downtown main street are magical, especially after a nighttime snowfall. I like that the dark reminds us to go inside and recharge after a season of working from light’s beginning to light’s end. I like that […]

    HeartlineHorse

    December 21, 2019
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Prose
    acceptance, christmas, Horsemanship, older horses
  • Excerpt from “Continuing The Ride.”

    In the summer, I like to keep a few pots of herbs and vegetables on our south-facing porch. The growing season is short where we live, and between the weather and the deer who like the same herbs and vegetables I do, growing food in pots means the odds that I’ll be able to enjoy […]

    HeartlineHorse

    November 12, 2019
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Prose
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