Crissi McDonald

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Heartline Horse Training

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  • Release and Relief

    I think we learn and go through life much like a pendulum; we swing all the way to one side and then we swing the opposite way before realizing that the middle is where balance and skill lie. When we begin learning about horses, we are at the apex of knowing nothing. The only time […]

    HeartlineHorse

    December 18, 2018
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Prose
  • The More You Learn, The More You See

    When Rusty arrived, his eyes were as hard as his muscles.  He had rain rot from withers to tail and large old white scars on his back where someone had ridden in a saddle that didn’t fit. I chalked up his disinterest in his new surroundings to the long trailer ride from Texas. A few […]

    HeartlineHorse

    November 20, 2018
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Prose
  • The Words We Use

    The author with Caleb, 1994. “My horse is such a jerk,” I sputtered, the dirt flying out of my mouth as I brushed off my white shirt. I could still hear Caleb’s rapid staccato hoofbeats as he galloped away. He was thirteen years old, a flashy chestnut appendix Quarter Horse with three white socks. He’d had […]

    HeartlineHorse

    August 5, 2018
    Horsemanship
  • Firm Resolve, Gentle Approach

    The little paint mare stood trembling at the end of the longest lead rope I could find that day. The July morning had dawned hot and we were both sweating in the middle of her paddock, though the cause of her agitation was probably due more to the bottle of fly spray in my hand. […]

    HeartlineHorse

    May 2, 2018
    Horsemanship, Horses, Prose
  • Where’s Your Line

            I have a little puzzle for you: How would you make this line shorter? ____________________________ Erase it?  Cut it in half? Scribble on it?   “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a […]

    HeartlineHorse

    March 19, 2018
    Horsemanship, Horses, Introspection, Prose
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