Herd Dynamics – a life and death power play

by | May 5, 2011 | The Horsey Life

When you see a horse in a group pinning its ears back and making another horse run, it seems like horse A is simply being a bully and picking on horse B; however, horse A may well be practicing to save good ole horse B’s life. Horses’ social lives are set...

Springtime Checklist

by | May 2, 2011 | The Horsey Life

The beginning of May always seems like “real” spring to me. Living in Connecticut for so many years showed me the folly of believing that spring began on the day of the Vernal Equinox. Here in Virginia, the season is several weeks ahead of southern New...