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(Follow to read the next post on the Paradox of Double Whorls) The first experience with trailer loading is a challenge for any horse, regardless of whether the horse is one with low fear (low hair whorl), or a high fear (high hair whorl) horse, and whether the horse is a left or right handed […]
Breaking” a horse to ride using the old-school approach is a challenging and often traumatic event in a young horse’s life. It sets the stage for the acceptance of its life spent under saddle. When forced early experiences compromise the horse’s relationship with the people and cause the maladaptive (abnormal) behaviors discussed earlier, breaking to […]
Kathleen: The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “There is no genius without a touch of madness.” This phenomenon has been verified repeatedly in studies in the past. Current neuroscience shows that the family lines that produce the most prominent creators also tend to be characterized by a higher rate and intensity of psychopathological (mental illness) […]
After several years of observing thousands of horses, I still hadn’t figured out the puzzle of the double whorls, but I finally believed in the predictive value of hair whorls. Most horses with high whorls were reactive and fearful, but not all. I began to suspect this must be due to experience and upbringing. For […]
???????: Because of the overwhelming interest in horses with two side-by-side hair whorls, I decided to interrupt my series on training young horses with my new-school approach and tell the story now. How I learned about the double whorls is as important as what I learned, so I’m starting from the beginning. Follow my page […]
In 1994, I conducted a preliminary study of hair whorl patterns and racing performance on 290 Thoroughbred horses during the racing season at Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California. Performance data was collected from The Daily Racing Form, a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. Back at Colorado State University, […]
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Several years ago, after I started working with Temple Grandin at Colorado State, I was working part-time training and shoeing horses to fund my hair whorl studies; I was fortunate to find and gain the trust of the owner of a first-rate showing jumping barn in Colorado that gave me so much work that my […]
This chart shows common trimming mistakes farriers frequently make that can cause bio-mechanical imbalances often missed or mistaken for pathological conditions by veterinarians and other paramedical practitioners. The purpose of this post is to educate the public. It serves as a plea to return to a time when every horse ailment did not indicate some […]
Look at the shoeing on this x-ray. The Golden Rule of Horseshoeing is to “Shape the shoe to fit the foot and not the foot to fit the shoe.” The shoe set back from the toe in this image exemplifies what not to do. The toe is filed back to meet the shoe. Don’t let […]
