Wisdom Wednesday
Horses are not machines. I know that seems obvious. However, people expect them to operate like machines. Every experience to a horse is...
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Tarrin Warren
- Sep 25
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Horses are not our emotional support animals. We are emotional support humans for our horses. This is contrary to how many treat their...
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Tarrin Warren
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
If your sole goal with horses is winning a competition, might I suggest you take up another sport. The issue with equestrian...
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Tarrin Warren
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
You are your horse’s advocate. That does not mean you have the knowledge to make all the decisions you need to make. That means you are...
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Tarrin Warren
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
You would not put a new driver in a car that was only half way built. You would not put a new driver in a sports car. Those are recipes...
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Tarrin Warren
- Aug 29
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
A day late Practice pause. When your horse gets the wrong answer, pause. Then present the information again. When it feels like your...
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Tarrin Warren
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
By the time your horse is limping, they have been lame for a significant period of time. Outside of catastrophic injury, lameness is a...
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Tarrin Warren
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday - A day late
Your horse is not being stubborn, naughty, lazy, reactive. Your horse is being a horse and responding to their current situation based...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Judges. I am one and have been judging for close to three decades. I struggle with judging because I know people put too much value on my...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Yes I know it’s late. I’ve been teaching a group of cooks kids (and young at heart adults) in Michigan. One of the kids asked me how she...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jul 10
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Horses are a hobby for 95% of people. They are not necessary for our way of life. Horses are expensive. Horses are something we want to...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Here is a little hack. When you need to soak a horse that doesn’t like a soaking boot or you don’t have time to watch them, get 4x4 gauze...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
There are some things domesticated horses must do to exist in our world. One is learning to be in a stall. I do not stall our horses...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jun 20
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
A day late First a disclaimer. I used to do some of the things I am about to say we don’t need to do. It is what I knew at the time. I...
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Tarrin Warren
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
When we identify a habit in our horses we do not like, we want an instant fix. We want the behavior to go extinct now. Here is a...
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Tarrin Warren
- May 29
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Short and sweet. Rehab seems expensive. Lessons seem expensive. Training seems expensive. ER bills and missed work are more expensive....
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Tarrin Warren
- May 24
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
Yes late. I am trying to catch up. Sometimes we have to do more. We need more aid or more energy. This should not be our normal. If we...
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Tarrin Warren
- May 15
- 2 min
Wisdom Wednesday
When horses show pain, they are in advanced stages of failing. Horses by nature are designed not to show pain because the weakest in the...
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Tarrin Warren
- May 1
- 1 min
Wisdom Wednesday
We must be good stewards of the horse. If they are in pain, we can’t expect them to continue in their job for our satisfaction without...
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