Dec 17, 2015 | Patti's Blog
Before we had horses at home, and I was a single girl, I had season tickets to the Buffalo Bills. This was in the days before my time was consumed with horse-keeping, riding stupidly far and sometimes stupidly fast, shoveling horse poop, running my own business,...
Nov 13, 2015 | Patti's Blog
It would be foolish for me to lament this difficult time in my life by suggesting that it is unique, or that I am somehow special. We’ve been blessed with dogs in our pack who have had long and healthy lives, but it also leaves us with heart-wrenching decisions...
Sep 19, 2015 | Patti's Blog
(Featured image by Wanda Clowater, Clowater Arts and Photography. clowaterart.com) Life is a journey with almost limitless detours. (Ken Poirot) This has been an unusual endurance season for me. It started with a fairly abrupt end to any official involvement with the...
Jul 17, 2015 | Patti's Blog
As I type this, I’m at home rather than at the Moonlight in Vermont ride. This is the first time in many years that I’ve not been there, riding or crewing, but mostly riding. Tomorrow is also my birthday, an event that I typically prefer be ignored but it...
Jun 30, 2015 | Patti's Blog
[Photo by Wendy Webb] I’ve often said to riders in my Endurance 101 Clinics “beware the horse with more heart than brain.” Horses with more heart than brain do not slow or stop when they are tired, they do not limp when they are sore, they do not say...
Jun 23, 2015 | Patti's Blog
The individual who suggested the Yoda quote as I started to verbally wring my hands with worry will surely recognize himself. Ace was diagnosed with high ringbone on May 18th. There are approximately 73 medical, nutritional, homeopathic, biomechanical and voodoo-esque...
