Cashiers Equestrian / Terrapin Mountain Equine

10/06/2025

ME!

10/01/2025

09/22/2025

We are so excited to open our doors for a fun day of training on our farm with Sellers! To make this day more accessible and entertaining, we are offering shared slots! Bring a friend and support your horse in its development.

Our address is

Bent River Equestrian
277 Bent River Farm Rd
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768

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Auditors are free

09/21/2025

09/11/2025

I would like to see pictures of people doing maneuvers without tight reins. I see all kinds of things, but noticed there’s pressure on the curb or the snaffle reins are tight. I enjoy seeing the horse willingly do something without needing that. I know a picture is just a moment in time. Let me see the moment when u didn’t need your reins.

08/25/2025

Flash being a super hero with Story Marino.

08/19/2025

“Teaching” a horse patience by tying them for hours without food, water, shelter, or the ability to move is not training — it’s neglect disguised as horsemanship.

This outdated method is rooted in a mindset that ignores equine learning science and welfare, replacing empathy with dominance and convenience.

From the horse’s perspective, there is no concept of “patience” as we humans define it.

Research in equine behavior shows that horses learn through associations and immediate consequences, not abstract moral virtues.

When left tied for hours, a horse does not learn to “wait calmly.”

Instead, they often experience escalating stress, confusion, and learned helplessness — a psychological state in which they stop reacting not because they’re “calm,” but because they’ve given up hope of influencing their situation.

This is not training; it’s mental and emotional abuse.

The horse is deprived of the ability to meet basic needs, placed in a vulnerable and unnatural position, and left to endure discomfort, fear, and boredom.

Such treatment erodes trust and creates long-term damage to the horse-human relationship.

The harsh truth is that these methods persist because they require no skill, no understanding of learning theory, and no investment in the horse’s well-being.

They produce the illusion of a “quiet” horse quickly, but at the cost of the horse’s mental and emotional welfare.

True patience in horsemanship comes from us, not the horse.

It means taking the time to introduce new situations gradually, meeting the horse’s basic needs, and setting them up for success in a world completely foreign to them.

Owners — it’s your responsibility to educate yourselves.

Learn to recognize trainers who rely on outdated, shortcut methods that harm rather than help.

Your horse depends on you to choose training built on empathy, science, and mutual trust.

We surely owe them that much.

Join us at www.equitopiacenter.com where awareness, education and advocacy can shape a better world for horses - from their perspective!

07/31/2025

Found these two kids on 107 S. in the middle of the night. They are both well behaved pups. She was in heat and he was obliging her. If anybody knows these dogs, please tell me so I can find their home.

07/16/2025

07/12/2025

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Kate Shattenkirk

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

07/12/2025

Big shout out to my newest top fan! 💎

Kate Shattenkirk

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

06/06/2025

Sweet Flash and the amazing Story Marino. Unstoppable team!