Equus Integratus

21/10/2025

21/10/2025

Make a horses foot this weekend.
Easy to follow instructions.
Easily accessible materials.

If only it were so easy…….
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20/10/2025

Would there be any interest in attending a positive reinforcement mini demo with my horses in Brooklyn, WI? It would be the same lecture as the mini workshop (which is about an hour), and then an hour (or maybe a bit more) for a demo of the basic skills with my horses, with the possibility (depending on time) of seeing where those skills can go as well as to answer any questions you might have. I'm not sure if it's a possibility at my barn, or what day or time, but I wanted to guage interest in case it was something people would like. Cost would be $25.

19/10/2025

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15/10/2025

Mini Workshop in Cascade, WI
Sunday, November 2nd 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

This workshop currently has room for a few more participants! I also have some dates available for other workshops if this one doesn't work for you. Contact me if you'd like to talk about setting something up.

Auditors are welcome! Please bring a chair. Preregistration isn't required, but is appreciated so I know how many packets of materials I need to bring. There's a ton of information and it's all contained in the notes so you can simply listen!

Cost to audit is $25, and to participate with a horse is $50. Click here to sign up: https://equusintegratus.com/mini-workshop-in-cascade-wi-november-2nd-2025/index.php

15/10/2025

I had a fabulous (and long!) conversation with the Barn Besties on Monday evening! You can check it out here:

've been a professional trainer since December of 2020, but have worked with horses in various capacities for over thirty ye...

13/10/2025

The participant slots are all full, but there is still room for auditors! Come and see the introduction to the basic skills used in positive reinforcement training, and how you can break down the skills involved in learning better feel. Even if you never use R+ in your daily training, knowing how this process works will give you better insight into your interactions with your horse, as well as how to problem-solve issues that come up.

Send a message to learn more

08/10/2025

On Monday, October 13th at 6pm Central time, I will be doing a live interview with Barn Besties Megan McIsaac and Stephanie Severn on their YouTube channel!

've been a professional trainer since December of 2020, but have worked with horses in various capacities for over thirty ye...

06/10/2025

Worth a reshare from 2023! What have YOU done that’s translated?

One of my favorite accounts on Instagram, , posted a question about “something you do (or once did) as an interest, hobby, or work, that is NOT super obvious as useful to your (horse or human) work, but that YOU feel adds something to what you now do.”

I love this question. We are all people, and nothing we do is separate from anything else we do. EVERYTHING contributes. One of the fun things about my job is finding translational skills in my new clients, especially those coming from a more traditional background. You like things to be a certain way, and that makes training frustrating because it means you can’t let go of an outcome? Let’s turn that into absolute precision, but with a smaller step, so you can’t help but get the outcome you’re looking for! Then we can work on letting things be “good enough,” whatever that means to you.

I also love the idea that life experience is education, often as much or more so than formal education. Don’t get me wrong, certificates and degrees are good and sometimes necessary depending on what you’re trying to accomplish, but the breadth that comes from life experiences brings a different perspective that doesn’t come from paper.

Anyhow, some of my “non-resume:”

Anyone remember Palm Pilots? I did tech support for those in my early 20s. I learned a ton about problem solving, persistence, going from a detailed view to an overall view, researching things I didn’t know, and guiding other beings through a process when I couldn’t see everything they were doing (I was on the phone). I’m a photographer, so not only do I have to watch carefully, I have to be able to predict behavior, and have the timing to capture what I’m looking for as well as be ready for the unexpected. When I was in middle school, I was a musician, and that went a long way toward knowing how to listen for cues and match energy and style, how to put my self into what I was doing, how to break things down into smaller pieces and/or change them to make them easier to learn, and how to interpret and express another language. It also developed my kinesthetic sense of timing, rhythm, and emotional content. I’ve had fibromyalgia for 40 years, so I’ve learned a lot about the sciences of being in a body, developing my tolerance, resilience, empathy, and a sense of wonder at being an electric meatbag in the first place. And, all of those things have been bouncing off each other for decades, which has given them more depth as a whole.

What’s on your non-resume?

03/10/2025

The video is too long to post, even at speed. I haven’t worked with them in a while, but Shorts has mostly got it, at least in the sense that he’s sitting on the mat very reliably; even after a food toss to get him off the mat he comes back. I haven’t proofed it yet because I’m still trying to find a rhythm with three very different cats simultaneously. Vera wasn’t keen to sit all the way on, but still okay to engage. Bijou was engaged this time! She hasn’t previously been interested. One of my takeaways from the last session was that they all needed more room, so I’m trying to use more of the counter space, and that seemed to help keep everyone engaged, and for longer this time.

02/10/2025

Horses are depended on as work animals by humans and are used in leisure and sport across the world, but the extent to which humans can recognize pain in horse faces is not known, which could impac...