Making Milestones

The Plight of the Modern Horse

Talking about horses as domesticated animals being one of the most misunderstood and mishandled species and why this mindset is so prevalent. Touching on dominance theory and punishment based training and why this is not a standard we should encourage. Refuting common excuses for bad training practice.

The Culture of Violence in Horse Training

Talking about the whole Amber Cobb scandal along with other concerning attitudes and mindsets that are prevalent in the horse world and how I think our normalization of violent behaviour towards horses contributes to the existence of it all.

Horse Anxiety & Rushing Training

Talking about anxious horses and how often management plays a role in their success.

An Honest, but sad, life update

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The Rushing of Young Horses

Talking about training young horses and how prevalent rushing them is on social media.

My Rescue Horse’s Hoof Journey

Talking about Milo’s hoof rehab journey and other stuff related to him

Massage for Equine Health & Wellbeing: An Interview with Jim Masterson

In this episode, I get to interview Jim Masterson, a big name in the equine massage and bodywork community. We discuss his new documentary featuring him and co-worker/trainer, Mark Rashid and talk to the producer of the documentary, Dylan Silver. This episode encompasses everything equine body work related, behaviour as well as the human influence on equine comfort both physically and behaviourally. Jim is an exceptionally interesting human and this episode highlights his expertise and offers a wealth of information for new and experienced equestrians alike. 

 

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Human Trauma-Horse Trauma

*some mild swearing and tw: addiction and brain trauma talk* Discussing trauma within the lens of both the human and the horse. Talking about personal life traumas and how they affected my perception and comparing and contrasting much of these to how horses may feel and how trigger stacking may effect our training sessions with them and change how they receive information.  Socials: Patreon Instagram YouTube Support The Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingmilestones/support

The Importance of Vulnerability & Accountability As Equestrians

In this episode I talk about different horse training methods and my thoughts on peoples responses to them as well as the importance of people holding themselves accountable and being more vulnerable in admitting their mistakes. This covers a lot of different topics, along with some of my favourite quotes from a very good training novel. It’s a little bit of a mishmash of a bunch of different topics but I hope that you all like it! You can go to my website here: http://milestonequestrian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingmilestones/support

Privilege in The Horse World

Talking about the lack of access in the horse world and how privilege contributed to that. Support the podcast by subscribing to our Patreon: Patreon.com/sdequus --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingmilestones/support