https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse/#comment-413254 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 05:06:59 +0000 /horse-community/how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse.aspx#comment-413254 great information. good barn buddies are a treasure.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse/#comment-413203 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:56:16 +0000 /horse-community/how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse.aspx#comment-413203 great info

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse/#comment-413155 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:19:40 +0000 /horse-community/how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse.aspx#comment-413155 This is so true about the atmosphere that exists in a barn. They can be wonderful places of companionship and mutually-beneficial retreats from the big, bad, outside world. They can also be home to hostilities and tension when one or more “trouble-makers” exist and are allowed to bully other horse owners. Nobody enjoys working with their horse in a facility permeated by contentious circumstances among its boarders and/or staff.
In my personal experiences as both a boarder and trainer, I have certainly noticed that in the worst of situations, a “barn family” comes together much in the same fashion that a related family would.
Mary Ann Simonds is a true gem in the horse world and my coauthor, Dr. Allen Schoen, and I are forever grateful to her for her wonderful contribution to the Foreword of our book, The Compassionate Equestrian (2015 Trafalgar Square Books/Horse and Rider Books). The 25 Principles of Compassionate Equitation encourage those who ride and handle horses to undertake a period of quiet self-reflection before entering the barn in order to calm busy, distracted minds and soothe uptight bodies before any interactions with their horses and fellow barn-mates. It really works!

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-community-how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse/#comment-413120 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:44:52 +0000 /horse-community/how-barn-families-benefit-you-and-your-horse.aspx#comment-413120 My horse addiction has been life long & I am now in my 70’s. I have been fortunate to always live with my horses but strong bonds have been forged over the year with other horse folk. Back Country Horsemen & other horse organizations have provided me with life long friends and support. Both people and horses benefit via these organizations.

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