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Best Horse Practices Podcast

The podcast is an enlightened place for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and discover ways to connect better and make progress with their horses. We interview people who are actively engaged in improving the lives of horses and their owners through best practices, be it directly through riding or through products, research, education, policy, or facility management.

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All Episodes

38:39

Mary Ann Simonds - Horses and Humans

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/01/13

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners, we think this might be an episode that fosters a lot of conversation, and contacting us is easy through the contact button on best horse practices dot com. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small

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31:09

Medicine Horse, Evidence-Based Therapy with Horses

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/12/15

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 15 of Season 4 and in it, Jec interviews Dana Schultz, a therapist

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06:39

A Note about the Pause

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/12/05

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 14 of Season 4 and it’s a short one. Why? To be blunt and to speak in general terms, I’d say life and death are having their ways with us. I’m sorry to let you know that Jec lost her mother last month. As you might imagine, that’s been pretty trying for her. I lost my mom just over a year ago. While our mother-daughter relationships were very different, we both owe it partly

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24:14

On the Fence: State of Our Horse Worlds

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/11/07

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 13 of Season 4 in which Jec and I have an On the Fence segment. We are returning to a little theme that has been running through our shows, in which we ask the question (and take stabs at answering it) how are we doing? How is the horse industry doing? How are the trainers and other horse professionals doing? Our hunch is that burnout is real and financial struggles are

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37:09

Wendy Murdoch, No Stirrup November, Plus Colt Starting

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/11/02

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 12 of Season 4 in which Jec interviews Wendy Murdoch, creator of the Murdoch Method and author of several books. Check out her online Whole Rider course here. Before this marvelous interview, I thought I’d share a few bits on my work with two young horses. It’s a departure of sorts, but I hope you enjoy it. We love to hear from listeners. Contact us here. Thanks to

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36:52

Dr. Doug Thal and the Equine Vet Crisis

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/10/16

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 11 of Season 4 and in it, Jec interviews Dr. Doug Thal, owner of Thal Equine, a veterinary practice and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Doug was tapped to present a great topic at the Best Horse Practices Summit one year ago, but came down with Covid just prior to our event. He and I have had a lot of conversations around what vets need to know, especially around horsemanship, and,

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25:22

Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner: Body Work and other...

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/10/06

This is Episode 10 of Season 4 and in it, Jec holds a Coaches’ Corner with our frequent and friendly guest, Amy Skinner. The two horsewomen discuss body work and as well as other services that can be hired and provided to your horses. What do you think? We’ve had Jim Masterson, founder of the Masterson Method, present at the Best Horse Practices Summit twice. The evidence is certainly strong for this kind of body work helping horses. And Jim is a wonderful, generous presenter who has put

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29:47

Lee McLean on Wild versus Domestic

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/09/28

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 9 of Season 4 and in it, Jec welcomes back Lee McLean to our show. It’s a great interview in which the two horsewomen discuss observations around domestic versus wild horse lives and the possible management practices around them. They get into their observations, which are insightful, as well as weighing in on the sometimes problematic online side-taking around this

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24:47

On the Fence: Expertise & the Beginner's Mind

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/09/15

We love to hear from listeners and this week would especially love to hear about your horse work journeys, your comfort zones and stretching of them. Contacting us is easy through the contact button on best horse practices dot com. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 8 of Season 4. It’s an On the Fence show and in it, Jec and I talk about what it means to be an expert, the need for a beginner’s mind and

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31:05

Trish Trips - Different Kinds of Horse Work

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/08/30

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 7 of Season 4, and in it, Jec talks with Trish Lemke, a Colorado horsewoman who leads amazing horse-riding trips across the globe and is a certified Equine Interactional Professional in Education and certified Martha Beck Life Coach. Find her website here and her Facebook page here. This conversation is a great one to wedge into a series of episodes in which we’re

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33:58

Kerry O'Brien and the Meeker Mustang Makeover

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/08/21

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 6 of Season 4, and in it, Jec talks with Kerry O’Brien, a Colorado trainer who is competing in the Meeker Mustang Makeover. Kerry has been on the show before in which she talks about using positive reinforcement as a training method. We're glad to have her back! First, thanks to many of you who connected with us to offer feedback from last week’s show and the mental health

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31:23

Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner, plus Mental Health

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/08/16

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and often incorporate listener questions or suggestions for topics and guests into our podcast. So, let us hear from you. Contacting us is easy. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure

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21:47

From Cowboy to Showjumper to Cowboy: Pete Reinholz

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/08/09

We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 4 of Season 4, and in it, I talk with Pete Reinholz. Maybe this is a departure of sorts. Pete does not have a website or a book or anything to sell. He does write songs. He sings and plays guitar, and that’s the context in which I met him several years ago in Elko, Nevada. Pete graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Natural Resources and Rangeland

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32:15

Weaning Strategies with Lynn Acton

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/08/02

We love to hear from listeners and often incorporate listener questions or suggestions for topics and guests into our podcast. So, let us hear from you. Contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. Hey, it’s hot out there and I wanted to direct your attention to an article I wrote about dogs, horses, and us managing heat. How to help. What to be aware of. With comments from a Harvard dog expert and

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26:48

On the Fence: Pet Peeves. Plus, Prairie Wind Hat Works

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/07/19

This is Episode 2 of Season 4, and in it, Jec and I reconnect after some time off and have an On the Fence chat in which we talk about some summer projects, those of our listeners, and personal pet peeves, specific to our horse worlds: "analysis paralysis", group rides, not having rider etiquette, and underestimating our equine partners, for examples. (Oh, but we have more ;) Did you know? Jec has a great shop here, where you can find the fantastic exercise and conditioning books she's written.

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29:04

Tying Trials & Confidence Building with Daniel Dauphin

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/07/13

Welcome to Season Four!! of Best Horse Practices with Jec Ballou. Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways, skills, strategies, tools, ideas for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. Our shows are short and concise, or, at least, shorter and more concise than many shows out here in the digital universe. We love to hear from listeners and often incorporate listener questions or

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04:30

Prelude to Season 4

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/06/27

Hi there, this is Maddy Butcher, producer of Best Horse Practices with Jec Ballou. We’re taking a little break before launching our fourth season, but we wanted to say "Thank You" to our listeners and to our sponsors. It’s been a great 90-show journey in which we’ve talked about hooves, brain science, property management, parasites, gender gyrations, fitness, and much, much more. We’re pretty pleased with our content. We’re also excited that so many listeners have reached out to make

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30:35

Lee McLean on Nurturing Fun, Versatile Horses

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/06/08

Jec interviews Lee McLean from Alberta Canada. Lee likes to approach horse work with an eye on common sense, pragmatism, and fun. She grew up in a ranching family, but is savvy in side saddle, dressage, and other disciplines. While there was probably no end to topics for Jec and Lee, they picked one that I think we can all relate to, that is, how to nurture well-being for our horses in a holistic way, in a way that conjures athleticism and good movement without the snootiness and specificity that

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30:58

DIY Projects

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/05/25

This is Episode 29 of Season 3 and in it, Jec interviews Donna-Maria Flood of DMventions. Donna Maria has scores of simple fixes and DIY projects for your horse spaces and equipment. Most are inexpensive and don’t require a year-long carpentry apprenticeship. Make it in 10 minutes, for less than 10 bucks is more like it. This episode may require you to do some visualization, and, if you’re interested. Check out Donna-Maria’s website for instructions and videos on many of the projects. We also have a

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27:43

Coaches' Corner on Round Pens with Amy Skinner

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/05/18

This is Episode 28 of Season 3 and in it, Jec interviews Amy Skinner for another Coaches’ Corner. This interview concerns the use of round pens and I found it very insightful. Like many of you, I have used round pens for working my horses. It was especially a go-to place years ago. I feel like I knew less and had images of several roundpen-using clinicians in my head. So I was, like, yeah, of course, I’m headed to the round pen to do some fundamental ground work. Like ya do. Turns out, like so many

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