Nicole M. Miller

Some people go by the “horse whispering” theory for horse training and behavior correction. Well, we tried whispering and my little Grunnion wouldn’t exactly listen. Grunnion has been adapting to life boarding at a barn after spending the rest of his life being the king of his own domain at my parent’s house. It’s been a big adjustment and his latest thing has been pushing his pasture mate and people around with his nose. Not violently, per se, but the horse is strong. Really strong. And he’s an Arabian, which means that neck is fairly long and stretchable. Not the safest or best scenario. My husband, who is genuinely amazing...

Life has drastically changed for this former rodeo queen in the past six weeks. I went from seeing my horse once every few weeks, to seeing him once every few days. We moved him to a local barn with a covered arena (COVERED ARENA!) and I’ve been loving it. I’ve journaled about it. Wrote a few blog post drafts…   But I haven’t got the guts to post them yet. And here’s why: I have so much on my plate, so many people waiting on things from me, that every moment with my horse, I feel guilty. I feel like I shouldn’t be allowed to do something that isn’t for...

I’m going to be appearing regularly on ilovehorses.net – and my first post is up today! Check it out and share with any other horse-lovers you know. This is a great site with tons of information!    I fell in love with horses the way most young girls fall in love with horses — through movies, cartoons, horse figurines and even a wooden rocking horse. I couldn’t get enough. Every company picnic, I’d spend all day on the pony rides. Needless to say, my dad knew this wasn’t a childhood phase. My mother had owned horses, and it must have been in the blood. When we moved onto property, I...