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January 3, 2009
Are horses mindreaders?
“Mr. Larusson, do you think that horses read the minds of humans?” asked an American horse-enthusiast woman at the end of a lesson a few years ago. “I won’t rule it out, but I reckon it doesn’t happen as often as people would like to think,” I replied with the hopes that my answer would suffice a...
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January 3, 2009
A few words about endurance
“No pain, no gain” was the motto for all athletic training since before mid-nineteenth century. It was believed that an athlete’s progress would be minimal if that individual did not torment themselves in training. Pushing a person past the threshold of pain was considered the best method to prep...
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November 18, 2008
Half halt
"Mr. Larusson, when you come around to the next corner I want you to give half halt to the horse and continue to do so every step while you are riding the corner," echoed a voice throughout the riding arena at Oregon State University a bit more than one decade ago. When I had passed the corner, t...
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August 9, 2007
Beat the attitude out of him, man!
”Magnus wait; I have to speak to you! I heard shouted when I was on a horse trip a while ago. The voice did not belong to anyone in my group but came from someone in another group we were just passing. The voice sounded familiar and when we got closer I saw that I knew the voices owner. He had ta...
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