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Best Horse Practices Podcast
by Maddy Butcher
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.
Episodes
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Highlights from our Five Seasons
Welcome to Best Horse Practices. My name is Maddy Butcher and I produce this podcast. 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,...
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Jec and Cody Harrison talk spurs
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 8 of Season 5 and in it, Jec interviews Cody Harrison, a horseman specializing in classical dressage and…
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Daniel Dauphin on Bits and BHPS
This is Episode 7 of Season 5 and in it, I talk with Daniel Dauphin about bits and the upcoming Best Horse Practices Summit. I met this Louisiana man several years ago when we were considering possible presenters for the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington, Kentucky. Since then, he's come on...
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Gillian Higgins on Anatomy and Biomechanics
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...
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Carl Bledsoe and Help for the Gaited Horse
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 5 of Season 5 and in it, we welcome back my colleague, Jec Ballou, for her first show of our fifth season....
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What Does Abuse Look Like? A Talk with Daniel Dauphin
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. We're dedicating another show to horsey intellectualism. Intellectualism roughly means thinking, studying, and/or discussing...
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Life and Death of Livestock and Pets, a Short Conversation with Nina Fuller
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 3 of Season 5 and we're dedicating the next few shows to some horsey intellectualism. I like to look up…
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J.B. Zielke - The Lost Cowboy
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...
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Worst Horse Practices and News
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 1 of Season 5. For this show, I'm speaking on behalf or maybe I should say as half. Half of the interview…
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Season Finale: On the Fence with Jec and Maddy
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 27 of Season 4. In it, Jec and I have a fun On the Fence conversation in which we talk some about identity...
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Buck the Trend, Wyoming Clinician Sara Lowe
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 26 of Season 4. In it, I interview Sara Lowe, a horsewoman and police detective from Wyoming. She's a...
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Daniel Dauphin, Buck the Trend Mental Health Forum
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 25 of Season 4. In it, Daniel Dauphin is back, not to talk about bits and horse mouth anatomy but to talk...
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Buck the Trend Therapists, KD Bryant and Joseph Prekup
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 24 of Season 4. In it, I interview KD Bryant and Joseph Prekup, the two therapists who anchored the...
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Dan Flitner - Buck the Trend Mental Health Forum
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 23 of Season 4. In it, I interview Dan Flitner in one of several new episodes about Buck the Trend, the…
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Katrin Silva and Jec Ballou talk books
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 22 of Season 4. In it, Jec interviews Katrin Silva for a Coaches' Corner. It's always fun when these two get...
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Ben Longwell: Meanings of partnership
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...
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Julie Goodnight
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 20 of Season 4. In it, Jec interviews Julie Goodnight. I feel like this interview has been a long time…
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Coaches' Corner with Bit Expert Daniel Dauphin
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 19 of Season 4. In it, Jec interviews Daniel Dauphin, an accomplished horseman from Louisiana and someone…
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On the Fence: Looking Ahead and Looking Back
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 18 of Season 4 and it's an On the Fence episode in which Jec and I talk about some upcoming goals as well as...
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Jenn Currie: Brain Centered Horsemanship
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 17 of Season 4 and in it, Jec interviews author, teacher, and horsewoman Jenn Currie. She offers clinics…
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Mary Ann Simonds - Horses and Humans
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...
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Medicine Horse, Evidence-Based Therapy with Horses
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...
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A Note about the Pause
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…
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On the Fence: State of Our Horse Worlds
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…
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Wendy Murdoch, No Stirrup November, Plus Colt Starting
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...
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Dr. Doug Thal and the Equine Vet Crisis
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…
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Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner: Body Work and other forms of care
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...
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Lee McLean on Wild versus Domestic
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…
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On the Fence: Expertise & the Beginner's Mind
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…
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Trish Trips - Different Kinds of Horse Work
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...
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Kerry O'Brien and the Meeker Mustang Makeover
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...
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Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner, plus Mental Health
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…
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From Cowboy to Showjumper to Cowboy: Pete Reinholz
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.…
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Weaning Strategies with Lynn Acton
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,...
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On the Fence: Pet Peeves. Plus, Prairie Wind Hat Works
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…
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Tying Trials & Confidence Building with Daniel Dauphin
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.…
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Prelude to Season 4
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...
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Lee McLean on Nurturing Fun, Versatile Horses
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...
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DIY Projects
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…
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Coaches' Corner on Round Pens with Amy Skinner
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...
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Mother's Day Special: Super Short & Horse-y Fiction
This is Episode 27 of Season 3. I decided to do something a bit different with this episode. While I'm mostly a journalist, I have had some fun dabbling a bit with fiction. This story was published in my first book A Rider's Reader. You can find it exclusively in the Cayuse Communication library....
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Considering Science with Dr. Sheryl King
This is Episode 26 of Season 3 and in it, Jec and I talk with Dr. Sheree King about science, specifically equine research. But it's also a conversation of how to consider science in today's world of scholarly access, social media, and, quite frankly, the troubling politics around scientific...
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On the Fence: Breed Bias and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Welcome to Best Horse Practices with Jec Ballou. My name is Maddy Butcher. I produce this podcast and I would love to know what you think of our intro: Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their...
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Daniel Dauphin and Jec discuss Equine Pain
This is Episode 24 of Season 3 and in it, Jec interviews Daniel Dauphin of Dauphin Horsemanship. He was also a 2022 Best Horse Practices Summit presenter. It's a great conversation, in part, because in their work Jec and Daniel are not seeing the same clients or the same horses. At all. Jec is in...
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Vision Science and a Scary Colic
This is Episode 23 of Season 3 and in it, I'm going to talk a bit about brain science as well as a scary colic incident. You can find articles on vision science here and here. It's fascinating stuff! You will learn about place cells, grid cells, boundary cells, and more. Did you know? Place cells…
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Coaches' Corner with Lynn Acton
It's good to remind listeners of our mission once in a while. Here it is: Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their horses. Plus, we like to feel safe and have fun. Fitness, of mind and body, the...
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Kristen Vlietstra on Saddle Fit and More
This is Episode 21 of Season 3 and in it, Jec is back and interviewing Kristen Vliestra, who runs Saddlery Solutions in California. Jec and Kristen have talked before about saddle fit and in this episode, Jec asks some particular questions that have been bugging her for a while. As I found out...
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Stories & Poetry, II
Please accept my apologies as we initially uploaded an erroneous file for this great episode. Sorry times ten! We offer these shows for free. If you think it's worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is episode 20 of season 3 and we have the second and final installment…
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Summit Stories and "Heirloom" by Sampson Moss
We offer this podcast for free. If you find it worthy of your support. Please contribute here. This is Episode 19 of Season 3 and it's another special detour of sorts, this time to the storytelling that was featured on Saturday night at the Best Horse Practices Summit at Spy Coast Farm in...
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Fear to Joy: On the Fence with Jec and Maddy
We offer these shows for free. If you think they're worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 18 of Season 3 and it's an On the Fence segment in which Jec and I discuss a prompt from Art, a listener in Michigan. It concerns how best to introduce a non-horse-y...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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Maddy Butcher
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