Stall and Stable: Ideas for Happy Horsekeeping

EP 153: Horse Welfare and Behavior Discussion with Buck & Helena

We're just poppin in to your earbuds to talk about horse welfare and behavior from a birdseye view. Why is it important, how science has delivered important knowledge abo

EP 152: Behavior Motivators for Horses

There are six primary behavior motivators for horses: 1) Food 2) Water 3) Safety 4) Comfort 5) Companionship 6) Reproduction To understand why a horse does som

EP 151: What Happened to Helena?

Helena is back for a very quick recap and update on her evolving role in the equine industry. As she completes year one of her master's program at PennVet, rest assured t

EP 150: Goodbye and Thank You, I'm Off to Learn Nerdy, Cool Things

In this final episode of the Stall and Stable Show, Helena shares her purpose for wrapping up the podcast with a reading of her graduate school application essay, lots of

EP 149: Understanding Horses from Their Point of View

Wendy Murdoch comes back to the show to talk about how equine behavior, environment, and biomechanics work to settle an anxious horse. How does gravity play a role in a c

EP 148: Triple Crown Spotlight July 2024

We are back with our regular Triple Crown Nutrition Spotlight, answering listener questions with Triple Crown Feed specialist, Stacy Andersen. This month features the

EP 147: The Snuffle Pasture for Stabled Horses

Are you interested in ways to keep your horse mentally and emotionally healthy? If your horse spends more than an hour or two in a stall, you will be interested in learni

EP 146: Temple Grandin, An Open Door

Temple Grandin is a world-renowned animal behaviorist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She blazed many trails toward the humane treatment of

EP 145: How to Choose a Feed for Your Easy Keeper

It's another Triple Crown Nutrition Spotlight episode, and this time, Helena and Stacy talk about how to choose a feed for those easy keepers, horses with metabolic issue

EP 144: Introducing Maria

When I put out a call on Faceblast for a freelance professional to come out and give me a hand with my horses, Maria Falgione and her husband Ral Ayers came rollin up my

EP 142: Triple Crown Nutrition Spotlight - Listener Q & A

We are back with another Triple Crown Nutrition episode. Today we answer three listener questions about equine nutrition: 1) What's the most exciting research happening i

EP 141: The Biomechanics of Riding, with Wendy Murdoch

Wendy Murdoch joins Helena in this episode to talk about the biomechanics of the horse and rider partnership, her scientific background, the Feldenkrais Method that she e

EP 140: Horse Business Bookkeeping

If you're running a boarding or training business and struggling to stay afloat, you need to listen to this episode.  If you're a professional competitor, you need to l

EP 139: Horse Brains and Bellies

We have a powerhouse episode this week, featuring our monthly Triple Crown Nutrition Spotlight, where we answer questions submitted by listeners about how to best feed th

EP 137: Hoo Too and Horse Nutrition

In this episode, Helena shares some big news from Hoo Too in South Carolina, and we welcome back equine nutrition specialist from Triple Crown, Stacy Andersen, to answer

EP 135: Equine Nutrition in Depth, with Clair Thunes, Ph.D.

In this second episode of our new Triple Crown Nutrition Series, Helena is joined by Dr. Clair Thunes, a Ph.D. and equine nutrition expert, to answer questions submitted

EP 134: Road to the Horse with Tik Maynard

This episode features an in-depth, personal conversation with Tik Maynard, an elite-level eventer, trainer, clinician, and author. Tik's balanced and artful approach to h

EP 133: Feeding Forage Q&A with Triple Crown Nutrition

Deciding what to feed our horses can be daunting. Some horse owners rely on their trainers for guidance, others rely on the barn manager, or even random tidbits from the

EP 131: Updates from Hoo Too, and a New Book by Mary Ann Simonds

Understanding is the key to success and contentment with horses, no matter what you do with them. If you're a backyarder who treasures the minutiae of horsekeeping, or a

EP 130: The Journey from Rhode Island to South Carolina

Wowie! We are finally here, in our southern home for the winter. Helena, Buck, Siouxsie, Brody, Clarabelle, Jack, Lola, and Cheeto. We drove 18 hours with a trailer full