Posted by in Horse Showing, judging, Life skills and such By Karen L. Waite, Ph.D. A week or so ago, I judged an open show. I mean, it was sort of an open show, but also, sort of an Arabian breed show at the same time, which is pretty cool. It also had some half-Arabians, and some Pintos and a wide range of things, but…Read more »
Posted by in General, Horse Showing, judging, Life skills and such, Sports Psychology By Karen Waite, Ph. D. In the last few weeks one of my (least) favorite topics has come up several times…that of the “participation trophy” and the fact that the world is obviously doomed to fail because some organizations have chosen not to place kids (gasp), but to focus more on learning and motor skill…Read more »
Posted by in Horse Showing, Life skills and such By Karen Waite If you live in the Midwest, you may have noticed that it's county fair season…that age old bastion of tradition, education (intentional and otherwise), drama, intrigue, teen romance, and corn dogs. Don't get me wrong, I love county fairs and 4-H (which often go hand in hand). Both made me who I…Read more »
Posted by in Horse Showing, Life skills and such, Sports Psychology By Karen L. Waite, Ph. D. If you are a friend on my personal Facebook page, I’m sure at some point you’ve thought “Why does this insufferable woman post so much? And why does she always post about her FAILURES? Who DOES that?” Great news. I’m hoping to clear that up for you with this…Read more »
Posted by in Life skills and such, Sports Psychology Photo credit: lpatuscon.org A lot has been said about Goal Setting. If you Google goal setting or SMART goals, you can spend weeks going through the 18, 800,000 hits, if you’ve got that kind if time. And little wonder…it’s an important skill. It’s hard to accomplish much of anything worthwhile if you don’t set goals…and…Read more »
Posted by in Horse Showing, Life skills and such, Sports Psychology, Uncategorized It was bound to happen sooner or later. I’m not sure why I wasn’t more prepared…in hindsight, I should have been. I was speaking at a scientific section meeting on the topic of the human aspect of show horse welfare (part of my “day job”, so to speak). The conversation turned to educational programs to…Read more »
Posted by in Horse Showing, Life skills and such, Uncategorized It was never really my intention to write solely about horse judging and horse shows here, although there is typically no shortage of material in that “arena”. It certainly was never my intention to write specifically about Western Pleasure either. I think it’s safe to say that now that the dust has settled, I’ll avoid…Read more »
