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Making Milestones

Shelby Dennismilestoneequestrian.ca
A podcast for Equestrians and animal enthusiasts trying to find their way in this crazy world. Discussing a variety of topics including ethicality in horsemanship, current problems in the horse industry along with general life challenges, trauma, neurodivergency and more. Join our Patreon for behind the scenes content and to support the podcast for as little as $1 per month: http://Patreon.com/sdequus

Episodes

Accepting Change in the Horse World

Discussing the lack of willingness to accept new info in the horse world, even when it comes from credible sources, and how this limits growth. Shop my bridles, apparel and more: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Shop my Merch: http://shopmilestoneequestrian.com Subscribe to my Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus

Jul 24, 20221 hr 2 min

Forage Alternatives to Hay: Talk with MadBarn’s Scott Ciesler

Talking about alternatives to hay in areas experiencing hay shortages and other things equine nutrition. Subscribe to my Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus Shop my product line: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Get a Free diet analysis for your horse: http://madbarn.com/analyze-diet/?ref=1329 Use my code SDEQUUS for a discount on MadBarn products!

Jul 14, 202256 min

The ”Horse Always Comes First” Myth

Does the horse really always come first in common horse world practices? Or, is this common phrase just used to justify people's training methods and care, regardless of ethicality? Shop my bridles & apparel: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus

Jul 04, 20221 hr 26 min

R+ & R-: Training Approaches and the Mindsets behind them

Talking about the industry mindsets towards different training methods and the problems they may post. Shop: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus MadBarn: http://madbarn.com/analyze-diet/?ref=1329

Jun 24, 20221 hr 21 min

Horse World ”Grittiness” Encourages Recklessness

Talking about some of the problematic attitudes in the horse world and how they encourage risk taking behaviours. Subscribe to Patreon: http://patreon.com.sdequus Shop My Merch: http://shopmilestoneequestrian.com Shop Apparel, Bridles & More: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Tip Jar: http://paypal.me/milestoneequestrian

Jun 06, 20221 hr 11 min

Most Horse People Don’t ”Love” Their Horses The Way They Need To

Talking about how many of us have been taught from early on in our riding careers to show love for our horses in all of the wrong ways, to the detriment of equine welfare, and how we can change this. Shop my bridles, saddle pads and apparel: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Shop my merch: http://shopmilestoneequestrian.com Subscribe to my Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus

May 28, 20221 hr 13 min

Everyone Who Works With Horses Trains Horses: Here’s Why

Talking about behaviour and learning science basics and why the info we have on horses shows such a huge need for change in the horse world and horse training practices. Subscribe to my Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus Shop Milestone Products: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone Shop my Merch: http://shopmilestoneequestrian.com

May 27, 20221 hr 19 min

Reforming The Horse Industry: What it Actually Looks like

Talking about reforming traditional horse keeping & training practices and the reality of it. Help support the podcast: http://patreon.com/sdequus http://paypal.me/milestoneequestrian Shop: http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone http://shopmilestoneequestrian.com

May 13, 20221 hr 47 min

A Bodily Autonomy Rant + What’s Going on With Milo?

Talking about the right to choose and how vital it is as a basic human right. Going into detail on my stance regarding what is going on currently in the US with Roe vs Wade. Basically, just a lengthy frustrated rant on how the pro-birth side has a lot of hypocrisy in every aspect of their argument to try to justify taking away bodily autonomy. Talking about Milo and some difficulties we've been having (near the end of podcast). Subscribe to my Patreon: http://patreon.com/sdequus Shop my Merch: h...

May 09, 20221 hr 18 min

Reflecting On Previous Riding Practices

An update on my mare who colicked as well as discussing previous riding practices, rolemodels when growing up and how I think the industry creates a lot of the welfare issues we see. Subscribe to my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sdequus Use my code SDEQUUS for a discount on MadBarn Products Get a free diet analysis: http://madbarn.com/analyze-diet/?ref=1329

May 02, 20221 hr 24 min

The Horse Industry’s Social License

Talking about the horse industry's social license and how elitism impacts some of the issues in the horse world. http://patreon.com/sdequus http://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone http://milestoneequestrian.ca

Apr 18, 20221 hr 13 min

Interviewing an Equine Nutritionist: Scott Cieslar, founder of MadBarn

Interviewing Scott Cieslar and asking some equine nutrition questions, going over common myths and misinformations in equine nutrition as well as the science behind it. Super interesting and informative podcast! Thank you Scott. Free diet analysis: https://madbarn.com/analyze-diet/?ref=1329 Subscribe to Patreon: https://patreon.com/sdequus

Apr 13, 202255 min

Overcoming Shame & Guilt in Horse Training

In this podcast, I discuss guilt and shame for past training methods and how I have dealt with it along with the positive correlation in my mental health that I've noticed since developing more empathetic training methods and how I think it is all connected. I also discuss my experience at the Shawna Karrasch clinic and some of my guilt in mistakes made in Milo's training. https://www.patreon.com/sdequus https://amoreequestrian.ca/pages/milestone https://www.shopmilestoneequestrian.com/

Mar 23, 20221 hr 42 min

Horse World Myths & Misconceptions

Discussing some of the common myths equestrians are taught and why we need to stop normalizing them. Become a Patron Shop My Merch Shop Bridles/Saddle Pads/Etc MadBarn Diet Analysis

Mar 15, 20221 hr 1 min

The Trainer-Student Power Dynamic

Talking about how we perpetuate some toxic norms in the horse world when it comes to fair treatment of students. Subscribe to my Patreon Shop my store

Feb 27, 20221 hr 10 min

Science Denying in Social Issues & TheHorse World

Talking about the freedom convoy here in Canada and how cognitive dissonance contributes to it. Also, talking about how cognitive dissonance impacts horse people. Check out Ana Luisa's Valentines Sale: Click to Shop Subscribe to my Patreon

Feb 03, 20221 hr 2 min

Disorder in Human & Horse Psychology

Talking about how our culture in the horse & human worlds perpetuates behavioural issues. Shop the Ana Luisa sale: https://shop.analuisa.com/shelby

Jan 28, 202253 min

2021 (& 2020) Year End Recap & Reflection

Reflecting on some of the many changes the last year and more. Talking about plans currently with the horses and the business as well as what we did the last while. Discussing personal growth, changes in training ideology and more!

Jan 04, 20221 hr 19 min

The Plight of the Modern Horse

Talking about horses as domesticated animals being one of the most misunderstood and mishandled species and why this mindset is so prevalent. Touching on dominance theory and punishment based training and why this is not a standard we should encourage. Refuting common excuses for bad training practice.

Nov 18, 202155 min

The Culture of Violence in Horse Training

Talking about the whole Amber Cobb scandal along with other concerning attitudes and mindsets that are prevalent in the horse world and how I think our normalization of violent behaviour towards horses contributes to the existence of it all.

Sep 14, 20211 hr 21 min

Massage for Equine Health & Wellbeing: An Interview with Jim Masterson

In this episode, I get to interview Jim Masterson, a big name in the equine massage and bodywork community. We discuss his new documentary featuring him and co-worker/trainer, Mark Rashid and talk to the producer of the documentary, Dylan Silver. This episode encompasses everything equine body work related, behaviour as well as the human influence on equine comfort both physically and behaviourally. Jim is an exceptionally interesting human and this episode highlights his expertise and offers a ...

Apr 10, 20211 hr 22 min

Human Trauma-Horse Trauma

*some mild swearing and tw: addiction and brain trauma talk* Discussing trauma within the lens of both the human and the horse. Talking about personal life traumas and how they affected my perception and comparing and contrasting much of these to how horses may feel and how trigger stacking may effect our training sessions with them and change how they receive information. Socials: Patreon Instagram YouTube Support The Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingmilestones/support...

Mar 22, 20211 hr 17 min
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