10/24/2026
The sun peeks through the darkness, and I find myself scrolling through reels by veterinarians and other professionals discussing ulcers and gut health in horses.
I know their studies are sincere, but I just have to shake my head.
Something is missing from the conversation.
WHAT CREATED THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE?
We hear plenty about diagnosing, treating, feeding, and managing ulcers. But what about understanding the conditions that contribute to their development?
Wouldn't it make more sense to investigate the source so horse owners could become proactive rather than continually managing the consequences?
After decades of investigating horses as a trainer, I've come to question the relationship between body symmetry, conformation, posture, and digestive function.
How a horse organizes its body to create balance may influence how feed moves through the digestive system.
Posture, compression, movement, and the fermentation process are all part of a much larger biological conversation.
Yet how often do we discuss these relationships when investigating digestive problems?
My first priority in training is developing the horse's morphostatic potential to become level, straight, and structurally balanced.
Through my work, I've observed changes in horses with histories of digestive difficulties, including colic, choke, and ulcers, as their balance and posture improved.
Those observations deserve investigation, not dismissal.
Agree or disagree.
I'll submit that the conventional methods we're taught to use when breaking and training horses may contribute to far more physical dysfunction, behavioral problems, and breakdowns than the industry is prepared to acknowledge.
We keep treating the consequences without adequately questioning what created them.
And around we go!
After a lifetime investigating the dysfunctions of modern horsemanship, a different system emerged from my work.
STEP RESET.
A system built around restoring balance, supporting the horse's natural self-correcting abilities, and investigating prevention rather than endlessly correcting damage.
I'm not interested in repeating the same methods and expecting different results.
There's a name for that.
INSANITY.
I'd rather keep asking questions.
Especially the ones nobody seems interested in answering.
The trick is to find people capable of learning.
