Shelby Dennis

Making Milestones

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

Author

Shelby Dennis

Category

Education

Podcast website

milestoneequestrian.ca

Latest episode

Jun 18, 2026

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Episodes

Horse World ”Grittiness” Encourages Recklessness 06.06.2022

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

Most Horse People Don’t ”Love” Their Horses The Way They Need To 28.05.2022

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

Everyone Who Works With Horses Trains Horses: Here’s Why 27.05.2022

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

Reforming The Horse Industry: What it Actually Looks like 13.05.2022

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

A Bodily Autonomy Rant + What’s Going on With Milo? 09.05.2022

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...

Reflecting On Previous Riding Practices 02.05.2022

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

The Horse Industry’s Social License 18.04.2022

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

Interviewing an Equine Nutritionist: Scott Cieslar, founder of MadBarn 13.04.2022

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

Overcoming Shame & Guilt in Horse Training 23.03.2022

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.co...

Horse World Myths & Misconceptions 15.03.2022

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

The Trainer-Student Power Dynamic 27.02.2022

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

The Mark Todd Incident and ”Little Abuses” in the Horse World 20.02.2022

Talking about the culture of punishment in the horse world and the normalization of rough training tactics and how it will be our undoing.   Shop Ana Luisa Subscribe to Patreon

Science Denying in Social Issues & TheHorse World 03.02.2022

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

Disorder in Human & Horse Psychology 28.01.2022

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

2021 (& 2020) Year End Recap & Reflection 04.01.2022

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!

If You‘ve Ever Been Afraid of or ”Hated” Horses, Listen to This 20.12.2021

A podcast for non-horse people and horse people alike. Send this to your friends, family and acquaintances if they have a fear of horses and maybe it will give them another perspective.   Links: Merch Store Shop Bridles & Saddle Pads YouTube

Coercive Training Methods & Bad Management: We Need To Heighten our Standards 13.12.2021

Discussing certain high stress/punishment based training methods and why under no circumstances they should be justified. Talking about the state of the horse world and how social media influences this.

Honest Talk About The Death of My Horse 29.11.2021

Talking about some of the trauma from georges death and a word of warning for how you choose to treat people online.

The Plight of the Modern Horse 18.11.2021

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.

The Culture of Violence in Horse Training 14.09.2021

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.

Horse Anxiety & Rushing Training 29.07.2021

Talking about anxious horses and how often management plays a role in their success.

An Honest, but sad, life update 15.06.2021

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The Rushing of Young Horses 08.06.2021

Talking about training young horses and how prevalent rushing them is on social media.

My Rescue Horse’s Hoof Journey 28.05.2021

Talking about Milo’s hoof rehab journey and other stuff related to him

Massage for Equine Health & Wellbeing: An Interview with Jim Masterson 10.04.2021

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 behaviourall...

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