{"podcast":{"title":"Horse Training in Harmony","slug":"horse-training-in-harmony-1316447","podcast_index_feed_id":1316447,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/horsetraininginharmony/","website_url":"https://www.dressagenaturally.net/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b21c8ee-67a9-4d66-87a1-86520f828a55/1hwcuiixksh1-4jcl6rsjn4-.jpg","author":"Karen Rohlf","episode_count":266,"summary":"Do you want to advance up the levels without sacrificing your horse's welfare and your relationship with him? Do you find it confusing trying to reconcile competitive training techniques with methods that prioritize partnership? Get ready for some fresh insights and a deeper understanding of how to progress with your horse. This podcast invites an evolution in your training and learning experience. Karen Rohlf will give you specific techniques and exercises, ‘outside the box’ concepts, and perspectives from top professionals. This show will explore how you can create stronger partnerships and healthy biomechanics, and will help you be your best self for your horse and for your life; free from the fear of making mistakes and dogmatic ‘right vs wrong’ thinking. As an author, internationally popular clinician, and creator of the Dressage Naturally program, Karen has been filling in the missing pieces and catalyzing breakthroughs for amateur and professional horsemen and women around the world. This show will have something for riders of every level and discipline. Learn more at https://dressagenaturally.net/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T04:17:10.602324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447"},"episode":{"title":"EP245: Wild Horses with Scott Beckstead","slug":"ep245-wild-horses-with-scott-beckstead","published_at":"2025-10-31T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep245-wild-horses-with-scott-beckstead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447","url":"https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast-library/ep245-wild-horses-with-scott-beckstead","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/49c7aeea-35d7-492c-a889-d155200fafd5.mp3","summary":"In this episode I’ll be talking with Scott Beckstead of the Wild Horse Refuge in Colorado. We’ll talk about how he is helping wild horses who have been rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management return to a life of freedom. About the Guest: A lifelong student and admirer of horses and all equines, Scott Beckstead grew up with horses on his family’s farm and spent much of his childhood and youth on horseback in the mountains of Idaho. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Utah State University and his JD from the University of Utah, Beckstead worked as an attorney in private practice for 17 years on the central Oregon coast before going to work full-time in the animal protection sector as a legislative lobbyist, agriculture policy director, and equine welfare specialist. During his time on the coast he also served as the mayor of Waldport, Oregon from 2002 to 2007.  Beckstead became known for his special expertise in the field of animal law, and has taught that subject as well as classes on wildlife, animal agriculture, cannabis, and polar law at Willamette University College of Law as an adjunct professor of law since 2010. In 2000, he co-authored Animal Law, the first casebook on the subject.  Because of his familiarity with horses, livestock, and farm animals, Beckstead provides training to law enforcement agencies on how to handle and work with those animals, and how to investigate equine and livestock cruelty and neglect. He currently serves as Chief Equine Programs Director for The Wild Animal Sanctuary, overseeing the organization’s work to save and protect equines both wild and domestic. Beckstead is married to Jackie and has four children, two grandchildren, and an assortment of pets.  Wild Horse Refuge: https://www.wildhorserefuge.org…","meta_description":"In this episode I’ll be talking with Scott Beckstead of the Wild Horse Refuge in Colorado. We’ll talk about how he is helping wild horses who have been ro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2605,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/episodes/ep245-wild-horses-with-scott-beckstead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep245-wild-horses-with-scott-beckstead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}