{"podcast":{"title":"The Horse's Advocate Podcast","slug":"the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912","podcast_index_feed_id":3416912,"rss_url":"https://thehorsesadvocate.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://community.thehorsesadvocate.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/2/b/6/42b6fcf71f9b234a40be95ea3302a6a1/THA_Podcast_Cover_Apple_2021_copy.jpg","author":"Geoff Tucker, DVM","episode_count":181,"summary":"The Horse's Advocate Podcast is about helping horse owners find the missing horse owner's manual for owning and caring for horses. Geoff Tucker, DVM (aka, \"Doc T\"), brings you wisdom from almost 50 years with horses. But beware - some of this stuff is NOT what you might expect. When the \"box to think outside of\" was built, he was never included and remained outside! This show aims to Help Horses Thrive In A Human World.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T16:21:17.068713+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912"},"episode":{"title":"Am I Too Old To Teach The Young Horse Owner? #176 The Horse's Advocate Podcast","slug":"am-i-too-old-to-teach-the-young-horse-owner-176-the-horse-s-advocate-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-01T08:52:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912/am-i-too-old-to-teach-the-young-horse-owner-176-the-horse-s-advocate-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912","url":"https://thehorsesadvocate.libsyn.com/am-i-too-old-to-teach-the-young-horse-owner","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thehorsesadvocate/PC176_AUDIO-Am_I_Too_Old_To_Teach_The_Young_Horse_Owner_1.mp3?dest-id=1330034","summary":"New horse owners join the community every day, from children to adults with little or no experience. Many expect horse ownership to be as simple as using everyday conveniences like microwaves or making phone calls. Yet, horses are fundamentally different. Unlike technology, which responds reliably to our commands, horses have evolved to interpret and respond to their environment using all their senses. This makes horse ownership far more complex than people often assume. To address this complexity, many new owners seek additional education or guidance to better understand their horses. But if the teaching material comes from other inexperienced people, the instructions the new owners find are either too complex, with a \"to-do list\" too long to remember, or are based on specialized equipment they have to purchase. The solution lies in learning how we are perceived by the horse and how we can change ourselves to help the horse understand us. To do this, horse owners need to find a mentor, observe how the horse responds to them, and then work on changing themselves so the horse perceives them positively. Stand in front of a mirror to find the solution in yourself, rather than looking at the horse to change.","meta_description":"New horse owners join the community every day, from children to adults with little or no experience. Many expect horse ownership to be as simple as using…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1131,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912/episodes/am-i-too-old-to-teach-the-young-horse-owner-176-the-horse-s-advocate-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horse-s-advocate-podcast-3416912/am-i-too-old-to-teach-the-young-horse-owner-176-the-horse-s-advocate-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}