Laura Schonberg 
Horsing with Shanna Leeland by Laura Schonberg As an engineering project manager for a technology company, Shanna Leeland has become more creative than logical. Solving problems requires her to use the most creative parts of her brain in order to sustain a motivated team. Using the same strategies while horsing, … Read More
by Laura Schonberg Working full-time as an administrative assistant for the Columbia County Commissioners, Kate Peters and her family forego traditional vacations or nights out to in order to spend time outdoors with their herd. Kate started riding as an adult and horsing brought grace and peace into her … Read More
by Laura Schonberg Rebecca Borror owns, lives, and works at 9 Peaks Ranch, a cattle breeding outfit near Fort Rock, Oregon where daily operations depend on horses and their ability to work together. Coming from a background of competitive English and eventing disciplines, the relationship she now has with … Read More
by Laura Schonberg Despite working as a full-time commercial pilot whose horses live a county away, Erin fancies herself an eventer and aspires to have her soul compliment her gelding, Guinness. More alike than they are different, their struggles have lead Erin to a place where she first seeks to … Read More
by Laura Schonberg From a small child who was crazy about horses, to becoming a full-time owner of The Horse Fellowship, Janet Phinney has come full circle in the joy of horsing and a commitment to putting the relationship first. Why I Horse: I think I came out of … Read More
by Laura Schonberg When Laura Waitt isn’t at work vetting large animals, she is on the back of one of her three horses training for an endurance ride. A resident of Skagit Valley, she challenges herself as a rider to “get smarter” about listening to her horses in order … Read More
by Laura Schonberg This month I spoke with Beth Pruiett about her horse-centered soul; when she’s not wrangling her three young girls, she’s rounding up middle schoolers in her resource room. With three horses at home, a full-time teaching job, and a husband that works crazy shifts, her story … Read More
By Laura Schonberg Over the next year I’ll be introducing you to many friends who, like me, are passionate about horsing around. The first is Northwest Horse Source editor, Catherine Madera. My First Horse: I started riding lessons at around eight years old and would look wistfully at the … Read More
by Laura Schonberg Why do I do horses? It’s a question I often ask myself. In the wet dark depths of winter, when water floods the pen, or mud is up to their pasterns, or the trails are too icy to maneuver, it does make me wonder. Then there … Read More
by Laura Schonberg As I go galloping in to the more mature years of my life, I have become much more reflective about my horsemanship. My action-oriented nature is often in conflict with my horses’ natural state that seeks quiet. I easily miss what my horse is telling me and … Read More
