Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:36:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–16th Edition https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-16th-edition/ https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-16th-edition/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:18:14 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=12338 As we’ve done 15 times before—spanning Just shy of the five-year mark-–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.”  In each session of ATT, listeners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-16th-edition/feed/ 0 12338 Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary https://talkinganimals.net/2021/08/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary-3/ https://talkinganimals.net/2021/08/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary-3/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:00:39 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=8889 Melanie Sue Bowles—founder and director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, who alongside her husband, Jim, has shepherded the sanctuary through nearly 30 years of challenges, changes, and relocations, in service of rescuing horses and providing them refuge—recalls helping her very first horse, when they were decidedly not horse people. Although she didn’t grow up riding, […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2021/08/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary-3/feed/ 0 8889 Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary https://talkinganimals.net/2011/01/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/01/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:17 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1045 Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary and author , most recently, of “The Dogs of Proud Spirit.” (Full disclosure: I provided a blurb for the book jacket.)         Melanie Sue Bowles, who alongside husband, Jim, founded Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary on a five-acre parcel in Myakka City, Florida– it […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2011/01/melanie-sue-bowles-founder-director-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary/feed/ 0 1045 Melanie Bowles–cofounder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary https://talkinganimals.net/2008/05/melanie-bowles-cofounder-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary/ https://talkinganimals.net/2008/05/melanie-bowles-cofounder-of-proud-spirit-horse-sanctuary/#respond Wed, 14 May 2008 15:00:07 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1651 Melanie Bowles–cofounder, with her husband Jim, of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary–discusses the history of the Sanctuary (it began some 18 years ago, taking in one horse, Cody, on five acres in Myakka City, FL) and evolution (it’s now a 320-acre facility in Mena, AR that has provided a safe, nurturing home to more than 150 […]

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