> My attention was immediately caught by one of the feature articles: Memories
> of the 1996 World Championship - the inside story... on page 36. Well,
> imagine my surprise and disapointment, it sounds like an Infomercial for
> TTEAM, nothing else. Who paid who for the article?. And then, on page 42,
> more on TTEAM and Linda Tellington Jones featured, again, on page 25. Yes, I know, the TTEAM has done great things for some
> horses, but the point is the headvy-handedness of this all. Is this what Trail
> Blazer magazine is about?
Funny you should mention this... My friend brought it up this
weekend while we were riding and similar comments. I think that a
journal should be objective in its writings, especially a journal
that is attempting to be foremost in the field of endurance.
TB has always supported "alternative methods" of care & horsemanship.
They have presented these alternative methods of care without always
presenting credible research and data to back up their presentation.
On the other hand, very well done research has been published in TB.
You need to read TB with a critical eye. (And ignore the ever
present typos and mistakes in the copy!!!)
More interesting is that I had a subscription thru Jan 1999.
Susan Gibson cancelled it saying any subscription dated 1/99 was a
complimentary one year subscription that is automatically cancelled
at the end of a year! I PAID for a 6 year subscription in 1993! Her
"negotiations" with me led to a missed year (1995) and a one year
subscription ending in 1/97. Despite all of this, I have yet to
receive the latest edition. (I had to read my friend's copy. Mine
are always at least a month late.)
Same old problem from TB?!?! I generally like the magazine, but I wish
the service was better. I certainly wasn't happy with her decision to cut 3
years off of a paid subscription.
Linda Flemmer
ABF Challenger ("Rocket") & Eternal Point ("Major")
Blue Wolf Ranch Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
"In case of emergency - Fur side up, steel side down!"