Sarah Olson
@boldhorsebehavior.bsky.social
I help horse owners resolve problem behaviors with humane, science-based methods 🐴
📍Portland, OR
🏳️🌈 She/They
📍Portland, OR
🏳️🌈 She/They
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Hi BlueSky, my name is Sarah and I'll be bringing science and kindness (and horses!) to your feed if you choose to follow me
This sweet little mare is Alula, my rescue horse turned ambassador for humane horsemanship methods.
We'd love to share the joy of consent based training with you!
This sweet little mare is Alula, my rescue horse turned ambassador for humane horsemanship methods.
We'd love to share the joy of consent based training with you!
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Im excited to take place in the economic blackout boycott tomorrow.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Im excited to take place in the economic blackout boycott tomorrow.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
Just out here trying to fight fascism and play with cute ponies
February 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just out here trying to fight fascism and play with cute ponies
Just a friendly reminder, that the right wing men are currently fantasizing about hanging female politicians they don't agree with.
This is why Trump's America is dangerous.
This is why Trump's America is dangerous.
February 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Just a friendly reminder, that the right wing men are currently fantasizing about hanging female politicians they don't agree with.
This is why Trump's America is dangerous.
This is why Trump's America is dangerous.
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Me shopping in the women's section: I hate my body, I hate fashion, nothing fits me, too expensive, crippling despair
Me shopping in the men's section: everything fits me, I am incredibly hot, I can afford everything, gender euphoria
#androgynous #nonbinary #genderqueer
Me shopping in the men's section: everything fits me, I am incredibly hot, I can afford everything, gender euphoria
#androgynous #nonbinary #genderqueer
February 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Me shopping in the women's section: I hate my body, I hate fashion, nothing fits me, too expensive, crippling despair
Me shopping in the men's section: everything fits me, I am incredibly hot, I can afford everything, gender euphoria
#androgynous #nonbinary #genderqueer
Me shopping in the men's section: everything fits me, I am incredibly hot, I can afford everything, gender euphoria
#androgynous #nonbinary #genderqueer
If you aren't talking about the attack on trans people right now, you need to open your eyes and start caring.
For those of us who are queer and have trans people in our lives we love, we are angry and horrified and scared.
For those of us who are queer and have trans people in our lives we love, we are angry and horrified and scared.
February 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you aren't talking about the attack on trans people right now, you need to open your eyes and start caring.
For those of us who are queer and have trans people in our lives we love, we are angry and horrified and scared.
For those of us who are queer and have trans people in our lives we love, we are angry and horrified and scared.
This is so wholesome 😭
February 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is so wholesome 😭
New profile picture! I got my septum re-pierced today 😜 unfortunately the first time I got it done years ago, they messed it up...I had to wait for it to heal over and get it redone. It was much easier this time around!
February 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New profile picture! I got my septum re-pierced today 😜 unfortunately the first time I got it done years ago, they messed it up...I had to wait for it to heal over and get it redone. It was much easier this time around!
Don't let the anxiety and fear of the current state of the world stop you from creating and dreaming and loving. The world needs your art, your kindness, your work, your love, more than ever.
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Don't let the anxiety and fear of the current state of the world stop you from creating and dreaming and loving. The world needs your art, your kindness, your work, your love, more than ever.
Respect our existence or expect our resistance 💪🏼
February 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Respect our existence or expect our resistance 💪🏼
Friendly reminder that trans people are only around 1% of the population.
Trans people aren't a threat to you. But billionaires sure are 🖤
Trans people aren't a threat to you. But billionaires sure are 🖤
February 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Friendly reminder that trans people are only around 1% of the population.
Trans people aren't a threat to you. But billionaires sure are 🖤
Trans people aren't a threat to you. But billionaires sure are 🖤
I'm really trying to genuinely understand, for the purpose of empathy, how there are conservatives who are against abortion and vaccines but who will pinch (abort) foals and vaccinate their show horse.
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm really trying to genuinely understand, for the purpose of empathy, how there are conservatives who are against abortion and vaccines but who will pinch (abort) foals and vaccinate their show horse.
Alula says to stay silly and stay strong, friends!
February 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Alula says to stay silly and stay strong, friends!
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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More relevant than ever
February 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
More relevant than ever
I train animals with kindness: patient, reward-based learning that promotes their autonomy.
I also live in the United States, where we are watching a coup d'état happen in real time. And I have a few thoughts to share during this dark and difficult time.
I also live in the United States, where we are watching a coup d'état happen in real time. And I have a few thoughts to share during this dark and difficult time.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I train animals with kindness: patient, reward-based learning that promotes their autonomy.
I also live in the United States, where we are watching a coup d'état happen in real time. And I have a few thoughts to share during this dark and difficult time.
I also live in the United States, where we are watching a coup d'état happen in real time. And I have a few thoughts to share during this dark and difficult time.
I am struggling to post lately because frankly, I'm speechless.
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am struggling to post lately because frankly, I'm speechless.
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Right now, men in power in my country are trying to erase the most vulnerable of us - trans and genderqueer people.
In a world where patriarchy is upheld by violence, force, and hate, picking up my clicker and training horses with kindness and empathy is an act of protest.
In a world where patriarchy is upheld by violence, force, and hate, picking up my clicker and training horses with kindness and empathy is an act of protest.
February 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Right now, men in power in my country are trying to erase the most vulnerable of us - trans and genderqueer people.
In a world where patriarchy is upheld by violence, force, and hate, picking up my clicker and training horses with kindness and empathy is an act of protest.
In a world where patriarchy is upheld by violence, force, and hate, picking up my clicker and training horses with kindness and empathy is an act of protest.
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My hot take is that dairy cow welfare is significantly better than athletic horse welfare.
In dairy, stress/ pain directly decreases your milk yield (your profit). In horses, they still perform and WIN through their stress/ pain.
In dairy, stress/ pain directly decreases your milk yield (your profit). In horses, they still perform and WIN through their stress/ pain.
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My hot take is that dairy cow welfare is significantly better than athletic horse welfare.
In dairy, stress/ pain directly decreases your milk yield (your profit). In horses, they still perform and WIN through their stress/ pain.
In dairy, stress/ pain directly decreases your milk yield (your profit). In horses, they still perform and WIN through their stress/ pain.
My teen student on Alula and a friend with her horse played some clicker games together today and we had fun! 💕
February 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My teen student on Alula and a friend with her horse played some clicker games together today and we had fun! 💕
Horses would be better off if we thought of them like dogs.
Take them for walks and let them sniff things and explore with their muzzles and whiskers
You wouldn't hit your dog with a crop or kick them with spurs or put a bit in their mouth. Why do it to your horse?
Take them for walks and let them sniff things and explore with their muzzles and whiskers
You wouldn't hit your dog with a crop or kick them with spurs or put a bit in their mouth. Why do it to your horse?
February 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Horses would be better off if we thought of them like dogs.
Take them for walks and let them sniff things and explore with their muzzles and whiskers
You wouldn't hit your dog with a crop or kick them with spurs or put a bit in their mouth. Why do it to your horse?
Take them for walks and let them sniff things and explore with their muzzles and whiskers
You wouldn't hit your dog with a crop or kick them with spurs or put a bit in their mouth. Why do it to your horse?
Looking back at pictures/videos of me training baby Alula while going through chronic illness is bittersweet, my R+ skills were terrible back then (I was entirely self taught for a while) and I'm impressed we accomplished so much in spite of it!
February 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Looking back at pictures/videos of me training baby Alula while going through chronic illness is bittersweet, my R+ skills were terrible back then (I was entirely self taught for a while) and I'm impressed we accomplished so much in spite of it!