Breaking in a Green Horse
Breaking a horse is a highly involved but necessary process if you want to ride and command your horse. You can break a horse the gentle way or the hard way, but the latter tends to lead to future disciplinary problems. Breaking a horse gently involves creating a bond...
Deworming your horse
Making sure that your horse is dewormed correctly is essential to its overall health and for preventing diseases that result from severe parasitic infection. While the conventional wisdom is to deworm horses every 6-8 weeks, the understanding of the veterinary...
Teaching Young People Proper Care and Grooming of Horses
Grooming does more for a horse than helping it look its best. As young people are trained to groom a horse, they also learn how to feel for any abnormalities that could indicate health problems. The grooming process utilizes clippers, brushes, and other tools, but you...
Safe Storage of Hays and Grains to Prevent Mold
Having an adequate supply of food on hand for your horse at all times is vital to their wellbeing; however, there are certain precautions that must be taken to ensure that all hays and grains stored for consumption by horses will remain safe for them to eat. Certain...
What to Consider When Buying a Horse
It is not uncommon for people to purchase horses that are not right for them. Then, in frustration or after an injury, they sell their horses, missing the enjoyment they could have had. Sometimes, despite their love of horses and riding, some riders are not cut out...
What to Consider When Buying a Horse
It is not uncommon for people to purchase horses that are not right for them. Then, in frustration or after an injury, they sell their horses, missing the enjoyment they could have had. Sometimes, despite their love of horses and riding, some riders are not cut out...
Providing a Mentally Stimulating Environment for Your Horse
When you get to know a horse, you quickly realize that it's not just a "dumb animal." They have vibrant, intelligent minds and a need for stimulation in their daily lives and environment. In the old days, horses generally held far more active lives because they...
Introducing Dogs to Horses
Humankind has enjoyed a remarkable relationship with two species of animals for tens of thousands of years. Both are relationships quite unlike any other. Horses and dogs If dogs are man’s best friend, then horses might qualify as “second best friend.”...
Caring for Your Horse’s Hooves
When you become a horse owner, you are making a long-term commitment to ensuring the health and safety of your horse. Proper nutrition, sound board and pasturing, and quality veterinary and farrier services are the cornerstones of that commitment. While some may think...
Tips for a Great Trail Riding Experience
Riding looks like so much fun when it's nice and sunny outside, with birds chirping, and the flowers are in full bloom. However, there are a few things to keep in mind before galloping off into the sunrise or sunset. Safety Ensure that the horse is secure to avoid any...