Extend Your Horse’s stride

…for extending your horse’s strides at the walk, trot and canter applies equally to the horses you ride at home. Before You Begin Lengthening your horse’s stride is a relatively…

Stand for Fly Spray

…the horse to give to pressure easily. Continue to work with the horse until you can spray the air without the horse objecting. Then position the horse and turn the…

Manage your horse to live longer

…That’s how we get kids’ horses and experienced school horses who introduce novices to a sport. And the horse benefits by maintaining some level of activity, rather than just hanging…

Step Into My Trailer, Please

…but don’t use it to try to pull the horse into the trailer. The horse’s back end will tell his front end to step forward. Allow the horse to stand…

6 Things to Know Before You Adopt a Rescue Horse

…start choosing a horse.  3. Start Horse Shopping  Most organized rescues’ websites feature the horses ready to be adopted. But they’ll likely also have horses not yet on the website,…

Trailer-Loading Trouble

…tapping as a reward. If the person stops tapping and tries to pull the horse forward when the horse backs up, the horse gets confused and doesn’t recognize that the…

Horse Camping

…their horses’ hooves, horse-campers seem especially willing, ready and able to help newcomers. Second, has your horse ever camped? Some horses readily adapt to camping. It’s like they do it…

An ID Kit for Your Horse

…take horses from private property, horse shows, boarding stables and a variety of other places. (See the June 2004 issue of Perfect Horse.) Natural disasters. Horses are sometimes separated from…