How to Pony with Confidence
Simply put, ponying means to lead a horse alongside the horse you’re riding. On the trail, ponying comes in handy when training a new horse. As the ponied horse’s herd…
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Cribbing: Why Some Horses Need Pacifiers
…whether a horse will crib. Horses are unlikely to learn to crib from other horses. Cribbing can pose an increased risk of colic. Regular turnout and a forage and oats-based…
Pre-Cues for Training Performance with Josh Lyons
…to trot. Before you can give your horse the cue, your horse begins to trot. When it happens, it feels like your horse is reading your mind. Horses have the…
Trail Riding Advice
…Pay more attention to your horse than to the other horses. You can’t control someone else’s horse, but you can control yours. The more out of control another horse gets…
A Buddy System Shape-up Program
…horse can safely go, but three to five miles at a walk or slow trot is barely going to raise most horses’ respiratory and heart rates. If the horse is…
GPS: Get Power Steering With Your Horse
…that will make guiding your horse easy. He points out that directional control in your horse is primarily achieved by controlling a horse’s front feet. “The feet are where the…
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…