Winter Horse Hoof Care

horses to wear hind shoes (especially with added traction) if they’re turned out with other horses, to help avoid an injury in case of a kick. Also, your horse can…

Fix Your Needle-Phobic Horse

…(the body’s natural tranquilizer) in your horse’s system. Works best for: Response to a twitch is highly variable. Some horses respond by standing still, some don’t, and how your horse

7 Steps to Horse-Buying Success

…isn’t the horse you want to trust on the trail, where he’ll be meeting unfamiliar horses and humans. Also walk away if the horse is unpleasant with other horses and…

7 Tips to Horse Hoof Health

…riding time is more likely to be uninterrupted by emergencies, equipment failures and last-minute fix-ups. Following are farriers’ top seven secrets to keeping your horse sound. Secret #1:Check your horse’s…

Meet the Monsters

…being purposely annoying. But horses don’t do that. When a horse is afraid, he’s afraid. Period. The horse is actually one of the least stubborn, most courageous animals on earth….

English Horse Bridle Choices: Make it Simple

…buy curb horse bits, walking horse bits, gag horse bits, snaffle horse bits, hackamores, sidepulls, kimberwickes, pelhams-the list goes on. The common denominator among all this horse headgear is that…

The Invisible Connection

horsemanship that leads you to this kind of relationship with your horse. To get there, you’ll need to perfect several separate horse training lessons. Developing an invisible connection is a…

Perfect Ground Manners

…out. A horse who is aggressive in the stall is most likely scared. But he’s also dangerous. In some situations, a stalled horse may have developed the bad habit of…