Horsekeeping OJT

When I was working on Chapter 7 (“Good Horsekeeping”) of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Midlife Horses, I met, interviewed, visited with and otherwise pestered a woman named Emily Kutz…

Freshen a Stinky Safety Helmet

…Tabitha Knaub, manager of Dominion Saddlery in Burbank, California. ?Especially if you’re at a horse show, the weather?s hot, and you?ve left your helmet on all day long.? Fortunately, you…

Letters: 07/02

equipment. The number of flies it is catching is amazing and gratifying. ??And yes, the horses do hang out near it! It’s primarily catching horse flies, but some ordinary houseflies,…

How to Support Your Local Equine Rescue

…and Equipment Even if a rescue center only takes in retired horses, they often need tack and equipment for everyday use. If the center works to rehabilitate horses and find…

Horsing Around–Therapy That Is Fun

horse or Colorado ranch experience.? ASC?s arena-based program includes ranch orientation and instruction on grooming, tacking, behavior around horses, controlling the horse, and arena riding. Adaptive equipment and instruction is…

Loading the Scared Horse

…of introducing this “new” trailering equipment. Most horses will not be this fearful, however. Horses that are very afraid are usually horses who have been beaten into a trailer before…

Budget Barn Cleaning Kit

…back your horse off from drinking from his water bucket. Use bleach when you wash brushes and equipment that have come in contact with a horse suffering from rain rot/fungus…

Fast Track to Fitness

…training, flexibility work, and combinations of the three. Equipment. Find used equipment (cardio machines of every type, weights, weight benches, etc.) for sale in your local newspaper’s classified section, or…