AQHA: Common Horse Health Issues
Horse health issues may be common, and therefore, you need to know how to “read” your horse, what types of horse health situations are true, get-the-vet emergencies and what you…
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Horse & Rider Magazine 2009 Articles Index
…19 “A Wider Show Gate,” (Palomino Horse Breeders Association), YHYL, Sept., pg. 18 “Ride a Better Horse,” (American Stock Horse Association), YHYL, Oct., pg. 20 “The Magic of Morgans,” (Grand…
Breaking the Strangles Cycle
…horses. Stress, such as long transports, heavy exercise, change in location, introduction to new horses, and other factors, can temporarily weaken a horse’s immune response, making it especially important to…
Trail Riding Regions: Where to Ride Guide
…Trail-Riding Destinations Lazy Horse Ranch, Pearce, (520) 221-0722; anne@lazyhorseranch.com Riding Vacations Arizona Horseback Experience, Tucson; (520) 455-5696; www.horsebackexperience.com Casa de Caballo; Hereford; (520) 803-6692 Hilltop Hideaway Riding Paradise, Chiricahua Mountains;…
Horse Health Issues
Horse health issues may be common, and therefore, you need to know how to “read” your horse, what types of horse health situations are true, get-the-vet emergencies and what you…
When Your Horse Turns Out to Be a Lemon
…horse prior to purchase will not defend a dishonest horse seller being sued under a CPA. Depending on your state’s particular consumer protection act, a horse buyer who has been…
Winter Care and Feeding
…When they are turned out in cold, windy and/or wet weather horses need to be monitored carefully for shivering (whether blanketed or not). A horse’s respiratory health during the winter…
Put the Horse Before the Horse Cart
…the horse moves around you on a long rope. By staying behind the horse’s withers, you push the horse forward, using the horse’s driving instinct-the same instinct that will eventually…
Develop Your Dressage Horse’s Topline
…puzzle, there are rider pieces, horse conformation pieces, horse-reaction pieces, interpretation-of-aids pieces, temperament pieces and your horse’s heart or his willingness-to-please pieces. All of these physical, mental and emotional puzzle…
Transitions, the Secret to Balanced Riding
…the correct training one way or another. If you train well, you make an average horse into a good horse, and a good horse into a better horse and a…