Nutrition Problems in Horses: Hard Keepers

…horse with a painful mouth. Another easily addressed medical concern is internal parasite control. Fecal egg counts evaluate the burden of intestinal parasites in each individual horse and allow formulation…

Dandelion Control in Horse Pastures

…to control them? Response: Dandelions are not poisonous to horses. Therefore, from a horse health perspective, there is not an urgent need to control them. However, from a pasture health…

Hanna Somatic Education for Dressage Riders

…it down slowly and with control while exhaling.  3. Flatten your lower back down and release it slowly and with control.  4. Repeat both movements together in a cycle three…

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…

Take Control and Move!

…an even keel, and he’d grab the yoke and pull it assertively to show me what he wanted. “To have control, you must take control,” he’d say. It’s the same…

Dances with Horses

…neck reining, diagonal movement, flexibility, and general balance. Shoulder ControlControl your horse’s shoulders to develop a more responsive, more balanced, and safer partner. • Always perform these shoulder…

Herd Health Planning

…find very low parasite load or zero. If we have a horse with a moderate or high parasite level, we deworm that one and not the others. When new horses…