How to Control Horse Manure Piles
…spread stuff on your own pastures, beware: While composting manure generates heat that kills equine parasites, merely shredding and spreading it doesn’t. As a result, you’ll likely be reintroducing parasites…
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Protect Your Horse From Botflies
…peritonitis. A Measure of Control Eliminating bots from your herd is probably not possible, but it’s not necessary either. “The objective is to keep the population under control,” says Reinemeyer….
Chemical Feed-Through Products Fight Flies
…of sprays and other bug-control methods. Back well over a decade ago, the original feed-through fly-control products contained Rabon (tetrachlorvinphos), an organophosphate. However, when questions began to arise about its…
Bust Arena Dust Monsters
…those tiny particles from making their way to the top and into the air. Also With This Article Click here to view ”Dust Control.” Click here to view ”Dust-Control Products.”…
Sacking Out the Problem Horse
…a way to control the pop quiz with a training exercise in which we actually plan disturbances for the horse. They help teach your horse to respond to “go right,”…
Advanced Ground Control (Heeding – Pt 3 of 3)
Training “Mythunderstandings” Ground control precedes horse control. If a horse doesn’t heed its handler on the ground, it is never going to listen when that person swings into the saddle….
Simple Breakthrough Exercises
…in learning to control your horse’s hindquarters. In this issue, I’ll give you several ideas for exercises to refine the control that we began in the May issue. Try to…
Take Control of Laminitis in Your Horse
The word “laminitis” can send a jolt of fear through any horse owner. Certainly, you need a healthy respect for the disease. But you can get control of laminitis by…
Ponying a Horse
…horses to control, and your hands will be full handling a lead rope or lariat, as well as your reins, while keeping both horses aligned and in motion. That’s a…
New Year’s Resolutions for Horsekeepers
…two-pronged approach, the first being to address your use of chemical dewormers and the second to improve your manure management practices to control parasites. That internal parasites can develop resistance…