- Ready to Roll - Conclusion
Hansma takes a proactive approach and makes a preliminary trip to the veterinarian's office. For his long trips, his vet usually administers approximately one gallon of mineral oil (through a nasogastric tube) to each of the horses. The oil acts as a lubricant, helping to keep everything ...
- Ready to roll
Hauling to a horse show is a more complex process than it was, say, 20 years ago. Back then, hauling was as easy as loading the horse, hay, feed and buckets--and away you went. Things are much different today. For example, shipping boots are now standard ...
- The Competitive Edge - Kids In Competition
I had a great question this month from one of our readers regarding his child's involvement in competitive cutting. This reader wants to know whether encouraging his young daughter's participation in a competitive sport at an early age will have a positive developmental impact or whether it may have negative consequences. ...
- 168 Horses in Kentucky given shelter
More than 168 of Kentucky's horses of various breeds have been provided with shelter and other humane assistance this year thanks to the Kentucky Equine Humane Center. ...
- 7 musts to get your horse ready For Springtime Showing
Springtime is around the corner, and the best of the year is yet to come. Now is the time to get your horse into shape for the great summer to come. Whether showing, cutting or just plain pleasure riding, your horse is just like any ...
- Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month: Check your Bit Fit
Most riders either inherit a bit when they purchase a horse or do their best to pick one off the shelf. But how many riders actually check the fit of their horses' bits and know for sure if they have the right ones for their horses? Your horse's mouth size and conformation, ...
- Why Breed?
As anyone trying to sell a horse these days can attest, the market is poor. So poor, in fact, that tales of horses at auction getting no bids at all are common. Some horses are even left at auction barns with no identification or means of tracking the owners in sight. Reports of horses being abandoned in the country ...
- Baby, It's cold outside!
Providing a comfortable and healthy environment helps ensure the horse will enter the busy spring season as healthy as possible. Nutrition, shelter and basic health are important year around, but during the cold winter months, are critical. ...
- A Horse, of Course
I was thinking about how fast time goes by, and that 2008 is just a few days away; so it must be time for new year resolutions. ...
- Riding for Fitness
It's not just about having fun or gaining new skills, riding is a great form of exercise, too! For beginner and intermediate riders, the sport offers both aerobic and strength building opportunities. As you gain more skill, the exercising value goes down because you don't have to use muscle ...
- Make Money With Horses
Doing "meaningful work" doesn't mean you have to sacrifice yourself and dedicate your life to caring for the downtrodden, poor or sick. It means providing a service or product that is needed to improve the lives of others... human and/or animal. ...
- Be A Hundred Percenter
What if you discovered that the cook in your favorite eating establishment wasn't a hundred percenter? What if you were to learn that the food you were being served was rotten, toxic or way past its expiration date, and you made that discovery after you had just finished ...
- Stress! Even Horses Have It!
The show season can be a demanding time for horse and rider. As a working unit, you must travel, perform and compete at top form at all times. A savvy horseman will know the pitfalls of heavy competition ...
- Barn Politics
When you board your horse, not only are you signing on for stall space, feed and turn out time, you may also be getting a ration of barn politics thrown in the deal, too. I know this from prior experience, having been embroiled in my share of high drama. And, as my friends who are there sadly ask the same questions ...
- It's cool to know what to do for your horse when it's hot!
Horses like it best when the temperature is about 55 degrees, so when it's hot, it can really be hard on your horse's health and disposition. ...
- Pasture Mates
I don't know about everybody else, but my heart's always in my throat whenever I introduce a new member to the herd, even though in this case, the herd consists of my horse, Bean, and his second-in-command, Freddie. It wasn't always that way, however. Having been at the bottom of the totem pole ...
- Value, Fit, Fit and Fit
What might be more important than having gotten a bargain or having paid too much in the past, is how best to shop for your next saddle.
Today's "used" saddles can be priced from several hundred dollars to more than $8,500… and specialty or antique saddles can easily range into the tens of thousands. ...
- The Sunflower Farms Cover-All® riding arena in Bristol, WI
The arena is customized with motorized curtains so the rider can raise or lower each sidewall by simply pressing a button. "We really think that Cover-All is the building of the future," says May. ...
- "What if..." or the Importance of Quarantine
Illness is a fact of life for all living beings and, to horse-owners, an illness that attacks our herd might as well be attacking our family. We dread it and fret over it, and yet few of us prepare for its eventuality as properly as we should. It may be because of the "it won't happen to me" ...
- USRider Offers Seasonal Tips for Trailer Preparation
During down-seasons, itās important for horse owners to maintain their trailers. USRider, the national provider of roadside emergency assistance for horse owners, reminds equestrians to spend ...
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