How To Prep For A Stress-Free Show
Your horse performs perfectly at home, but goes to pieces at his first show. What’s wrong? Prepare him for a stress-free show. You’ve worked hard…
Category: Horse Training
To Lease Or Not To Lease?
Follow these three tips for creating a worry- free lease arrangement. The start of a new show season inspires many competitors to lease or purchase…
Advance Your Riding – Bitless!
With certain hunter/jumper shows now allowing bitless equipment, the idea of leaving bits out of advanced and competitive riding is gaining more ground. Riding bitless has…
Choosing The Right Trainer
Choosing a trainer is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your horse. Learn what to look for in a professional. If you’re…
Curing a biting horse
Do you have or know a biting horse? If so, you know what challenges and dangers he can present. Here’s how one horse was cured…
Equi-Bow: body balancing for horses
Equi-Bow, or Bowen Therapy for horses, is an increasingly popular therapy that can help your horse with imbalances you many not even realize he has.…
Gait and Foot Patterns
If you’ve ever watched any high level equestrian competition, you’ve probably noticed how harmonious the horse and rider teams appear. You’ve probably also seen how…
The Key to Equine Longevity
The average lifespan of a horse is typically between 20 and 30 years. Yet feral horses are said to live well into their 30s and…
Mishandling
He was exquisite, a true specimen of majesty and beauty. I watched as the three-year-old black Friesian stallion quickly paced back and forth in the…
Prevent Overtraining
Overtraining is a major contributing factor to diminished athletic performance. It dramatically increases the likelihood of equine sickness and injury. A horse of any age…
6 Tips for Transitioning to Barefoot
Although going barefoot is a growing trend among horse owners today, it’s important to become educated before taking the barefoot ‘plunge’. Many owners have had…
Holistic Advice from an Expert
No stranger to holistic equine medicine, Dr. Kelli Taylor is a native western Washingtonian who grew up cultivating her love of horses from a very…