There may be some of you who have considered a career involving horse care. Equine veterinarians are doctors who provide medical care for horses.
What is a Farrier?
A farrier is a specialist in fitting shoes to horses, and sometimes other hooved animals as well. Nowadays, farriers are not as widespread as they once were, due to a decline in the use of horses as work animals, but they are still highly respected, because their work requires skill with both horses and metals. Many farriers work in rural …
Horse Basics – How to Mount & Dismount
We’ve decided to start a little series of “Horse Basics” on our blog! This week, let’s take a look at mounting and dismounting.
What is “floating a horse’s teeth”?
You might have heard this mysterious phrase being tossed around the barn and wonder what it means. As odd as it sounds, it’s pretty important, so we decided to post this article to explain what it means.
Horse helps with special needs at elementary school
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A young miniature horse in sneakers is helping a 4-year-old special needs child at an Anchorage public elementary school.
How to make a Lunge Line
So you might be asking yourself – What on earth is a lunge line? Well, it’s a rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 feet or longer in length, attached to the halter (picture below) of a horse to provide control while lungeing. Lungeing is a common practice that handlers do routinely to exercise a horse in a circle. The lunge …
Horseplay: Proper Equestrian Etiquette
Imagine you arrived at the barn with saddle in hand and you discover that your horse is missing. You panic! Only, you find out that a new rider has borrowed the rose for a drive. Or you are out in the arena and slow riders are in the fast track. Riding is can be fun and safe, so know the …
Coping with muddy trails
Equus Magazine has an interesting piece out on dealing with muddy trails on a ride.
Warm Up Excercises for Equestrians
The exercises presented here are intended to create perfect energetic, psychological, and coordinative conditions for riding at peak performance.