My searches for the “just right” saddle have never been simple. Long before the availability of different tree widths, I rode a very round, mutton-withered,
One of my favorite things about 18-year-old Dorado is that he has no clue, whatsoever, that he’s a day over 7 or 8. But at
Studies show zebra stripes might work as a fly deterrent. Photo: Photos.com Of course everyone is fully aware of what zedonks, zorses, zonkeys, and zebroids are
Developing an educated “eye” for a horse and the ability to assess conformation knowledgeably are useful skills to add to your horsemanship toolbox.
I don’t hate many things in this world, but one thing I truly do hate is colic. In a relatively short time span, it’s claimed
Huge congratulations to Jolene Shermer of Enumclaw, WA for winning the Horse Health Winter Hay Giveaway! As grand prize winner, Jolene won $10,000 worth of
January 10, 2014 – Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY announced that as of January 1, 2014 Dr. William True Baker joined their
Dr. Richard Markell shares how he’s seen the perception of therapy horses transform over the past 14 years.
If you grew up any time around me, a child in the eighties, you likely also spent hour upon desperate hour trying to perfect the
When temperatures plummeted to subzero last week in the Bluegrass, most horse owners and their steeds bundled up and stayed inside. The numbing cold turned
As a mom of three, if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: keep your hands to yourself! Why oh why is
Avoid over or under feeding by always weighing hay (and grain). Feeding by eye or the scoop is not accurate and wastes feed and money.
A Hunter Rider’s Resolutions While ringing in 2014 with a New Year’s Day hack on both my horses, I got to thinking about the year
How was your Christmas? Mine was the best one in years! There is something about going home for the holidays that makes you feel like
It seems like just yesterday that I wished Dorado a happy 17th birthday and tried to forget the fact that there was now less than
The ACVIM named Q, a Rocky Mountain Saddle Horse gelding, one of their Animal Survivors, after he successfully overcame a severe bacterial disease.
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