Today was the first time in a long time that I was a little nervous tacking Luc up. I had gotten it into my head that today was the day that I was finally going to ride Luc out on …
We’re trying to find a way to get Spring Song to Guthrie, Oklahoma (just north of Oklahoma City) to arrive October 1st and she has to leave before noon on October 6th. Dominique talked with one of the major shipping …
…
Last Thursday morning Spring Song had a lesson with Alex Reinfels. She was tossing her head. This is something she did when the cap on her tooth was irritating her. She hasn’t done it for a while. Alex kept a …
I had some questions about the 2014 American Horsewoman’s Challenge competition. I phoned Hutch, who is the producer and inventor of the event.
Here’s what I learned:
-the ONE thing that I thought I understood perfectly was WRONG. The Cowboy …
It has been awhile between posts but I have been hectically busy. Sam and I were selected to represent Canada at the World Equestrian Games on August 28th in Normandy, France in Endurance. This has meant that the multitude of …
Last week I had the opportunity to do something I haven’t done in more than a decade – ride at the same time as my sister. Sure she’s with me every time I get on Luc (and has even bailed …
When you live every day with clicker trained horses you often forget just how easy it makes all the day-to-day and emergency procedures that you may find yourself needing to do. So, I wanted to share a short video of …
Today, Luc licked my ear – and my neck, and my back, and my head. He even left a lovely streak of green slime across my boobs, something that has become a regular occurrence (he is male after all!). I’ve …
Nagy, Murray and Dyson recently published a study in the first issue of the 2014 Equine Veterinary Journal (Volume 46, pages 38-44), titled Descriptive epidemiology and risk factors for eliminations from Fédération Equestre Internationale endurance rides due to lameness and …
Longland, Barfoot and Harris have conducted extensive research on non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) in forages and feeding management. Their most recent work is forthcoming in the Veterinary Record (doi:10.1136/vr.101820), titled Effect of period, water temperature and agitation on loss of water-soluble …
Our next foundation lesson is head down.
With clicker training, we teach head down a bit differently. Head down is taught by lifting up on the lead rope. At first, this seems rather counter intuitive, lifting up to get down.…
Last week we looked at the ‘no go‘ horse. So now how did this same exercise help sort out the ‘no whoa ‘horse? Once again, we discussed the plan without the horse and walked through it until the handler had …
High humidity and temperatures. Everything has ground to a halt! The humidex has been above 40 for several days and will continue (according to the forecast) for three more days. It’s tough to garden in these conditions. Tough to work …
Why do some horses that are fed treats become muggy?
Usually, a horse is muggy, not because they are getting treats, but because the treats are fed indiscriminately. The horse gets treats for no apparent reason that he can see. …
