It is in our nature to use touch to soothe, relieve, reassure and communicate. It's perhaps no surprise that massage is one of the oldest therapies.
Like a dinner mint after a meal, a precise stop puts finishing punctuation on a pattern and leaves the judge with a good taste in his mouth! From reining to dressage, western riding to western horsemanship, the stop is your …
Doug Breen wonders why his children can spend hours sweeping the barn and caring for their horses, but can’t find the laundry hamper at home.
Good breathing is important for speed control. Shallow breaths and tension in a rider can cause a horse to speed up, keep reading for more tips.
Pushiness can range from constantly searching for treats in your pockets to actually biting you or seemingly walking through you like you are not even there. Before we learn how to correct pushy behaviour, we must first understand why our …
Learn how to recognize the symptoms and protect your horse, plus what researchers are doing to help identify and prevent diseases stemming from ticks.
Owners and managers tend to turn to higher energy density feeds, such as whole cereal grains or commercial mixes when pasture or hay does not suffice.
If something doesn't seem quite right about your horse, here are some suggestions on how to perform a basic lameness assessment.
It’s summertime, and that means bugs, bugs and more bugs! So, it’s time to pull out the insect repellant. But what do you do if your horse runs the other way as soon as she sees the bottle? In this …
Horses naturally want to be balanced and stay upright. Unbalanced horses stumble, slow down or race around turns. If you can help your horse to be balanced through turns, he will be more sure-footed, confident, and able to perform better. …
With 109 years of farming, ranching, developing horses and making the Canadian prairies home, history runs deep at the family-run Rocking Heart Ranch (RHR), located near Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
But, says Marc Garner of his family’s legacy, “Quite …
Curiosity is the key to developing a responsive (not a reactive) horse. A curious horse can learn because he is not as scared as a horse that is not curious. A horse that is scared can’t be curious and can’t …
In 7 simple steps this article explains how and why riders should check their saddle regularly for their horse’s comfort and performance.
Lindsay Grice encourages students to ride with one hand when using a curb bit, which is any bit that operates on the principle of leverage.
In the same way that a Driver’s Ed car is constantly being mangled by people who can’t drive, ponies are constantly mangled by people who can’t ride.
