Let me start by saying whether or not you will be successful with your horse doesn’t depend on how long you’ve been around horses. Horses do not read résumés. What horses do look for is whether you are a Confident, …
Shamez Amlani’s little restaurant, La Palette, sits in Toronto’s Queen Street west neighbourhood among fabric shops, furniture stores and fashion boutiques. An old-world Parisian feel permeates the bistro with its checkered floor, open kitchen, mismatched table cloths and the ceramic …
In this article, humour columnist Doug Breen ponders the value of horses and riding in our lives, and his children's, beyond a dollar amount.
If you take riding lessons, your coach will at some point teach you the common basic aids for cantering from the trot.
They are:
1) First, establish a sitting trot and maintain a correct, deep position in the saddle.
2) …
To pass your EC rider test you will need to buy the handbooks recommended for your level and type of riding, and you will need to take some lessons.
Lacey Jo wrote and published an article when she was only 14 called Never Too Young to Make a Difference, describing how she convinced her 4H Club to support bringing the Unwanted Horse Coalition’s “Operation Gelding” to her area in …
An injury to the coronary band can have long-lasting effects, from a small blemish, to disrupted hoof growth and permanent disfigurement.
Horses coming into work for the season, or for the first time, will start with light exercise and eventually get into moderate, heavy or intense work.
Bandaging your horse’s limb when there is a wound does more than keep it clean. The bandage can prevent further trauma to the area, and more.
In order to avoid over-medicating our horses and to prevent resistance to deworming medications, deworming programs are being recommended.
Improved diagnostic techniques offer veterinarians a clearer view of this complex, debilitating disease known as navicular syndrome.
Disruptions to the microbial population can lead to a variety of ailments. While researchers work to understand this largely uncharted territory, you can help keep your horse in good health by feeding a carefully balanced diet.
As herbivores, horses consume …
C. difficile infection is sometimes a tricky illness to treat because it is treated with antibiotics, which can further upset the gut flora.
Being the active – yet fragile – animals they are, horses are subject to a variety of lumps and bumps, such as bone spavin, hives, and more.
As your horse moves through his senior years, he'll likely need changes in his environment and routines to keep him happy and healthy.
