This fall, both of my kids were on a Pony Club mounted games team that flew out to BC to represent Ontario at the nationals. I didn’t get to go, of course. I got to stay home and go to …
The horse might be young and eager to take in the sights and sounds of a new life under saddle, or simply have a tendency to pay attention to anything but the rider. Show jumper and coach Mac Cone of …
I went down into the basement today, and there was another saddle down there. I have no idea how many saddles we own, but I know that we own more saddles than horses. On top of the saddle, there was …
You start to pick out your horse's hoof and get a nasty whiff of what can only be described as rot . . . Your horse has thrush.
Hay is the staple of many horses' diets, particularly when pasture is not available due to season or housing limitations. Learn more about the choices.
Josh Nichol shares advice on dealing with trust issues and overcoming other common challenges faced when dealing with a rescue horse.
Hands that are light, quiet and soft enhance the horse's balance, suppleness and way of carrying himself by supporting the direction given by the rider.
It can be hard initially to predict or control how introducing them to each other will go, and sometimes the first meeting can be pivotal.
Find out what forms of permanent horse identification are commonly used, which ones are safe and which ones are most effective.
After years of begging and pleading, working and saving, your parents have finally agreed to buy you a horse! Now what do you do?
You may be able to switch it up a bit - pasture board your horse at a friend's place in the summer, then move to another facility for the winter.
Last year, we embarked on a journey to find a pony that would be a suitable therapy partner for my nine-year-old autistic daughter. I came across an ad for a cute trail pony – 11 years old and great with …
Learn how environmental factors and management practices contribute to Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), the disease also known as Swamp Fever.
This article explores how some horses can be so hungry at feeding time that you can get squabbling and dangerous fence running occurrences.
But what is lethal injection? What does it do beneath the surface that we don’t see? Read this article to find these answers.
