All about horses

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  • Dehydration and Horse Care

    You can pinch the horses’ skin to see if it is dehydrated . The skin should return to normal after one second. If your horse is getting dehydrated this product should help. Avoid dehydration as this could lead to more serious problems in the horse such as colic. Make sure…

  • Dewormer for June

    Ivermectin

  • Creating a Horse with Good Manners

    Part Two You can begin to work with your horse when the horse is calm around you . You must be able to provide the correct environment for the animal by making sure that your horse doesn’t feel insecure . Sometimes this means that you cannot take the the horse…

  • Padded Crown Bridles-Important update

    Many bridles are sold with the nose band and crown pieces sewn together at the top. If you have one of these please make sure that the bit is resting evenly in the horse’s mouth. I’ve been noticing that sometimes there is a fault in the placement of the crown…

  • Creating a Horse with Good Manners

    Part One It is very important that your horse has good manners and does not push you around and get into your space. Horses are very large and strong animals and they can hurt you! Therefore you should be sure not to put yourself in a position where you can…

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  • Rein aids and Softening the Jaw

    Riding a horse with a light connection is the way to go . Horses will not do well if they are getting their mouths pulled on . This creates a horse that ends up with “ upside down “ muscles. Horse that are ridden correctly from the rider’s leg,seat and…

  • Seat and Leg aids

    First your horse moves forward from the leg when you squeeze and release with both legs simultaneously .Then a well trained horse will move forward and sideways equally when you use one leg . He will move away from that leg aid . The rider must use a simple squeeze…

  • Riding into the corners

    In order to be confident the riding horse needs to be balanced. We talked about the horses traveling on two tracks meaning that the left hind leg must follow the left foreleg and the right hind leg must follow the right fore leg. This is called going straight in “the…

  • Dewormer for February

    Pyrantel Pamoate sold under the brand name Strongid or Exodus .

  • Allow with your hands

    Watch the horses with their riders or when free in the pasture. If you watch closely you will see that he does not move his legs in diagonal pairs in the walk but he moves his two left legs forward and then moves his two right legs forward . The…

  • Ground Work

    Every horse should be safe and pleasant to work around . Horses that do not respect your space and step on your feet and shove their bodies into you have the potential to seriously injure their handlers . Better to train a young horse to work with you on the…

  • Frozen Water Buckets

    Wintertime comes with its set of problems for keeping your horses hydrated. Access to water being the most important thing … Start by doing a late night check when you have freezing temperatures or below. Break ice in the buckets add warm water to try to keep the buckets ice…