Learn to Mount and Lead Equally
…at your horse’s left shoulder to steady the horse and saddle. If you have one, a second helper can stand at your horse’s right neck to help you figure things…
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The Fast Track to Fitness
…Eating Well, Living Fit, Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Health, Shape and Shape Cooks. Books. Go to your library or bookstore, search for fitness titles at Amazon.com, or check out HorseBooksEtc.com’s…
Bovine Tuberculosis Shuts Down Mexican-U.S. Border to Horned Cattle
July 15, 2011 — On June 17, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent out a memo stating in part, “Effective Monday June 20, 2011 and continuing until further…
Volunteers Welcome in Horse Industry
…instructors and administrators are volunteers. In addition to basic horse-care duties, such as grooming, tacking up and cooling out horses, those who donate time to therapeutic riding programs lead horses…
Putting Weight on Your Horse for Winter
…of your progress with notes and pictures of your horse’s body, then taper off the extra calories before he gains too much weight. Obesity can also cause serious health problems….
How to Beat Show Nerves
In the July 2009 issue of Horse & Rider magazine, Team Horse & Rider’s Carol Metcalf gives our reader a six-point strategy to keep her show nerves under control. As…
Horse Rescue 101: How and When to Take Action
…call when you suspect a horse is in need of outside help. And that’s bad news for horses. Every dead-end in the horse-rescue maze adds another brick to the wall…
EQUUS Magazine Newest AAEP Partner
…is a group of equine-industry businesses dedicated to providing resources and education through the AAEP to veterinarians and horse owners to improve the health and welfare of the horse. “EQUUS…
The Mustangs at McCullough Peaks–History and Legend
…Wyoming. Kenny believes that these horses are direct descendents of Spanish horses. He also claims that they may also be descendents of the horses that Buffalo Bill used in his…
On the frontlines against EPM
…that a horse has EPM,” says Pusterla. “If a horse presents with asymmetrical and progressive clinical signs, this is worth looking into, versus a horse that presents with symmetrical neurological…