How horses help us heal
…the horse’s capacity for “reading” human body language may go much farther than simple communications. I believe the horse’s ability to demonstrate qualities like acceptance and compassion also enables them…
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Wild Horses in the Big House
…the Nevada Department of Corrections. Launched in 2000, the WHTP?like all U.S. wild horse prison programs?receives ?estrays? (unmarked horses found on non-federal public and private lands) and wild horses (unbranded,…
Breeding Horses For Color
…and old wives tales when it comes to white markings on horses. Some people like the appearance of blazes and white stockings on horses, while others are prejudiced against them….
Refeeding Malnourished Horses
Few sights are more tragic than malnourished or starved horses. Outright neglect does occur, but not all underweight horses are victims of abuse. Horses might be recovering from serious conditions…
EHV Outbreak Linked to Cutting Horse Event, Multiple Western US States Alerted for Disease After Two Horses Euthanized
…sick cutting horses had been reported in several western states and in western Canada, but that the only confirmed diagnosis of EHV-1 had been in the Colorado horses via Colorado…
Health Issues for Older Horses
Older horses, like older people, tend to have some health problems. As our equine preventative health care improves, the lives of our horses grow longer. Virtually any health issue can…
Navicular Disease in Horses
Better diagnostic tools for imaging the horse’s hoof are shedding new light on navicular disease and navicular syndrome in horses. There’s a difference between navicular disease and navicular syndrome, although…
Olympians Ride Forum Member’s Horses in Rose Parade
…from the Sheriff’s Mounted Posse with supplying the horses. As you know, the horses that they compete with would not be capable of handling the intense sensory of the Rose…
Learning to Train Young Horses
…of riding (training young horses or training Grand Prix horses),” Möller explains. “The professional young horse riders then give these horses to the next group of riders, who move the…
Hard-to-Fit Horses and Saddle Fitting
…find is just not wide enough, no matter how many different pads you use underneath it. People with gaited horses, draft horses and Miniature Horses often have the most trouble…