Creative Groundwork for Your Horse

…1. After you’ve warmed up with some basic “longeing for respect,” start with the obstacle you think your horse will find the most inviting. If the obstacle is one to…

Drop a Jeans Size

…throughout your busy day can add up to weight loss. THE BASICS Before we examine weight-loss saboteurs and how to combat them, let?s review what it takes to achieve and…

Healing Gone Wild

…day before. There is a high level of success with this treatment. If healing plateaus, consider surgical removal and possibly red-light therapy (see sidebar). Bottom Line. Proper, basic wound care…

How to Throw a Foal Shower

…a terrific foal shower of your own. Party Basics Ethel’s plan: Custom-printed cards invited friends and clients to “Ethel’s Baby Shower,” which took place on March 2, 2002, in the…

Putting Movement Together (Part II)

…their spirit, intelligence and natural exuberance. Any upper level maneuvers done with a horse are nothing more than the combination of some basic skills: backward and forward, move your forehand,…

Understanding Half Halts

…development of both rider and horse. Riders begin with slower, larger, more basic actions, then refine them as they progress. A half halt is nothing more-and nothing less-than a signal…