Almost everyone who owns and loves horses has spoken to a non-horse person only to completely lost their interest as you begin to talk about your equine friend. Sadly, non-horse people do not grasp the joy we derive from our equine companions. Here are...
Keeping a senior horse healthy and active is much easier than in the past. Today’s advances in both health care and feed have horses staying healthier and more active into their golden years. Horses are living into their late twenties and early thirties...
You'll often hear riders and sometimes yourself complain that despite your hard work and training their horse thinks he/she is the alpha. When our horse refuses to do what we ask you need to evaluate the situation, but most importantly you have to ensure...
Horse ownership is truly rewarding, but it also comes with much responsibility. Before purchasing or adopting your horse you must be aware of and willing to take on those responsibilities. Every day there are things you need to provide for your horse...
Horses cannot converse with us with their voices so they do so with body language. Here are a few tips in reading your horse Facial Expressions A horse's facial expressions can be very telling. A horse that is annoyed will screw its nose up in disgust...
Horses are much tougher on their teeth than we are. Fortunately for them their teeth keep growing until they are 27 to 30 years old! It's a good thing too since the tough forage that they eat wears their teeth down. If their teeth did not keep growing...
As people we need a broader view or a perhaps more arcane view of the animals around us. As people we view things, including animals through the glass of a microscope to magnify them, when instead need to step back and see the whole picture not just ...
Have you ever seen your horse sleep and watch their hooves twitching as though they were running through a pasture of daisies? Have you heard them snore or seen them have REM? For most of us horse owners the answers to those questions is yes. So the ...
Sadly far too many horses end up neglected and abandoned and many end up in rescues. Rescues are at times not properly run and their adopters are not properly looked into. One horse rescue is a shining example of what a rescue should be: Angel Acres...
The key to a healthy horse is good nutrition. Feeding a horse is not complicated, but it isn't as simple as giving him a bale of hay either. Both hay and grass supply your horse with one of the most important components to his diet: roughage. Horses...
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