How to be a leader in your relationship with your horse. What are the ways in establishing leadership with your horse and why do those roles change? Continue reading this POST
Archive for the ‘Horse Sense’ Category
What Makes a Good Rider?
What constitutes a good rider? We’ve been asking this question throughout horse history and many good horse people out there have contributed their answers. Read on for a brief summation of some of the important aspects of good riding. Continue reading this POST
Memory of a Horse!
I’ve heard it said a horse has an excellent memory. I’ve been amazed by this memory from time to time when I ride a horse that hasn’t been ridden in years but who as a youngster might have had some good training. I apply a familiar cue and the horse responds with easy familiarity, as if they learned the response yesterday.
But because of this excellent memory… Continue reading this POST
Horse Forums
As I’ve discovered lately, horse forums are a great networking source and a wonderful way to acquire tidbits of new horse knowledge! When I discovered that my mare had what looked to be ‘stringhalt’ I posted a query on 3 of the four horse forums I’m signed up with. I was curious to find out other horse owners experiences, successes and failures with this condition. I wrote a post describing… Continue reading this POST
Stringhalt…???
About four days ago our 15 y.o. QH mare Rain started walking funny, a kind of ‘John Cleese’ exaggerated comic walk except it was only the left hind leg doing it!
Now when I first saw her doing this I had no clue what was going on! I did all the usual stuff, checked the foot, felt the leg for any swelling or heat, looked for… Continue reading this POST