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1: How to Select Horses, Riding Stables Trailers and Trainers

Choosing a horse for a jumping breeding candidate will clearly have different qualifications than one chosen for, for example, flat racing.

2: Your First Hunter Show

So, you have decided to try showing in the hunter ring. If this is your first show you probably have a lot of questions about how a show is run. It is my hope that this guide will ease your worries and allow you to have a pleasant experience.

3: What You Should Know Before Buying a Horse

Buying a horse can be compared to buying a used car. Unscrupulous horse traders will alter the appearance or behavior of their horses for sale to fool you. Even among the honest horse traders, most wouldn't purposely mislead you, but they may not tell you the whole story about their horses for sale unless you ask.

4: Developing A Deworming Program

A regular parasite control program is critical to your horse’s health Infestations of internal parasites can cause your horse to feel ill all of the time, become colicky, and can even cause death

5: Mounting Your Horse The Right Way

When a riding academy ran its instructor certification clinic, the first thing the clinician did was have all the instructor candidates mount their horses from the wrong side The reason, she said, was to remind them what it 's like to be a beginner again

6: Linn-benton Community College - Equine And Animal Science Programs

Linn-Benton Community College is located in Albany Oregon and is a two year public community college Linn-Benton Community College offers Associate’s degrees in a wide variety of different subjects

7: Northwest Community College - Equine Studies Program

Northwest Community College is located in Powell, Wyoming and is a two-year public community college that offers many different associate degree programs One of the degree programs that is offered at Northwest Community College is an Associate’s in Applied Science Degree in Equine Studies

8: How To Condition A Barrel Horse For Competition

Barrel racing is a tough sport on both rider and horse Barrel horses are athletes that need to be in really good condition when running barrels

9: Choosing The Right Equine Breed

What, exactly, is a breed of horse It’s a collection of horses that have been selectively developed by breeders to carry certain traits

10: Horse Colic And Enteroliths

Enterolith formation is a serious problem that causes colic in horses Left untreated, these mineral stones will continue to grow in the intestional tract, causing colic and intestinal obstruction, a potentially fatal condition

11: HERDA - A Genetic Threat To Your Horse

HERDA, a devastating genetic condition causing severe skin tearing and wounds, has been traced to the Poco Bueno bloodlines of the American Quarter Horse The prevalence of this sire line in many Quarter Horses, Paints and Appaloosas makes testing for the HERDA mutation a vital tool in preventing the occurance of this fatal disease

12: Get Ready For Foaling!

As spring approaches, so comes foaling season The reward for waiting 340 excruciating days is the safe, smooth delivery of a happy, healthy foal

13: 10 Tips For Efficient Stable Management

Whether you have one horse at home or a 50 horse training center, management is needed This makes life easier, safer and less expensive

14: Longer, Thicker Horse Tails!

As horse owners, we all know the ideal tail A thick, flowing mass of hair, just touching the ground- it’s the epitome of beauty

15: Equine Dental Care An Important Part Of Management

Often care of your horse 's teeth is not thought of until there is a problem There are various points in a horse 's life that the teeth may become a particular problem

16: Horse Home Remedies You Can Use

Horse Home Remedies You Can Use Anyone involved with horses knows that riding is a very small part of the larger horse experience Groom, maid, waiter, servant, and nurse are among the hats we wear while caring for a horse

17: Basic Pre-Ride Warmup For Horse And Rider

For any athletic sport it 's common sense to warm up the muscles A runner going for a one hour run wouldn't think of just walking out and running with out a slight warmup

18: 10 Simple Ways To Make Your Stable Safer

1 Roll up hoses

19: Horses And Dogs - What You Should Think About

Dogs and horses are common at stables - many who have one like all animals and have the other also However, not all dogs like horses, and not all horses like dogs

20: Ponies Not Just For Adults - Ponies Offer Alternatives - Youth And Adult

Ponies are often thought of as first mounts There are many misconceptions, stated and unstated, about these smaller statured members of the equine world

21: Black Hawk East Community College Has Top Equine Program

Just outside of the small town of Kewanee Illinois sits a community college often overlooked in the listings of horse colleges Surrounded by fields and laying on a 102 acre campus at the intersection of highways 78 and 34 in Illinois, the school has become well known not only for the competitive teams, but for the graduates that continue to support the program and what they have done "in the real world

22: Basic Training - Balancing Correction And Praise

Many people make the training mistake of affection is the only way to handle your horse You praise him for good, you give him treats when catching him, you give in when he refuses - and the horse is on a downward spiral of being in charge, not being prepared to be in charge and instead of you relating to him as a horse and getting that back - you're treating him as human and getting horse back