Do you have one of those horses that throw up its head or flinches away when you touch its face? This annoying habit can be trained away in a few easy sessions. Prior to any training session be sure you have a ground safe horse. This means that the horse respects your personal space, does ...
My wife and I were both raised around horses, but we ventured away from equestrian sports during college and for the first few years after we got married. Then my law practice took off and we decided to purchase a couple of horses for our personal enjoyment. Finding horses wasn’t a problem, but looking for ...
To keep your barrel horse fit, you need to not only exercise his body, but his mind as well. You want your horse to be healthy and sane, and really enjoy what he is doing, so you enjoy it as well. Most seasoned barrel horses do not need to see the barrels in between events ...
My little boy is nine years old and weighs all of sixty pounds. His 9-year-old quarter horse mare is 1,000 pounds of sinew and muscle and big mare spirit. When I watch him catch his horse in the pasture, putting on her halter and then leading that long-legged horse out through the gate for a ...
Horse training is a booming business, particularly in areas where equestrian sports are popular. Many of the owners of champion performance horses are not advanced riders themselves, and require a horse trainer to prep their stock for show. If you’re planning to hire a horse trainer, you’ll need to know how much you should pay. ...
Every equestrian knows how horses grow peppier and more challenging in cold weather. A direct correlation seems to exist between falling temperatures and rising equine energy. Yet horse trainer Dan Grunewald tags winter as prime time for starting wild Mustangs and other green horses. For the past three years, Dan Grunewald has participated in the ...
Many people get donkeys thinking they are the same as horses – they aren’t. They’re a unique animal with their own view of the world – and of your place in theirs. They’re often said to be stubborn, independent and more difficult than horses. While there is some truth to this, as many horse training ...
