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It all started around November 2011 – I couldn’t tell you what caused it. Sometimes there is no cause – young horses are constantly going through phases, which are seldom triggered by anything at all – and this was just ...
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Using horse manure for fuel solves two problems. Manure is a renewable energy source and its production is relatively kind to the environment. And, it provides a way to clean up manure, which Finland no longer allows in landfill sites. Spreading horse manure on agricultural field ...
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Some people have the impression that owners don’t make enough effort to save horses with leg fractures and are taking the easy way out by euthanizing them. But there have been many famous race horses that couldn’t be saved, despite their owners having the funds and motivation to ...
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Like you and I, horses can feel the effect of the changes of air pressure while flying. Take offs and landings tend to be the worst part of the flight. Turbulence can be as upsetting for a horse as it is for the human passengers. And like you and I, horses may end up bumping elbo ...
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Game of Thrones is rapidly coming to an end and I can’t say I’m disappointed. I watched the first few seasons and thought it was entertaining, but gruesome. Now, I feel like it’s just gruesome, and hoping for at least a happy ending. I haven’t read the books so I don’t know how e ...
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American Pharoah’s breeding value could ‘trickle up’ to his sire, a relatively unknown stallion named Pioneerof The Nile whose main claim to fame is coming second in the Kentucky Derby. This stallion too, riding on the coat tails of his now famous son, can demand a pricier stud f ...
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I have never believed in ghosts. But, over the last few years my cynicism has been shaken. The house we live in is about 35 years old, just old enough to have a bit of history. Since we’ve moved here, we’ve noticed strange sounds and occurrences. One evening, my husband and I ver ...
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In some places, it’s not legal to fence livestock within electric wire. I’ve seen some pretty gruesome pictures of horses that have gotten tangled in the strands. And, I know of horses that don’t think twice about barging through them, electrified or not. I like the idea of Pastu ...
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We can look after our horses and other pets, and even the people in our lives as carefully as possible. But, there lives are their own, and will play out as they are supposed to. We don't have a say. When I lost my Bay Goddess, I blamed myself. I should have seen something was s ...
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Last month PonyBox announced a simple contest to receive free eBook copies of Ripple and the Wild Horses of White Cloud Station. Ripple and the Wild Horses of White Cloud Station, was recently on the NZ Best Seller List! Trudy Nicholson, the author of the White Cloud Station ser ...
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As it turned out, there were less than half the number of girls than we anticipated, and only about two and a half hours of lessons. All the girls were between the ages of eight and twelve, and none could actually ride. The morning was really a pony ride, with some instructions t ...
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Horses are pretty amazing. And, they can do a few things that we can’t. Here’s a look at three things that your horse can do, that you can’t, no matter how hard you try. ...
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IN 2002, The Canadian was recognized as Canada’s official national horse and appeared on a postage stamp in 2009 alongside the equally endangered Newfoundland Pony. But, although the numbers are greater than in the 70s, the Livestock Conservancy has declared that the number of Le ...
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If you’ve been reading my past articles, you know that I like to repair things myself and am generally a DIYer. I get a lot of satisfaction from fixing and repurposing things. I learned an easy to do leather repair from my mother a long time ago, and almost regret I haven’t found ...
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I’ve seen horses that were drugged - and I knew that because I knew of the horses before they got to the auction. And I’ve seen horses I didn’t know were drugged, but saw after the auction when the drugs wore off. Drugs can be used to calm horses down, and to hide lamenesses and ...
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Is the instructor attentive to their students or are they constantly responding to texts, chatting with anyone who strolls through or lounging in a chair disinterestedly? Are riders actually doing something, or just being sent on a hard trot around the outside track while other h ...
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In Secretariat, as in many horse movies, more than one horse plays the lead role. Often, horse cosmetics are used to disguise this, or a horse with similar markings are used. It’s not unusual to see a horse with four white stockings and a blaze be replaced by a horse with three w ...
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Whether you ride English or western, it can be tricky to find a saddle that fits both you and your horse. Saddle fit is essential for a happy horse. Imagine having to hike for a few hours in shoes that are too small, or think about how your feet feel when you’ve been dancing in s ...
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Not all the answers to riding and horse care are to be found at tack shops. Sometimes, solutions to problems can be found at the dollar store. Here are a few examples of how to hack your ride with inexpensive items that you can find at most bargain shops. ...
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Line breeding is a method of selecting and mating individual breeding stock from the same bloodlines. They may have the same ancestors, but aren’t necessarily closely related. Inbreeding is breeding two closely related individuals such as a colt to it’s mother or sister. ...
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Sugar cubes to Madison Bumgarner for riding a horse into the stadium on opening day. I’m not a baseball fan, but I’m all for a great entrance on horseback. Extra sugar cubes, because he did a good job of mounting up. Sure he’s an athlete, but he did it all right technique-wise to ...
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Unless you’ve actually worked cattle, you’re not a cowboy. You may have bought the boots, the belt buckle and that hat. Wearing scuba gear won’t make me a scuba diver. I don’t believe the saying, clothes make the man (or woman). If you want to be a cowboy, you have to work cattle ...
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If you’re not into handsewing like I did with the baseball stitch or don’t have access to a heavy duty sewing machine, there’s another way of fixing tears in horse blankets. Fusible or iron heat bonding materials can get the job done quickly. It may not be an absolutely permanent ...
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I imagine there is a place where all horses are clean and all of their clothes like leg wraps, coolers and turnout rugs stays dirt free. That’s not where I live however. My girl loves a good roll in the mud or dust and everything she wears shows the evidence regardless of how muc ...
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Back in 1860, there was a lot of space between the east and west coasts of North America. Getting a message across the continent was difficult. To get things moving faster, The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company devised a way to deliver mail, newspapers an ...
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Spring is in the air! The robins and other spring birds have arrived and out in our barnyards and stables, other gifts of the returning season are evident. ...
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Coat growth is triggered by exposure to daylight. This explains why many horses will actually start to lose their winter coat in January, when the coldest winter weather is still upon us. Horses can start losing winter coat after the winter solstice, when the days start becoming ...
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Galvayne's groove grows out above the gumline. By the time the horse is fifteen, this groove will reach halfway to the top edge of the tooth. By the time the horse is twenty, the groove may run the full length of the tooth. By the mid-twenties, the groove no longer meets the gum ...
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Street clothes don’t always make good riding clothes. A few of these things I’ve learned the hard way. Others are (un)common sense. Here’s what not to wear in the stable, or when you’re riding. ...
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In the 1950s, a Russian geneticist became interested in how dogs evolved from wolves. Basing his research on evolutionary theory, he endeavored to speed up the process using foxes, a species that had never been domesticated before. By visiting farms that were raising silver foxes ...
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No one really knows if there is such a thing as reincarnation. But if there is, I’ve given some thought as to how I’d like to return. I first considered coming back as a cat. But the prospect of being expected to hunt for mice and play with spiders is a bit off-putting. There’s a ...
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