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How-to Deal with Colic in Horses

Colic in horses can be a dangerous, even life threatening illness. The symptoms of colic in horses can range from listlessness to rolling in pain. Knowing how your horse acts, being around him and observing his behavior when he is well, will help alert you when he is not acting "quite right".

8 comments    health how horses
Are Horses Color Blind?66

Are Horses Color Blind?

  The answer is yes and no. Horses are not totally colorblind, but they do not see the range of colors we see. In Horses and Horsemanship by Dr. M.E. Ensminger (1977) at the time of that writing most...

7 comments    horses rods cones
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How To Become A Rodeo Queen

This information is intended for extremely talented and down-to-earth ladies that want to represent their local rodeo and community by winning a Rodeo Queen title. This advice has been customized for the...

41 comments    sports rodeo horsemanship
I prefer to work at liberty in a field but this space is plenty big enough for the horse to run off if he wants73

Training horses at liberty

For those of us who grew up with a natural affinity for horses, or those of us who as children developed a fantasy surrounding these marvelous creatures after reading King of the Wind, Black Beauty, or Fury,...

3 comments    sports recreation english
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Gaited Horses in the Lesson String

"But, you can't use gaited horses for lessons, they don't trot," a lady admonished me when she learned I have three Tennessee Walking Horses in my lesson string. I thought my students were learning to...

4 comments    recreation student baby boomer
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Horse and Human Relationships

Most horse-lovers have a dream of galloping off into the sunset, horse and human acting as one, racing into the wind with an exhilarating joy pounding out every footstep... The dream lasts right up until the...

0 comments    horse horsemanship
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Angels, Horses, and Life

Moon Dancing. It is all colored pencil with a bit of gold leaf. Storybook Fairy. Colored pencil and a bit of gold leaf. Magic window. Colored pencil and gold leaf. Guardian angel. Colored pencil, oil...

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Dressage and Natural Horsemanship -A Husbands Point of View -3

Dressage and Natural Horsemanship -A husband's point of view part 1 Dressage and Natural Horsemanship -A husband's point of view part 2 Part 3 Disclaimer: I am not a trainer. I am not a professional. I...

0 comments    horse trainer dressage
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Taking Horseback Riding Lessons in Wyoming

Wyoming is a state where horseback riding is not so much a sport or pleasurable pastime as it is a way of life. It is a very agricultural state where the rugged terrain and vast expanses of open range...

0 comments    recreation pets riding
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My Golden Rules of Natural Horsemanship

  During the years that I’ve been practicing natural horsemanship, a few pieces of advice given to me have really stuck as being crucial.  They seem obvious once you know them, yet no one ever tells you...

0 comments    natural horsemanship horse rules
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