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No matter what style of horseback riding you do, having balance is the key to your connection, communication and harmony with your horse. The image of half-horse, half-human, of a centaur is one that most riders and equestrian authors explain as the goal of riding. Moving as one with your horse, being in perfect harmony,…
No matter how well you take care of your horse, even the best loved pet can come down with rain rot. Here is the low down on what rain rot is, how to prevent it and how to treat it. What is Rain Rot? Also called rain scald, dew poisoning, or dermatophilosis, rain rot is…
Thrush is a very common bacterial infection that attacks the bottom of horse’s hooves. Left untreated it can be very dangerous, but luckily there are easy ways to prevent, and treat thrush infection in horses. What is Thrush? Thrush, very basically, is an anaerobic bacteria infection. Because horses’ hooves are constantly in contact with mud,…
Natural Horsemanship, sometimes referred to as “gentle” horsemanship, is a psychology-based training philosophy that considers the animal’s natural instincts in order to gain the horse’s trust, submission, and cooperation. Horses are prey animals, whereas humans are technically predators. It’s easy to see, then, that the way they respond to external stimuli would differ from the…
Whether you call it “backing”, “backing up”, “going backwards”, “rear back” or “rein back”, training your horse to back is one of those fundamental stepping stones (or Cornerstones, if you will), to having a well trained horse. While “backing” your horse, or getting him to go backwards seems like a no-brainer, it’s actually a very…