Do you struggle to get your horse into the trailer? It doesn’t have to be that way. I’ve seen several horses and people hurt with silly trailer loading tactics because they didn’t take the time to break things down into simple steps to help their horse understand. Most of the time it’s the handlers fault…
Have you lost your confidence around your horse and you want to re-gain it back? Maybe you’re new to horses and you just want to gain confidence. In this post I’ll share with you 5 easy ways to help you re-gain or gain confidence around your horse. Whether you’re new to horses or you’ve been…
When working with horses it’s important to develop your leadership skills so that your horse will respect and trust you and you want them to feel safe. There are those that don’t like the word leadership because they give it such meanings as being dominant, forceful, bully etc. Now I know there are trainers out…
I’m so glad I have the slow feed hay nets on a day like today. The wind today is awful it’s blowing everything around. It was blowing so hard this morning I thought I was going to have to put rocks in my pockets to keep me down when I was getting the hay ready…
I usually don’t put a blanket on my horses. However if any of these conditions apply I would consider it: They have no access to shelter for when the temperature drops below 5 degrees, or the wind chill is below 5 degrees. The horse is old or really young – older horses need extra…
