July 31, 2010

Your Horse’s Greatest Fear

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Share Horses Predators or Prey? Your horse is a prey animal. Your horse belongs to the group that is eaten by the other group, the predators. The greatest threat to a horse in the wild was that a predator would eat him, and those fears are still active today. Only horses that physically and mentally [...]

Equine Arthritis Treatment for Older Horses

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Share Arthritis and Older Horses There are a variety of remedies or treatments that you can use for your older horse if he is having a lot of pain and inflammation with his equine arthritis. Several of them can be done at the same time. If your horse has joints that are swollen and painful, [...]

Horse Training with Scary Plastic Bags

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Share Sacking Out Your Horse – Part Four Once you have accomplished sacking out your horse with your saddle pad and rope, you can move on to more scary items for your horse such as a plastic bag or tarp. The plastic bag or tarp is the one that blows across the field when your [...]

Bomb Proofing Your Horse with a Rope

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Share Bomb-proofing Your Horse – Part Three You've mastered sacking out your horse with the saddle pad, and your horse is doing well. Next move on to a equine rope. All horses need to be sacked out with a rope. Do not even think about getting on your horse without sacking him out with a [...]

Sacking Out your Horse

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Share Sack out your Horse – Part Two When working with your horse, make sure your horse has a good equine halter and lead on, but keep your horse untied. Why? Your horse needs to know that if things get too scary for him, he can leave. This reduces your horse's anxiety. If you tie [...]

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