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A Rider’s Reader

August 5, 2020August 1, 2014 by Northwest Horse Source

Exploring Horse Sense, Science and Sentiment by Maddy Butcher Gray A Rider’s Reader provides insight into the personal journey with horses. Like your journey, it has delightful and dreadful moments. Like your life with horses, it’s full of pain, work, love and learning. This book is not a memoir …

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The ABC’s of Horsemanship

August 5, 2020August 1, 2014 by Karen Pickering

How Horse Events Help You Learn by Karen Pickering, NWHS Publisher This past month has been a whirlwind of horse activity. Every weekend has been filled with events and I love life more than ever when it’s spent with my horse. These experiences—enhanced by the incredible weather we’ve been …

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Build a Horse Manure Composting System

August 5, 2020August 1, 2014 by Alayne Blickle

Turn Stall Waste into Valuable Compost by Alayne Blickle Summer is the perfect time for construction projects and a key management component for horse properties is having something useful to do with horse manure. Composting is my favorite technique and while there are many bin designs and ideas for how …

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The Certainty of Change

August 5, 2020August 1, 2014 by Allison Trimble

Growing from On the Plus Side to Willfully Guided by Allison Trimble For 6 years I’ve been writing for The Horse Source as On the Plus Side, a name true to my own path with horses. At the time, this was largely in the show pen. Being “on the …

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Meet Erin Gemmill and Half-Arabian Mare Tarah

March 13, 2018August 1, 2014 by Western Washington Mounted Shooters

New Shooter to Compete at the CMSA Championships in Las Vegas Erin Gemmill found Cowboy Mounted Shooting just 2 years ago, at a New Shooters clinic. Erin is a Ladies Level 1, and will be competing along with other members of the Western Washington Mounted Shooters at the 2014 …

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Riding Well Grounded – Succeeding at Obstacle Challenges

June 30, 2020August 1, 2014 by Northwest Horse Source

The Secret to Succeeding at Obstacle Challenges by Marilyn Pineda The Pacific Northwest riding season is here and opportunities in trail riding and obstacle challenge events such as what is offered by Equine Trail Sports (ETS) abound. You may not know that ETS events exist from the northern corners …

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Gastric Ulcers and the Performance Horse

August 5, 2020July 1, 2014 by Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM

Ways to Prevent and Treat a Debilitating Problem by Wendy Mollat, DVM, DACVIM Research studies estimate that 60% to 90% of performance horses have gastric (stomach) ulcers. Horses with gastric ulcers can present in a variety of ways: weight loss/hard keeper, poor hair coat, behavioral issues, mild colic, poor …

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Insurance for Your Horse?

August 5, 2020July 1, 2014 by Northwest Horse Source

The Many Reasons—and Options—for Equine Insurance by Lea Hoover One thing often overlooked when buying a horse is purchasing insurance on your new investment. Whether your new horse is a world champion cutting horse or a trail mount for your daughter, often times if the unthinkable were to happen …

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The Balanced Horseman

August 5, 2020July 1, 2014 by Alice Trindle

Part 3: Applying Observations of Balance to Under Saddle Work by Alice Trindle Last month we observed balance primarily from the ground. I asked you to watch balance shifts within movements along with rhythm, carriage, and overall structure of the horse. We looked at some specific maneuvers and attempted …

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Evidence-Based Horsemanship

August 5, 2020July 1, 2014 by Northwest Horse Source

by Dr. Stephen Peters and Martin Black Evidence-Based Horsemanship combines science and the understanding of brain function with an empirical understanding of the subtleties of a horse’s behaviors, reactions and chemical states. It is based on the Scientist-Practitioner model and involves assessing and integrating scientific findings to inform …

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