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The Trainer/Owner Relationship

August 5, 2020September 1, 2012 by Allison Trimble

Seven Tips to Maintaining a Healthy Partnership by Allison Trimble, Willfully Guided Horsemanship The relationship between trainer and owner/client is a very important one. Everyone needs help meeting their horsemanship goals and, for many people, the easiest way to do this is by keeping their horse in training …

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Fall Into Something New

August 5, 2020September 1, 2012 by Karen Pickering

Enjoying Your Horse in Every Season by Karen Pickering Fall is a special time of year. There’s a crispness in the air each morning and beautiful colors begin to emerge all around us. It’s a time to prepare for winter and think about our winter horse housing. Perhaps you’re …

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Principles for Evaluating Hoof Health: Part 2

August 5, 2020September 1, 2012 by Mark and Karen Plumlee

Identifying Distortion by Mark and Karen Plumlee, Mission Farrier School Using the principles in this 5-part series will give you the basics for evaluating your horse’s hoof health. It includes: Understanding Foot Falls, Identifying Distortion, Understanding the Sole Plane, What is Breakover?, and Load Sharing. In August we talked about …

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Water Monsters

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Mark Bolender

Help Your Horse (Safely) Confront His Fear of Water by Mark Bolender Nearly every equestrian has experienced a horse with water issues. Often I’m told by owners that no matter what they try their horse will refuse to enter water, or else it will leap the smallest stream or …

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Principles for Evaluating Hoof Health: Part 1

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Mark and Karen Plumlee

Part 1: Understanding Foot Falls by Mark and Karen Plumlee, Mission Farrier School This 5-part series, Principles for Evaluating Hoof Health, will give you the basics for evaluating your horse’s hoof health and include, Understanding Foot Falls; Identifying Distortion; Understanding the Sole Plane; What is Breakover; and Load Sharing. …

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A Full Circle Celebration

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Allison Trimble

Returning to My Roots with The Great Alaska Horse Expo by Allison Trimble I have wanted for years to return to Alaska and bring horsemanship and equine education to the extraordinarily dedicated equestrians that live and ride in my home state. Set against the backdrop of the midnight sun, …

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Controlling Odors in Paddocks

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Alayne Blickle

Keep Your Horse’s Environment Healthy and the Neighbors Happy by Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water In the summer months especially, odors in gravel or sand paddocks can become intense—a real concern if you have neighbors close by. Besides being unpleasant for us, breathing ammonia is unhealthy for horses …

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Equine Inflammatory Bowel Disease

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Northwest Horse Source

An Unusual Colic in a Performance Horse: Part 2 by R. Paul Schwab, DVM When we left off last month, Hemi had been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and was started on corticosteroids and put on a low bulk diet (no hay, only complete feed/pellets). His serum protein was dangerously …

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The National School of Academic Equitation

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Northwest Horse Source

Bringing Classical Education to the Pacific Northwest by Jack Kintner and Jackie Braverman If price were no object, what kind of training would you look for to improve your riding experience? If the answer has anything to do with European traditions as practiced in an arena, you might be …

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Horses Never Lie About Love

August 5, 2020August 1, 2012 by Northwest Horse Source

The Heartwarming Story of a Remarkable Horse Who Changed My Life by Jana Harris When award-winning poet Jana Harris fulfilled her lifelong dream of owning a horse, she quickly realized that horses don’t lie about anything—especially her horse aptly named “True Colors.” The story begins when Harris and her …

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