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Small Farm Makeover: Fencing Horse Properties

April 12, 2024 by Kim Roe

Keep Your Equines Safe and Where They Belong Few things are more important on a horse property than good fencing. Well-constructed, safe, effective fences give you the peace of mind to know your horses will stay home and add value to your property. Fencing represents a huge financial outlay, so …

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Editor’s Postcard: Seek Out Quality Instruction

February 13, 2024 by Kim Roe

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Successful Riders are Not Always Good Teachers Recently a video going around social media featured clips of a jumping lesson taught by an elite equestrian to a group of young riders. The trainer, a former world champion, repeatedly berated her students, yelled at them, and at one point said, “Either …

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Editor’s Postcard: Give Your Time and Talent to Keep Horse Activities Happening

January 26, 2024 by Kim Roe

Kim Roe on Exo. Photo By Aliena Hook

The Whatcom County Dressage and Eventing Association (WCDEA) was founded in 1984 for the promotion and education of dressage, eventing, and working equitation in Whatcom County, Washington, and the surrounding areas. As one of the initiating members of this wonderful club, I’ve believed in its mission of supporting grassroots horse enthusiasts …

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Editor’s Postcard: Finding Peace with My Senior Horse

December 6, 2023 by Kim Roe

Gunner. Photo Courtesy Kim Roe

Treasuring Time with My Gunner I love my old horse, Gunner. And yes, it’s true I love all my horses, but I hold a special tenderness for the old ones, and Gunner holds my heart like few others. He’s been struggling with his health for about a year now. I’d …

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Editor’s Postcard: Nothing Forced is Beautiful

September 25, 2023 by Kim Roe

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Help a Horse Feel Good to Make Training Stick The summer I was 12 my father took my sister and me on a six-week long trip around the Western U.S. We hiked slot-canyons and the Grand Canyon, camped under the stars in Zion, and got soaked by thunderstorms in the …

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From My Saddle: Youth and Education

August 24, 2023 by Karen Pickering

Western Washington University Students, Jesse Nunley and Rebecca Manlow, hang out with April after finishing a marketing project for NWHS in 2015.

Producing a Magazine Takes an Incredible Team I’ve come to realize after so many years how blessed I am to be working with the team I have. Running a magazine for 27+ years and starting a new one nearly two years ago, I understand the dedication and discipline it takes …

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Editor’s Postcard: Are You Learning?

August 18, 2023 by Kim Roe

Kim’s education in working equitation began at a clinic with Nuno Matos. Photo credit Rose Anne Featherston

Let Your Passion Fuel Your Desire to Become Educated I’ve taken a lot of riding lessons in my life, and I continue to educate myself through lessons, clinics, seminars, and extensive reading. My passion for horses and riding has fueled this desire to learn. I’m currently taking a year-long writers’ …

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Feature: How to Encourage, Help, and Keep Youth Interested in Horses

August 1, 2023July 12, 2023 by Kim Roe

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8 Strategies to Keep Riding Fun Last summer I began teaching a pair of young riders—a 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old brother—who wanted to learn more about the discipline of working equitation. The first time they came for a lesson I asked them about their strengths, weaknesses, and what their …

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Editor’s Postcard: Let’s Slow Down and Enjoy Summer

June 13, 2023June 2, 2023 by Kim Roe

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Horses Can Show Us How to Live if We Let Them “I’m gonna soak up the sun, I’m gonna tell everyone to lighten up…” – Sheryl Crow We Northwesterners endure late fall, winter, and early spring waiting for good summer weather and the chance to do all the things. When …

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Editor’s Postcard: The Changing World of Veterinary Care

June 13, 2023April 20, 2023 by Kim Roe

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Appreciate Your Equine Veterinarian My beloved veterinarian of 28 years recently informed me she was giving up her equine veterinary practice and transitioning to small animal care. I’m devastated, but not surprised. Vets are dropping like flies in the equine industry, and those who are staying in it are setting …

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