Barn Biosecurity
Friday, May 24 2013
As we spoke about in yesterday’s blog, contagious equine diseases are a concern year-round, but your horse’s exposure risk is heightened especially during show season. Thankfully there are a number of measures you can take to lessen the chance of disease spread throughout your farm if one of your horses should become ill. New Arrivals Make sure new horses undergo veterinary examination and have a clean bill of health along with a current Coggins certificate.
- Published in The Classic Insider, Z-Blogs
Barn Building 101: Special Needs – Layup and Rehab
Thursday, May 23 2013
Whether it’s your own horse or you are a barn owner thinking of adding another revenue stream by boarding horses that are injured, you will probably experience a horse needing special recuperative care at least once.
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Preparing for Disease
Wednesday, May 22 2013
An ill horse is every owner’s worst nightmare, but if your horse is boarded at a large barn or if they became seriously sick, would you know what to do? Would you be prepared to handle it
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The Growing Sport of Western Dressage
Monday, May 20 2013
Chances are you’ve heard that no matter what discipline you ride, schooling your horse in basic dressage can improve his performance in your chosen discipline. The emerging sport of western dressage builds on that idea, only western dressage takes it one step further by allowing western horses and riders to compete using western tack. What we think of as today’s Western riding has been in practice since the 1700’s, originating on ranches and in the practices of the Spanish vaqueros
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Get Creative with Summer Horse Camps
Friday, May 17 2013
Summer brings with it the excitement of horse camps – perhaps you’re running one yourself this year. Camps are a great way to provide young riders with a fun, safe introduction to horses, but there’s only so much time that they can spend in the saddle. Have you started to brainstorm activities to keep campers entertained while they’re not riding?
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Barn Building 101: Special Needs – New Horses and Foals
Thursday, May 16 2013
When building your barn, you may want to consider special stalls for “special needs” horses, e.g. mares and foals and new horses to your barn
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Sugarbush Draft Horse
Wednesday, May 15 2013
In the early 1900’s, invention of the automobile and tractor meant that horses were no longer in high demand for farm work. Instead, many of the remaining draft horses were used by carriage companies, often pulling decorative weddings for carriages. Everett Smith of Ohio operated the Sugarbush Hitch Company.
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Guest Post: Design for Your Horses’ Sense of Sight
Tuesday, May 14 2013
How do horses see? Horses have a wide field of vision, with blind spots immediately behind their bodies and below their noses. The ability to see in all directions is invaluable for a horse’s survival in the wild. On the other hand, because of their wide set eyes, horses have monocular vision on each side. This limits their depth perception and means that they must see an unfamiliar object from both sides before they can understand whether or not it is a danger.
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Dealing with Windpuffs
Monday, May 13 2013
Have you ever had to deal with windpuffs? Do you know what causes them and what they can mean for a horse’s future?
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