Category: Caring for Your Horse

Horse owners are a different breed of people. They are capable, and nothing is too much when it comes to caring for their horse. Horse owners quickly learn that caring for a horse requires knowledge...

Horse owners spend enormous amounts of money and time ensuring that their horses remain healthy. It is discouraging to discover that your horse has oozing scabs on its body that appeared to come out...

Some countries and states have imposed striking limits (even banned crops) to protect horses. In an often-quoted example, a jockey in the Kentucky Derby has allegedly whipped his horse around 32...

The bit sits in the horse's mouth and acts as an interface between the rider's hands and the horse's mouth. Horses with sensitive mouths often become unhappy and dangerous to ride unless a...

Brushing horses can seem like a lot of hard work for minimal gain. I recently had one student protest that he didn't need to brush his little Arab after riding because his horse was "mostly clean."...

As outside temperatures begin to drop, new horse owners or other interested parties may begin to worry about how our four-legged friends will fair outside in the dead of winter. Being a horse lover...