I’ve always recommended using a cotton saddle pad under the LightRider Bareback Pad to keep it clean, and a treeless saddle pad for bony backs, so finally, our own LightRider saddle pad is available. This cotton Treeless Saddle pad is designed to match the LightRider Bareback Pads. It has pockets either side of […]
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Some common questions answered about round bale hay nets. 1. How do you stop horses from tearing the net? The netting is pretty tough and takes quite a lot of tearing/pulling to make a hole, but a frustrated horse could chew through it if they haven’t learned to pull the
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I have just read a book by notable dog trainer, Harrison Forbes called ‘Dog Talk’, and I liked his perspective on training methods so much I wanted to share it. In quoting Harrison – I’ve put ‘horse’ in brackets to help you visualise better. “Instead of watching their dogs (horses), I
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How do you move round bales of hay when don’t own a tractor? Easy… make a pallet sled! First I selected a sturdy pine pallet and then found some lengths of 100mm (4″) poly pipe I had lying around. If you don’t have that size pipe you could try using some of
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by Yvonne Welz Does the bit cause foaming? Maybe not… It has long been assumed that a horse chewed and salivated because there was a foreign object (a metal bit) in its mouth. And right now, I’m not here to debate whether bits should or should not be used on horses. I
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What is the difference between CAT (Constructional Approach Training) and Advance-Retreat? By Laurel Gordon with photos and captions by Lynn Scott. In any comparison between Advance/Retreat (A/R) and CAT, the first thing is that in CAT the horse sets the threshold, not the human. It allows the animal to control
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LightRider bridles are a sidepull style of bitless, either with chinstrap action or no chinstrap action. So what’s the difference and how do you use it either way? With the chinstrap in action, the reins are clipped only onto the chinstrap rings so it moves through the noseband rings. This allows the noseband to
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By Carol Layton – Balanced Equine There are many factors that influence the type of hoof a horse will have; these include genes, type of environment, amount of movement, quality of hoof care, especially in the early years of a horse’s development and nutrition. No one factor on its own
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There are many new books being written for those looking for a different or better way to be with their horses. I have recently read ‘Quality Time: Activities for You and Your Horse’ by Andree L. Ralph. There seem to be so many more posts in blogs and on Facebook
Essential minerals I have been using a custom mineral mix devised by Carol Layton, an independent equine nutritionist, for several years now and can attest to the improvement in my horses’s overall health. Gone are the days of poor coats, seasonal skin conditions and mud fever. However not everyone is able
Bareback pads were designed to provide extra padding and grip for riders who enjoy riding bareback. Whoever thought of adding stirrups to a bareback pad was not thinking of rider safety or the potential for horse injury. When you add stirrups to a structure with no tree or spinal channel
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