By Cynthia Cooper. Natural nutrition must be our first priority for keeping a horse healthy, both physically and mentally. Many health issues can be attributed to poor nutrition and that includes behavioural problems. Back in the days when I was instructing full time, I used to think ‘training’ could solve almost
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By Carol Layton of Balanced Equine. It’s always a relief when owners say their horses accept minerals straight away but it is fairly common they don’t. Essentially you have to re-educate your horse’s palate and this can take time in some horses. Here is where you need to persevere, it
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I recently re-connected with Jenny Pearce, a friend from way back, a healer extraordinaire and a fantastic teacher. Jenny’s passion for helping people and horses was  so evident during our conversation that as I learned more about what she is now teaching, I’m inspired to share her gifts and wisdom. As
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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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