Website Review: SlowFeedYourHorse.com is a new website that explains the concept of Slow Feeding, an integral part of preventing and treating laminitis and founder. Its also healthy for your budget as well as your horse, saving hay while satisfying your horse’s need to ‘graze’ 22 hours a day. This site also lists where to buy …
Wild Weather We all feel for those who have suffered as a result of Cyclone Yasi in far north Queensland, and just hope that their animals, especially the horses who would have been out in the middle of the fury, survived. Some reports have indicated that despite devastation all around them and fences down, their …
HORSE AGILITY In only a few weeks this incredibly exciting horse sport has gone from being virtually unknown to having a strong following in Australia. Like the better-known dog agility, horse agility involves horses moving about a course of obstacles including bending poles, ramps, bridges, tunnels and even hoops. It was created by Kalev Tyllinen in …
Book Launch Founder Facts by Jen Clingly and Marg Richardson At the Functional Hoof Conference which is happening right now in Melbourne, Jen and Marg launched their newest booklet to help horse owners access easy to understand information on founder and laminitis. While there are lots of in-depth books, articles and research papers on this …
Featured Product in the Natural Horse World Store Horse Playgrounds DVD – On Sale for $24.95 with free postage. Get your horse playground set up to practice for Horse Agility featured in the Horsemanship section of this blog. This DVD contains step-by-step detailed instructions showing how you can make your very own horse playground. Build a …
Enslaved by Glenn Wilson © WARNING! Some people reading this article may think I’m taking an unfair swipe at various aspects of the horse world and those people who are involved with horses in one way or another. My only intention in writing this piece was to have a good, hard look at “what is” …
