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Natural Feeding For Horses
The Natural Feeding website
Horse Nutrition
- ~ Nutritional Tips for Horses
- ~ Yucca and MSM in Joint Supplements
- ~ Question on Joint Supplements
- ~ Swelling from Protien Deficiency?
- ~ New Supplement - HorseManna
- ~ Transitioning from Dry Feed to Pasture
- ~ Check Your Feed - Toxic Snakeweed
- ~ Determining Horses Energy (DE) Needs
- ~ Joint Supplements
- ~ Processed Grains/Pelleted Feeds
- ~ Evaluating Body Condition
- ~ Understanding Hay
Equine Soaker
Hoof Soaking Boot by Hoof Wraps
Horse Health Issues
- ~ Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak-Texas
- ~ Judging Horse Manure
- ~ Routine Dental Care is Critical
- ~ Sick Horse Experience
- ~ Vetericyn on Coronet Band Injury
- ~ Equine Herpesvirus Alert
- ~ Rattlesnake Vaccine
- ~ Cut Tongues
- ~ Spring = Vaccinations
- ~ Equine Photonic Therapy
- ~ Cold Weather Colic Threat
- ~ Floating Teeth and Cleaning Sheaths
- ~ Blister Beetle Threat
- ~ Checking for Lameness
- ~ Rattlesnakes
- ~ Anti-Histamines for Bug Bites
- ~ Permethrin Free Fly Spray
- ~ Loose Manure
- ~ Worming Horses
- ~ Blanketing Horses in Cold Weather
- ~ Colic - Intestinal Blockages
- ~ Horse Vaccinations
- ~ Bran Mash for Gut Health
- ~ Treating Ear Mites and Ticks
- ~ Sand in Gut - Manure Test
- ~ Horse Medical-First Aid Kit
- ~ Giving Anti-Biotics Orally
- ~ Taking a Horse's Temperature
- ~ Fresh Water and Salt Needs
- ~ Fly Control
- ~ Know the Plant Life in Your Area
- ~ Doctoring Eye Injuries
- ~ Treating Leg Cuts
- ~ Colic Case - Timeline and Care
- ~ Cold Weather Colic Threat
Animal Health International
Horse Hoof Care
- ~ You and Your Horse Shoer
- ~ Hoof Injury on Coronet Band
- ~ Horse Hoof Health Questions
- ~ Ruidoso Hoof Gauge
- ~ White Line Disease
- ~ Hoof Wraps
- ~ Choosing a Good Horseshoer
- ~ Finding a Farrier
- ~ Recognizing and Treating Thrush
- ~ Foreign Objects in the Hoof
- ~ Protective Hoof Boots
- ~ Hoof Supplements
- ~ Founder - Laminitis in the Hoof
Hoof Wraps
Vet Supplies, Supplements and Horse Care Products
Horse Feed Manufacturers
Reader Questions
- ~ Another Anxious Buddy Sour Horse
- ~ Is Straight Alfalfa Diet Okay?
- ~ Horses Stopping to Eat
- ~ Bit or Hackamore
- ~ Hard to Turn Horse
- ~ Training a Long Yearling
- ~ Horse Won't Stand Still
- ~ Roping Horse Losing Weight
- ~ Trailering Across Distances
- ~ Rubbing On A Horse
- ~ Western Saddle Position
- ~ Trail Obstacles
- ~ More on Rope Halters
- ~ Bolting Horse
- ~ Scary Objects
- ~ Buddy Sour Arab Mare
- ~ Saddle Wear Spots?
- ~ Possible Foot Problems
- ~ Horses Eating Mesquite?
- ~ Squeaking RoughOut Saddle
- ~ Trail Etiquette
- ~ Trail Ride Planning
- ~ Snaffle Bit Problems
- ~ Pad Fixes for Poor Saddle Fit?
- ~ Cindi's Pushy Appaloosa
- ~ Amanda's Horse who Pulls Back
- ~ Shedding Winter Coats
- ~ Catching a Horse in Turnout
- ~ Fly Management
- ~ Bad Tempered Horseshoer
- ~ Feeding Alfalfa Cubes
- ~ Horse Not Backing
- ~ Feeding Grain
- ~ Grooming Horses
- ~ Manure Management
- ~ QH as Trail Horse
- ~ Breast Collar Fit
- ~ Carrots or Apples?
- ~ Horse Showing Her Teeth (Flehmen)
- ~ Running a Horse Stables
- ~ Horse with Bad Ground Manners and Rears
- ~ Pulling Shoes in the Backcountry
- ~ Salt Blocks
- ~ Cold Weather Riding
- ~ Bad Manners Coming Off The Halter
- ~ Pee Spots in Stalls
- ~ Question on Trail Tools
- ~ Why the History and Guns?
- ~ Parts of a Horse's Leg
- ~ Using Split Reins
- ~ Tying Mecates to Slobber Straps
- ~ Interval Between Feeding and Exercise
- ~ Developing Trust with Your Horse
- ~ Need More Ground Training
- ~ Horse Over Reaching
Cowboy Humor
- ~ Barbershop Lesson
- ~ The Blue Ribbon
- ~ A Cowboy and His Brothers
- ~ Cowboy in Church Wisdom
- ~ Bottle Refunds
- ~ Why We Shoot Deer
- ~ Cowboys and his Best Friends
- ~ Jackpot Roping
- ~ The Pastor's New Teeth
- ~ Rancher v Dept of Labor
- ~ Cowboys and Indians?
- ~ Men Will Understand
- ~ Gun Powder and Longevity
- ~ The Cowboy and the Bus
- ~ Don't Underestimate Old Cowboys
- ~ Gunfighting Tips
- ~ Cowboy Valentine's Day
- ~ Packing Trip with Bob
- ~ One Tough Mule
- ~ Observations of a little Cowboy
- ~ Marrying a Texas Girl
- ~ Curing Chapped Lips
- ~ Horse View of the World
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Past Arena Challenges
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- 6th Annual 2020 Functional Horsemanship Arena Challenge
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- 3rd Annual 2017 Functional Horsemanship AOC
- 2nd Annual 2016 Functional Horsemanship AOC
- 1st Annual 2015 Functional Horsemanship AOC
Horse Training Links
Mustang Heritage Foundation
Adopt a Mustang
Horse Training - Ground Training and Basics
- ~ Fixing Horses Who Pull Back
- ~ Are Lunge Lines Dangerous?
- ~ Tarp Training
- ~ Safe Tying - The Functional Tie Ring
- ~ Ground Driving
- ~ Rope Halters Are Not Cruel
- ~ Blindfold Train Your Horse
- ~ Halter Lead Rope Knot
- ~ Haltering a Horse
- ~ Giving Your Horse Paste Products
- ~ Basic Ground Training Under Halter
- ~ Making Horses Safer for Shoer
- ~ Tying Horse with Quick Release at Rail
- ~ Tying Horse at Trailer with Quick Release
- ~ Tying a Horse in a Trailer
- ~ Overstepping or Overreaching
- ~ Building a Good Tie Rail
- ~ Warming up in the Round Pen
- ~ Use of Treats in Horse Training
- ~ Patience, Pressure and Release
- ~ Solving Trailer Loading Problems
- ~ Using Nose Chains
- ~ No More Chasing Loose Horses
- ~ Conditioning for a Fly Mask
- ~ Ground Training - More Leading
- ~ Halter Lead Rope Knot
Horse Training - In the Saddle
- ~ Backing in a Circle
- ~ Next Step with Green Horse
- ~ Positioning for Gate Openings
- ~ Don't Feed The Bears ACTHA Obstacle
- ~ Learning From Videos
- ~ Bad Habits on the Trail
- ~ How Much Pressure
- ~ Pausing to Learn
- ~ Backing Uphill
- ~ Cowboy Curtain Obstacle
- ~ Horses and Gunfire, Part III
- ~ Horses and Gunfire, part II
- ~ Mounting Safely - Revisited
- ~ Initial Exposure to Gunfire
- ~ New Horse Pre-Ride Check
- ~ Trail Obstacles - Crossing Bridges
- ~ Spooky Horse on the Trail
- ~ Ground Obstacles in the Round Pen
- ~ More Ground Obstacles
- ~ Step Up - Step Down, the Texas Two Step
- ~ Correcting a Horse that Moves When Mounting
- ~ Beginning Neck Reining
- ~ Small Hills on the Trail
Eclectic Horseman Magazine
Guns and Mounted Shooting Training
- ~ Comparing 45LC and 357 Mag SnakeShot
- ~ Best Handgun for Horseback
- ~ Horses and Gun Fire, Part III
- ~ Horses and Gun Fire, Part II
- ~ Exposing Your Horse to Gun Fire
- ~ Carrying Handguns on Horseback
- ~ More Rifle Scabbard Tips
- ~ Cowboy Handguns
- ~ Handguns for the Trail
- ~ Rifle Scabbard Sources
- ~ Rifle Scabbards for your Saddle
- ~ Saddle Guns
Tack and Horse Equipment
- ~ McClellan Saddles
- ~ Sanctuary Leather's Small Saddle Bags
- ~ Tack Tip - More Than A Get Down Rope
- ~ Tack Tip - Repairs on the Trail
- ~ Tack Tip - Blevins Buckle Keeper
- ~ CSI Saddle Pad
- ~ Saddle Bags for the Trail
- ~ SaddleSkin Saddle Pad
- ~ Mechanical Hackamore
- ~ Used Saddle Buying
- ~ Carrying Handguns on Horseback
- ~ Rigging a Mecate and Snaffle
- ~ More Rifle Scabbard Tips
- ~ Tying Rope Halters
- ~ Cowboy Knife by Teague
- ~ Cowboy Handguns
- ~ Handguns for the Trail
- ~ Saddle Rifle Scabbard Sources
- ~ Tying Mecate Reins
- ~ Horseman's Knife
- ~ Halters under Bridles
- ~ Rifle Scabbards on Your Saddle
- ~ Saddle Pads
- ~ Hackamores and Bosals
- ~ My Saddle and Outfit
- ~ Wrapping Saddle Horns
- ~ Saddle Guns
More Horse References and Books
Army Scouts and History
- ~ Tom Threepersons
- ~ Military Horsemanship
- ~ Anniversary of Custer's Last Stand
- ~ The Dakota 38
- ~ Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt
- ~ General Crook, Indian Fighter
- ~ Frank Hopkins, Legend or Myth
- ~ John Colter
- ~ Frank North
- ~ USMC Mare called Reckless
- ~ "Texas Jack" Omohundro
- ~ U.S. Remount Service
- ~ Butterfield Overland Stage
- ~ Custer's Last Guidon
- ~ Billy Dixon
- ~ Tom Horn
- ~ Forsyth's Scouts
- ~ Buffalo Soldiers
- ~ "Wild Bill" Hickok
- ~ Al Sieber
- ~ Old West Photographs
- ~ Kit Carson
- ~ Jim Bridger
- ~ Yellowstone Kelly
- ~ "Buffalo Bill" Cody
- ~ Custer's Scouts
Knot Tying
Mantracking
Trailcraft Skills
Mustang - Wild Horse Issues
Customs Saddles and Tack Makers
Horse Rescue and Adoption Organizations
- Horse Abuse
- ~ American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
- ~ Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
- ~ Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
- ~ Colorado Horse Rescue
- ~ East Texas Horse Rescue and Sanctuary
- ~ Equine Rescue Sanctuary
- ~ For The Love Of A Horse
- ~ Front Range Equine Rescue
- ~ National Wild Horse Foundation
- ~ Wild Horse and Burro Program