Functional Horsemanship
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Question on Handling Hooves and Horse Nutrition

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KB wrote me with the following questions: "I have a 9 year old quarter horse mare that cow kicks every time you try to pick up her hin...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

2012 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium

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Just made it back from our annual trip to the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium held in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Reining competition, horse tr...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

For The Love of a Horse Update

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For The Love of a Horse (FTLOAH) is a Roswell, Georiga based tax exempt, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization comprised of volunteers dedic...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Learning From Videos

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I received this through e-mail from Wendy R: "Hi. I'm between a basic and intermediate rider. I keep my horse on a friend's fa...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Yearling's Swelling Caused by Protein Deficiency?

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Tammy wrote and asked "I have a 10 month Blue Roan Tennesse Walking Horse. She has a swollen barrel so I had the Vet come out. He rubb...
Friday, October 5, 2012

End of Watch - Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie

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On Tuesday October 2nd, 2012 while responding as part of a Horse Patrol unit from Naco Border Patrol Station to a sensor activation, clos...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Large Animal Emergencies and Horse Rescue Training

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A friend of mine traveled several hours to attend a Large Animal Emergency and Rescue (LAER) clinic conducted by Vicki Schmidt, a Maine S...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

More Training for the Trail Horse

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I was recently asked to bring a horse to a park to support a Law Enforcement Agency picnic. Many of the agents and mission support person...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Accepting and Learning v Desensitization

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Haironhide, now that's a great on-line name.  I once knew a pair of chaps named that.  Anyway Haironhide wrote and said that his ho...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

More Cowboy Humor - Get Off the Carousel

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My apologies if this offends anyone. We all probably know someone who comes to mind when you read the card below. Some of the toughest and ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Feeding Bran Mashes

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Cindy M wrote to me and asked: "Hello! Just read the Bran Mash article and was wondering if you give this bran mash to them instead o...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Horses Healing Children

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Still with a sad heart from losing my old friend Roy who often was the first horse many children were introduced to and who brought a great...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Best Horse, His Name was Roy

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Around the winter of 2001, I first met Roy when I went to take a look at several other horses.  As I got out of my truck I noticed...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Common Bad and Dangerous Habits on the Trail

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I received an e-mail from a person, who name I will not use, asking for me to write a post about bad and dangerous habits on the trail. ...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Cowboy Humor - Bottle Refunds

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A Texan, a Californian, and a Nevadan were out riding their horses, when the Nevadan pulled out a bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale took a l...
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Managing Mecate Reins

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I received many e-mails about riding with Mecate's. I'm chalking that up to the new found popularity of trail riding and the Americ...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

General George Crook - Indian Warfighter

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Born 1828 and died 1890, General George Crook was considered the Army's greatest Indian fighter. It is by no coincidence that he maxi...
Friday, August 3, 2012

West Texas Dust Devils

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And to think I used to chase Dust Devils on Horseback. I think I'll now stick to chasing the occasional coyote instead as a recent Du...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

How Much Pressure?

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Judy R wrote and asked a very good question: "When I am asking my horse to do something using pressure often she ignores me then unt...

My Horse Daily - Good Source of Information

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Unknown to me until now there is another good on-line source of horse information called My Horse Daily   From the website's "w...
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