Functional Horsemanship
Monday, June 27, 2016

Wild Horse Issue: Agency to Sterilize Mustangs for First Time

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As with most complex problems with high emotions on both sides of the issue, the over population of Wild Horses and Burros, both on the ra...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Water Needs for Horses and Humans

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Recent headlines: Yuma Arizona - Temps reach 120 degrees....115 in Phoenix; 107 in El Paso. Four hikers die of dehydration in Arizona....
Saturday, June 18, 2016

RIP Legendary Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson

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  Legendary former Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, passed away on 15 June 2016 at the age of 80 at his home in Alpine, Texas. Joaq...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Fixing Horses Who Pull Back

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In the last 10 months or so, I have witnessed several horses who have pulled back from being tied hard and fast either breaking a lead ro...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Fundamental Ground Training For Horses Often Forgotten

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    A client was bringing a horse over to work on putting a better handle on the horse. The horse was an older rescue horse that has ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Happy Birthday U.S. Border Patrol

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Happy 92nd Birthday to the United States Border Patrol. Founded on 28 May 1924 to patrol the border mostly on horseback to prevent i...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Becoming a Better Rider

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April wrote to say "I am trying to become a better rider, realizing that riding only 2-3 times a week makes it difficult to be e...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Politics,...Not Horse politics, just politics

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I'm sure this will be my first and last article on politics but I thought it appropriate to say just a couple things about politics s...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Horses Too Young

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  I'm not a horse racing fan, nor a fan of any equine competition where young horses are stressed through training and performance be...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Wondering About Proper Head Set on a Horse

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Jennie wrote to ask about fixing her horse's high head set: "Hi, I wonder if you have any experience or ideas for a horse who h...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Requiem for a Cowboy - RIP Roy Dean Wood

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Received a call early Monday morning from a Texas Ranger friend of mine. Knew it couldn't be good news that early, and it wasn...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Stretching Horses

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Molly wrote to ask if I stretch my horses out and what, if any, supplements I can recommend to her for joints and muscele health. "...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Rattlesnake Season - Horses Beware

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April is here and so is full blown Rattlesnake season. Although I have encountered as many as four rattlesnakes in the month of Decembe...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Arena Obstacles: Ground Poles

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It's hard to compete in any obstacle related event where you don't have the requirement of trotting or even loping over ground po...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

Horse Owners as First Line in Equine Health Care

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Bill and Melissa wrote in asking about "Thanks for putting together your site. Although my husband and I have owned horses before, now...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Cowboy Humor - Horse Buying

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One morning Big John was planning on heading to the horse auction hoping to find a decent broodmare for his small horse breeding operatio...
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