This past week I have the privilege of meeting John Lyons as he and his wife Jody and crew stopped in Las Cruces, New Mexico for a few ...

I received this question but am leaving the sender's name off: " Have you heard about backing a trailer up to a horse stall a...

I had a question from a reader on connecting conventional reins with trigger or other snaps to slobber straps, which of course yo...

  There is an old saying that working a fresh horse or a horse who has a tendency to buck in the round pen or on a lunge line won...

Riding your horse in a good circle, not necessarily a perfect circle, but a circle where your horse's foot falls are reasonably on ...

Samantha wrote to ask what she can do about her jiggy horse, "Hi. I was hoping you could help me with my horse Ulysses who just canno...

We're pretty lucky here in the Tularosa Basin as it is a rare winter, and really only short parts of it, that provides a challeng...

Merry Christmas to everyone from Functional Horsemanship and the Red Bird Ranch. Last weekend we did our annual Christmas Ride, with ho...

Martha wrote to ask about trying to get over the hump on a real anxious horse. "Dear Sir, I was in a clinic watching a trainer laying ...

National Day of the Horse, never knew this existed until I started getting e-mail feeds from tack shops and suppliers on deals commemorati...

One of the biggest political issues in the Western United States is Federally owned and managed land as it pertains to use by the public fo...

I was at several cow horse events recently at different large horse facilities and as I walked around I noticed none of the stalled horse...

Jessica wrote to say "I have a new horse and she is four years old. I have been riding her in a halter but I need to put a bit in...

Melanie wrote an e-mail to ask "I love my two horses, both are distinctly different in their temperament, spookiness and just ge...