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Heat Stress and Hydration
If you feel suppressed by repeated days of hot and humid weather, you can be sure that your horse feels worse. Learn how to keep your horse safe and healthy during the hot days of summer
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Flies Affecting Horses: Buzzing and Biting
Flies are the bane of many horses’ existence from spring through autumn. It’s not just buzzing and biting that’s worrisome; flies may transmit parasites and diseases, can cause a horse’s immune system to overreact, and some use horses as hosts, all of which impact horse health.
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Arenus has developed a range of products that provide digestive support and relief for recurrent colic, loose stools, and ulcers. The effectiveness of these products led to Arenus launching the Colic Assurance Program (CAP), through which the company provides coverage in the form of a product guarantee for horses in the event they develop medical or surgical colic while on the product.
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Christopher Hess, a highly regarded coach worldwide with 40 years of involvement with the German Equestrian Federation and German Olympic Committee, recently gave four two-day symposiums across Canada. Here is a closer look at one of them.
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Keys to a Light-Mouthed Horse
Riding effectively can be distilled to a system of signals and responses — pressures and releases. Your hands telegraph signals through your rein technique as slow, turn, or flex. What type of rein aid are you using? Is it direct, opening, or indirect?
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While hill training is widely accepted as important for building strength, its actual benefits rely on answering the question: What is the goal for this individual horse?
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Practical Nutrition for Donkeys
Donkeys evolved in desert areas and, consequently, developed as browsers that can adapt to poor quality feed and irregular water supplies. So, how should donkeys be fed?
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The roots of dressage — to train the horse in the best physical manner — make it a very useful pursuit even if you never take part in a competition.
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Rotational grazing can help you take better care of your pastures and provide more feed for your horses. With more intensive grazing management, horses can be maintained on fewer acres and still have great pastures.
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SPONSORED
Many Western and recreational riders recognize the importance of a provincial/territorial sport organization membership and the built-in liability insurance and accident insurance it provides. But membership isn’t just about insurance, it also raises your voice, helps advocate for horse use on trails, offers funding to individuals, and provides free education.
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A look at fencing for special areas and needs, including sample fence planning layouts for public and private stables, and answers for some common fencing questions.
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There are a vast number of plants located throughout Canada that are toxic to horses in some respect. Many need to be eaten in large doses to cause much of an effect, while others require only a few mouthfuls.
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A visit on horseback to the enthralling Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta's Milk River Valley.
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RESEARCH RADIO from Equine Guelph
Dr. Chantal Pinard, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology at Ontario Veterinary College discusses eye care in the performance horse.
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THE WHOLE HORSE PODCAST by Alexa Linton
Exploring the specifics of how to love and support the mares in our lives, with Lockie Phillips.
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BEST HORSE PRACTICES with Jec Ballou
A great back and forth with Amy Skinner, an accomplished horsewoman who teaches classical dressage and horsemanship for all disciplines.
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THE WHOLE HORSE PODCAST by Alexa Linton
Alexa talks with Felicity Davies, the founder of The Confident Equestrian Program, an online course teaching horse owners how to help their horse feel more confident.
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Record your horse activity for a chance to win prizes with Horseplay™! Plus, plan ahead to participate in next year's BC Summer Games, and more....
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Paris 2024 — Just One Year to Go!
Paris, the City of Light, will welcome the world to the XXXIII Olympiad exactly one year from today, presenting 19 days of competition from 26 July to 11 August 2024 over 41 competition sites including the spectacular equestrian venue at the Palace of Versailles.
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