Should You See a Horse’s Ribs?

This is a common question and the answer really depends on the horse’s body condition. Of course, if a horse is extremely skinny, then no, you shouldn’t be seeing this horse’s ribs and he needs to have some weight put on him and put on a good feeding schedule. On the other hand, [...]

Turning Horses Out on Pasture

All horses need pasture and many horses will do great living on pasture, but before you decide to leave your horses out on pasture as their sole source of food, there are a few things you should know first.

 
The Horse’s Health

First of all, you need to have enough pasture if you intend for a horse [...]

Why Horses Paw

Many people have horses who paw and they wonder why their horses do this. The answer is actually quite simple – YOU GIVE THEM ATTENTION FOR IT!  Yes, it’s true.  If your horse is pawing and you tell him to stop – you are actually reinforcing this bad behavior.  It’s like if you tell a [...]

Keeping Your Horse in Shape

As Fall is quickly coming upon us, Winter will be following quickly afterwards and it’s going to leave many horse owners in a position where their horses are not going to get as much exercise as they would like them to get simply due to the weather and poor riding conditions. This means that come [...]

Buying a Horse: Looking at Conformation

Conformation is perhaps the most important aspect to consider when you’re purchasing a horse. If a horse has bad conformation, he is usually going to have some sort of lameness issues or other physical conditions later on down the road that will inhibit its performance. However, there are those poorly conformed horses that do make [...]

Signs of Foaling

The signs of foaling, or signs of parturition as it is known by most equine professionals and vets, can vary from mare to mare. It is very important to realize this, as some mares will be textbook cases and others may not even show any real signs until they are giving birth to their foal. [...]

Best Time to Breed Your Mare

Breeding is an incredibly complicated subject, especially on the mare’s side of things.  We could go into extensive details on hormones and the estrus cycle and this post would basically be a chapter of a book I started writing a long time ago
But, many people are just simply looking for the answer to [...]

Winterizing Your Mare

If you want to be sure that your mare is able to conceive next year, you will want to take some steps to be sure that your mare is ready to breed next spring. 
Common mare reproductive issues that can occur in your mare include endometritis (uterine inflammation) are caused by uterine infections that can potentially [...]

Conformation Faults

When you purchase a new horse, you want to be sure that the horse has the conformation that is appropriate for its breed.  Each breed has special conformation characteritics that they are know for and should conform to.  A horse that has good conformation prevents you from having to deal with lamenesses and other structural [...]

Horses 101: The Complete Guide to Buying & Caring for Your Horse

The price of Horses 101: The Complete Guide to Buying & Caring For Your Horse has been lowered on Lulu.com for a limited time!  You can now purchase it for $28.78!  That’s almost $10 cheaper than if you purchase it through my website!  This means that you get a full-color, 120 page paperback book for [...]