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It’s hard to save a buck these days

It’s hard to save a buck these days.

It can be done, but to do it, you have to spend money.

Don’t buy cheap horses or cheap tack. Both always turn out to be more expensive in the long run.

Horse Leg Protection

by Eleanor Blazer | | Horse Care, The Way of Horses

Protecting a horse’s legs effectively and correctly is a skill every horseman should perfect. No matter the type of protection it must be properly used and applied.

A Horse, Of Course

by Don Blazer | | A Horse, Of Course, Horsemanship

A little more than 10,000 years ago—give or take a 1,000 years—one cave man said to another, “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” So they did.

First man just ate horses. Later he discovered he could keep lame mares and milk them. That was the beginning of the meat and milk industry.

Mongolia’s Icon, The Horse, Meets up with Wild Women Expeditions On 14-Day Sensory Immersion in the Saddle

by Press Release | | Places to Go, Press Releases, Trail

A travel company that specializes in women-only wilderness adventures vows that pairing women with one country’s icon – the horse – will yield epiphanies

Communicating with Your Horse

by Don Blazer | | A Horse, Of Course, Horsemanship

Why is it these days that whenever a clinician tells a rider, “the most important way of communicating is….” – he or she always has a communication device to sell?

Or “the most important means of communication is” some kind of training system the clinician is promoting.

Horses and Math

by Eleanor Blazer | | Horsemanship, The Way of Horses

Train A, traveling 70 miles per hour (mph), leaves Westford heading toward Eastford, 260 miles away. At the same time Train B, traveling 60 mph, leaves Eastford heading toward Westford. When do the two trains meet? How far from each city do they meet?

Does Your Horse Need Supplements?

by Don Blazer | | A Horse, Of Course, Horse Care, Horse Information

The question of whether or not to supplement a horse with vitamins, minerals, herbs, enzymes, amino acids or nutraceuticals will be asked and answered 100,000 times today.

The answer in 99,999 cases will be accepted or rejected strictly on whether or not it was the answer the person asking wanted to hear

Grooming As Massage

by Eleanor Blazer | | Horse Care, Horsemanship, The Way of Horses

Grooming our horses serves a number of functions. It gets the dirt, dust and mud off, it improves circulation and the condition of skin and coat and helps warm up muscles before we ride. It also gives us a chance to spend personal time with our horses doing something they enjoy and gives us pleasure.

The Coughing Horse

by Eleanor Blazer | | Horsemanship, Husbandry, The Way of Horses

The sound of a coughing horse can make things come to a halt. Conversation stops, chores...

Don’t Let Your Horse Get Thrush

by Don Blazer | | A Horse, Of Course, Horse Care, Horse Information

In the world of horses, thrush is not a songbird. It’s a dirty bird. Thrush is an unhealthy condition of the hoof which is most frequently blamed on a dirty stall. It ought to be blamed on conformation and poor hoof management. While it is true unsanitary conditions can be a cause of thrush, lack of exercise, configuration of the hoof and improper or inadequate trimming of the wall, sole and frog is more likely responsible.