I have seen many farriers come and go during the last 49 years I’ve spent in the farrier training business. The number of farriers who stay in the business longer than five years may even be as low as 5 percent. Why? What causes some to succeed and others to shoot themselves in the foot?
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Most horse trainers with solid skills can load almost any horse into a trailer in under 15...
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I have seen too many cases of young horses crippled with Developmental Orthopedic Disease resulting in club foot, epiphysitis and secondary hyperparathyroidism. I have also seen many older horses afflicted with low ringbone, navicular disease and worst of all, laminitis and founder.
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Hackles are easily raised in the world of horses. They don’t often show up on the horses, but their riders can be afflicted with this condition by just about anything out of the ordinary. Something quite out of the ordinary has been happening right here in California and all around the country.
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The Obeisance, or Circus Bow, is an extreme pose with extreme benefits to the horse, both psychological and physical. (o bay sans) The stretching required helps to build strength and flexibility in the legs and shoulders and involves virtually every muscle in a horse’s body from nose to tail. This is evident in the rounded curves of the top line during the exercise.
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