Horse Care For Beginners

It’s worth stopping a moment to think about how your horse must feel when you put a metal bit into his mouth so that you have control while riding. I wonder how this feels to him? Your horse will react. He may chew on the bit and will probably move it around with his tongue. He may even try to sneak a mouthful of grass whilst bridled

What are bell boots?. The best way I can describe them is to say that they are ‘protective boots’. When they’re fitted they encircle your horse’s ankle, and serve to protect the back of your horse’s pastern and his heels. The boots are named ‘bell boots’ due to the shape they make when they’re fitted and wrapped around your horse’s feet. The primary purpose is to protect the coronary bands, heels and bulbs of your horse’s front hooves.

I was recently chatting to a group of Instructors at my local Saddle Club and was interested to hear that they all agreed that they had more requests for assistance from members who couldn’t catch their horses than for any other reason. And the general feeling was that if a horse was difficult to catch, either the owner was being unsympathetic to the horses needs and feelings, or the horse hadn’t learned to trust and work with the owner.