Horse Care For Beginners

The More I learn about horses the more I want to know about them. I’d seen American Saddlebred horses, but I wasn’t aware of exactly what they were or of their rich history until recently. This may be due to my being in Australia where we have the Standardbred horse, but very few American Saddlebred.

It’s an excellent Program that comes loaded with 17 updated and new video lessons. The Program covers Ground Training, Saddling, Riding Basics, and Riding Bareback and also Bridleless.

The thought of picking up your horse’s hoof could well intimidate you as a well-placed horse kick would really hurt! So caution is good, but in reality if you pick up a horse’s hoof in the correct fashion you provide him with no leverage or ability to kick you.

Sunburn in horses   You’ll probably find that knowing your horse is suffering from sunburn is pretty obvious as it shows up in a similar fashion as it does with humans. Reddening, dry skin cracking,, and hot to the touch. Your horse’s sunburn will look just like human sunburn. The skin turns an angry shade [...]

Equine Lordosis or “swayback” is commonly seen in older horses or broodmares. However, relatively few horses have the genetic form of lordosis which causes spinal deviations and curvature.

Many horse owners assume that rain rot (dermatophilosis) is caused by a fungus.   However this is incorrect as dermatophilus congolensis shares characteristics with both fungus’s and bacterias. It is an actinomycetes, which behaves like both bacteria and fungi. Many people believe that the organism is present in soil, however, this has not been proven. The [...]

It was only recently that I came across the name, Jesse Beery. Perhaps this was due to the fact that I’m “way down-under” tucked away in Tasmania, Australia. Anyway, it appears that he was a significant figure in the “horse world” during the latter 1800s until he passed away in 1945. Based on what I’d [...]