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Trainer’s Corner: What to Do When Your Horse is Wrong

January 27, 2024 by Anna Blake

Affirmative Training Shapes Behavior It started the way it usually starts. Either the horse looked to the side or the rider pulled on her horse’s face. It’s the fundamental disagreement; the rider thinks it’s her right to control the horse and the horse doesn’t like having metal jammed on his …

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Trail Savvy: Winter Riding Goals

January 24, 2024 by Robert Eversole

Photo Courtesy Robert Eversole

Tips for Staying Motivated in the Off-Season Don’t let snow and cold temperatures deter you from pursuing your riding goals. When the wind is howling, the snow is knee-deep, and you can no longer feel your face while gathering your horses from the other side of the pasture, it’s easy …

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Gain New Leads Through Our Membership Program

January 11, 2024January 10, 2024 by Karen Pickering

NWHS Member Benefit Program Offers Big Benefits for Program Sponsors! Targeting the right market is one of the biggest concerns for business owners. We’ve helped solve this problem with our Member Benefits Program. By offering a coupon discount on select products and services to our membership, you get access to …

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Cover Story: The 23rd Annual Northwest Horse Fair & Expo

January 22, 2024January 9, 2024 by Kim Roe

Photo credit Alise Lamoreaux. BlackPearl Friesian Dance Troupe.

The Show Continues, March 22–24, 2024! Compiled by Kim Roe Few things bring horse people together like an expo, and we here in the Northwest are lucky to have the opportunity to attend and participate in the Northwest Horse Fair & Expo in Albany, Oregon. The 23rd annual expo, presented …

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From My Saddle – Don’t Forget the Basics

December 20, 2023 by Karen Pickering

Riding Chip. NWHS Photo.

Senior Horses (and Senior People) Need Confidence I got my horse Chip in the fall of 2022. I wasn’t looking for a horse after losing my mare, April, but the opportunity presented itself and I brought Chip home. I’ve recently learned a valuable lesson: it doesn’t matter how old you …

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Media Barn: Book Review – The Horse is My Teacher

October 30, 2023 by Northwest Horse Source

Lessons from the Ranch: Training, Riding, Luck, and Love By Van Hargis Van Hargis grew up in the saddle on an East Texas ranch, training his first horse at age 12 and eventually making a living starting cutting and reining colts, many of which would leave his hands to become …

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Mustang Champions Announces Start Date for the Mustang Classic and Mustang Challenge Events – September 8th, 2023

October 2, 2023 by Press

Mustang Champions, a new partner with the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program, officially introduced two new mustang competitions: Mustang Classic and Mustang Challenge. Wanting to give competitors as much training time to compete Mustang Champions changed the starting adoption or purchase date for their competitions to …

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Horse Gentler Monty Roberts Tames a Wild Horse In Front of 30,000 Brazilians

September 28, 2023September 26, 2023 by Press

Photo Credit André Monteiro. Taken at Barretos Equine Event 2023, Provided by Debbie Loucks.

Sao Paulo, Brazil: American Trainer, Monty Roberts, is known worldwide for his gentle taming method which establishes a connection with the animal and does not require brute force. The Horse Gentler Monty Roberts uses gentle taming with horse at Barretos Equine Event 2023 Under the eyes of the audience at the …

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Editor’s Postcard: Nothing Forced is Beautiful

September 25, 2023 by Kim Roe

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Help a Horse Feel Good to Make Training Stick The summer I was 12 my father took my sister and me on a six-week long trip around the Western U.S. We hiked slot-canyons and the Grand Canyon, camped under the stars in Zion, and got soaked by thunderstorms in the …

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My Horse Bucks for NO Reason

September 19, 2023 by Missy Wryn

Unsplash Photo by James Lee

By the time Hero came to me he was shouting in the only way he knew how BUCKING! He was a six-year-old Quarter horse who had been team penning and trail riding but bucked his owner off numerous times and had now become completely unruly and dangerous. In the hopes of getting …

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