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A Partnership is Born – Allison Trimble Paparoa and Blake Westhoff are Dedicated to Helping Horse People

August 5, 2020July 30, 2020 by Constance Scharff, PhD

Blake Westhoff met Allison Trimble Paparoa more than a dozen years ago. He was 19 years old and hadn’t been exposed to the professional horse industry. Fortunately, Allison was looking for someone to clean stalls, so Blake’s inability to pick up the correct lead wasn’t of concern. Allison was already …

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The Oregon Horse Council Launches New Website with Improved Features

July 30, 2020July 28, 2020 by Northwest Horse Source

After 10 years, the Oregon Horse Council is excited to release an all new website. The site is designed to be flexible, mobile-friendly, and able to grow with the organization to meet the needs of the users. “OHC serves all equestrians state-wide, and beyond, and our website is the …

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Oregon Horse Council Seeks Oregon Equine Business Feedback in COVID-19 Survey

July 30, 2020July 20, 2020 by Northwest Horse Source

The Oregon Horse Council, as well as other state councils across the nation, are trying to determine the concerns, needs, and challenges of our equine business community at this time. THE SURVEY IS OPEN TO ONLY EQUINE BUSINESSES WHO RESIDE IN OREGON. This brief survey is primarily multiple choice selections, …

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We Love Horse Photography

August 5, 2020July 15, 2020 by Karen Pickering

Enjoy some of our favorite photos. Post your favorite photo on our NWHS Facebook Group. We would love to see them! Karen PickeringOwner/Publisher Karen’s lifelong love of horses began at a very early age when she wore out a couple of rocking horses before convincing her parents to get her …

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Question: Horse Keeps Putting His Head on My Back or Shoulder. Is this Proper Behavior?

July 6, 2020 by Al Dunning

Q: Hi Al, Good morning, I have a question that I’m hoping you can answer for me. I have recently started riding a friends horse (after not riding for almost 10 years). It is a 6yr old gelding (Section D Welsh Cob). I rode him for the second time yesterday, …

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Safety and aging

August 5, 2020July 3, 2020 by Karen Pickering

5 things to make the transition to our senior years easier It’s really hard for me to admit that I am not as quick or fit as I once was. I can’t get out of the way or respond like I could in my 20’s. It really snuck up on …

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Joint Maintenance for Performance Horses – Specific Nutrition Helps Horses of Every Kind

August 5, 2020June 30, 2020 by Dr. Eleanor Kellon

From young horses to seniors, child’s mount through the upper level stars of any sport, the joints of a horse take considerable stress. The core supplements for joints in any species are glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid. They are components of the joint cartilage and/or synovial fluid that bathe the …

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Is Your Horse Stressed Out? – Study Reveals Eye Blink Rate and Eyelid Twitches Can Indicate Stress in Horses

August 5, 2020June 30, 2020 by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D.

Photo by Kim Roe

Researchers[i] from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, were looking for a non-invasive means to measure stress in horses. Horses can experience stress from a variety of sources including forage restriction, loss of a buddy, isolation, travel, unfamiliar environments, as well as excessive training. While there are physiological and endocrine changes …

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Feeding the Performance Horse – There’s More than One Way to Provide Working Horses with Energy

August 5, 2020June 30, 2020 by Northwest Horse Source

What makes a horse a performance horse? The performance activities of horses vary in both duration and intensity. Therefore, what we feed them also needs to vary. In this article, we’ll discuss feeding performance horses by addressing water and energy needs. Each and every performance horse requires water, energy (calories), …

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Hope for the Future – Well-Bred Performance Horses Make Training a Joy

August 5, 2020June 30, 2020 by Kim Roe

Gus. Photo by Kim Roe.

My young horse, Gus, turned three years old in May. The years have flown by since I brought him home as a pudgy weanling, and now it’s time to start him under saddle. He’s a typical adolescent—bumbling and silly in one moment, taking my breath away with his athleticism and …

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