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Over 40 and Horse Crazy – Making Time to Improve Ground Manners

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Making Time to Improve Ground Manners by Laura Schonberg Since bringing home a new mare this winter, I have been astonished at how this extra horse changed our existing herd of geldings.  It has afforded new opportunities for better management, one of the big ones being feeding time. My horses were …

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Over 40 and Horse Crazy – Spring Conditioning

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by Laura Schonberg March has me thinking about longer days, better weather and conditioning my horses.  I am thinking about conditioning the mind, soul and body for dry trails and the competition season and this includes horse, rider and gear.  Let’s start with gear. After the wet winter season, all …

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Over 40 and Horse Crazy – Book Learning and Other Wintertime Horse Activities

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by Laura Schonberg   Like many mammals, I want to hibernate in the winter: sit in front of the fire, eat pasta, read a book, etc. Dog walks and morning feedings at the barn are in the dark; going to and from work is in the dark; evening chores or …

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Over 40 and Horse Crazy – Choosing to Keep Horses in Mid-Life

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by Laura Schonberg If you had asked me 5 years ago about adding horses to my life I would have said no way.  Too much work,  time, money and stress.  And too much to manage along with working full time and keeping the family from total chaos.  Now, going into …

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Trainer’s Profile: Molly McDaniel of Balanced Performance Training and Hoofcare

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Focusing on the Longevity and Soundness of the Horse Interview by Kim Roe What is the name of your business? Balanced Performance Training and Hoofcare, LLC What do you do?  I’m a farrier and I also accept horses and mules for training. I teach lessons (and can provide lesson horses …

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Q&A with an Equine Nutritionist – Ensure Your Horse’s Nutritional Needs with this Insight

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Article written by Aimee Robinson for Valley Vet Supply   Let’s go back in time to 1821—for the sake of entertainment, you can be a horse. You’re a drafty fellow, and there are fields to plow, wagons and carriages to pull and the five-day work week has yet to be …

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Rediscover the Treasure of Horses – Take a Break from Farm Chores to Enjoy this Inspiring Read

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“Horses are workmen, athletes, adventurers, accomplices. How they look is inessential. But how they go, how they are—in other words, who they are—is what makes any horse beautiful.” – Sarah Maslin Nir   It may be surprising to some to learn that today there are over seven million horses in …

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Confidence Lost and Found – Overcoming Fear

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“You have to let your heart be soft. You have to let your love be just an inch bigger than your fear.” Photo by Anna Blake

Ever notice how horse stories all have the same plot? We get a new horse, usually the wrong one. There’s a period of struggle. We get bad advice, we lose money, we get bucked off. We persist, two steps forward and one step back. In time, the horse ends up …

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Confidence Lost and Found – Overcoming Fear

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“You have to let your heart be soft. You have to let your love be just an inch bigger than your fear.” Photo by Anna Blake

Ever notice how horse stories all have the same plot? We get a new horse, usually the wrong one. There’s a period of struggle. We get bad advice, we lose money, we get bucked off. We persist, two steps forward and one step back. In time, the horse ends up …

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Is Your Horse Crazy?

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December 2016

How Horse Care Contributes to their Mental Health Theresa Rice   I recently finished the book Animal Madness by Laurel Braitman. The book’s focus is on animal anxiety and bad behaviors. It also tracks human’s use of animals throughout time — for entertainment, advancement of medicine, and even for determining …

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