Welcome to the Special Digital Edition of our 3rd annual Holiday Gift Guide. We invite you to browse and shop all the wonderful equine gift ideas, gift giving tips and be sure to enter for a chance to win a pair of MUDS® boots from Noble Outfitters — a retail … Read More
The Tongass Riding Skirt: A Unique and Useful Gift for Winter Riding By Theresa Rice Do you enjoy giving unique gifts? Do you like to surprise your people with gifts they don’t know they want? I love finding truly special gifts and I think I’ve found something for you … Read More
Babies Need Balanced Rations and Exercise By Eleanor Blazer Caelan (a warmblood) is a weanling with a challenge: every full sister and brother acquired developmental orthopedic disease (DOD). DOD is the term used to describe musculoskeletal problems in growing horses. These problems include physitis (often called epiphysitis), osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) … Read More
by Laura Schonberg Rebecca Harold works 50 hours a week in a chiropractic practice, is raising two kids, and adjusting to married life with her new cowboy husband. Horses have allowed Rebecca Harold to take control of a life that was on the path of self-destruction. The simple act of … Read More
Proceed with Caution by Theresa Rice My horse recently injured himself, clipping the inside of his back leg with his other hoof (he’s almost as graceful as me). It looked like a simple flesh wound, so I hosed it down and put him up for the night. The next … Read More
Take Steps to Ensure Proper Healing By: Eleanor Blazer Horse owners joke about wrapping horses in bubble-wrap to protect them from injury. Unfortunately, we can’t, so we have to deal with the resulting wound when our beloved steeds do damage to themselves. Before slathering, spraying and daubing on the … Read More
After 30 years as a communications and external affairs director for corporate and non-profit agencies, Kellie Tormey knows a few things about sharing ideas and working with others. She is the mother of two and wife of a professional football coach. She has come full-circle in her horse journey as … Read More
Proper and Consistent Trimming is Key by Tab Pigg Proper trimming is vital to preventing lameness and injury for horses. Keeping a horse’s bars aligned and healthy are dependent upon trimming as well. Bars appear as white lines along the frog and are made up of lamina. Think of the … Read More
by Theresa Rice The cooler nights and earlier sunsets are signaling the change of seasons. As sad as it is to see summer end, I’m happy to say goodbye to the flies. You’ve likely already stockpiled some hay in preparation for winter, but before you jam your loft, stall or … Read More
Horsing with Shanna Leeland by Laura Schonberg As an engineering project manager for a technology company, Shanna Leeland has become more creative than logical. Solving problems requires her to use the most creative parts of her brain in order to sustain a motivated team. Using the same strategies while horsing, … Read More
