General Horsemanship Articles | Horse Training | Horse Care

1: Problem Solver Flow Chart

  Problem Solver Flow Chart: Beginning of Developing Cues in Horse ...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

2: Teaching Your Horse to Stand Quietly for Your Horseshoer

I have spent many years refining the best techniques to teach a horse to stand for the horseshoer. I am a horseshoer and have taught many many horses to stand quietly for me. My o...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

3: Managing Costs of Horse Ownership on a Tight Budget

Managing costs of horse ownership on a tight budget I am a simple person when it comes to buying things. It’s simple I simply don’t buy much stu...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

4: Horse Trailer Hitch & Tires

Trailer Classifications Trailers commonly used to haul horses fall into one of four classes based on Maximum Gross Trailer Weight (MGTW)...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

5: Horse Trailer Travel Tips

TOWING VEHICLE & HORSE TRAILER SAFETY The vehicle used to tow your horse trailer must be safe and function properly. Because of the extra s...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

6: Horse Tack

Horse tack refers to the accessories worn by domesticated horses. Tacking a horse is the act of fitting a horse with a wide range of equipment before the horse is taken for a ride. Tacking up a hor...

By: Richard Romando

7: Fortifying Your Horse Fence

Came across an article of Bob Kingsbery, ranch owner and horse fence expert, the other day. I have to admit that he does know what he's talking about. The man knows his fences and had given horse ...

By: Jason T. Atilia

8: Horses, Stables, And Horse Properties

If you are planning to buy and keep horses as pets or business, you must consider buying realty horse properties. Horses are not like cats and dogs that you can keep indoors or allow to sleep on yo...

By: Jason T. Atilia

9: Buying a New Horse Trailer

There are certain things you should consider when buying a new horse trailer. After all, you want make sure that you’re getting a safe, quality trailer that meets the needs of your horse(s), ...

By: Neva Scheve

Horse Memory Ability

I have sometimes heard that the horse as a not very intelligent animal. I know there are some horses that may not have a PhD. I on the other hand think most horses are very intelligent. I contend that horses probably have ...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

Pasturing a Horse

Pasturing a horse year round offers easy maintenance and is low-cost compared to stabling a horse. However this does not mean you can leave your horse in a field and forget about him. A horse that lives outdoors most of it...

By: Paul Hegarty

The Heart of a Horse

HEART RATE (You will need a stethoscope & wristwatch) The heart rate or pulse rate can be taken anywhere a large artery comes close to a bone. The common place a pu...

By: Matthew M. Brendal

Pete Rodda, an expert in horse training, was out at the Heartland Ventures in Baltic, South Dakota for the Natural Horsemanship Clinic. Rodda came all the way from Florida to teach local horse owners ...

SMITHFIELD Steve Edwards blew through his mouth, vibrating his lips to make horse sounds as he kept his eyes to the ground and meandered slowly toward the wild stallion.

January Young Americans, as announced by the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce:

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A well known "horse whisperer" was in town this weekend sharing his remarkable gift of understanding and communicating with horses.