Rescue Horse Exercise: Poles and Grids In-Hand

Horses are built to move. These powerful grazing herbivores are not adapted to a sedentary lifestyle. While most tolerate periods of time spent in a barn, horses (and people!) are healthier and happier with consistent exercise. To remedy this, we have to work both his mind and his body: to harness the feedback loop between […]

Rescue Horse, Rescue Me: Pedestal Training 101.

My mare is lame. Has been for a year and three months. We don’t know how she did it, but she came in from the paddock in August 2012 with two injured ligaments in her left front. So, she did a year of stall rest, and I have been bringing her back slowly. But some […]