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Feb 22, 2012
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Feb 22, 2012
NCHA Medication Webinar
NCHA Medication Webinar: at 5:00 PM Central Time Today
The National Cutting Horse Association will hold a medication webinar today February 22 at 5:00 PM Central Time. You can access the webinar from NCHA’s home page.
What you want to know and what you need to know!
The webinar will cover the policy, the testing and the results.
Dr. Jerry Black will introduce and give a summary of the new policy, Dr. Scott Stanley will discuss the UC Davis lab and procedures and Dr. Mike Martin will discuss the event testing procedures including the actual drawing of the blood/urine in the medication stall, labeling, shipping and security protocol. More info...
Feb 22, 2012
Jennifer Alfano Rides Maggie May to Top Honors at HITS III Ocala Winter Festival
Ocala, Florida
The success within the hunter rings continued this week for SBS Farms at the HITS III Ocala Winter Festival. Professional rider Jennifer Alfano guided numerous horses to the top honors this past week, including riding the young Maggie May to the High Pre-Green Hunter Championship.
Maggie May is a six-year-old Bradenberger mare owned by Billie Steffee, who Alfano showed to the championship tricolor in the High Pre-Green Hunter division. The young mare is always improving, and the pair took two blue ribbons over fences and the second place award for their efforts in the under saddle.
"She has been great, I am really excited about her this year. She keeps getting better and better every week, and she is really growing up a lot," Alfano explained. "It's really fun to be a part of her coming along, and being able to watch it all unfold."
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Feb 22, 2012
Forget War Horse: One Ornery Mule Leads National Charge
Loxahatchee, FL
The Equine Network’s own Shara Rutberg has this very fun story about a mule who found her forever home:
Her mighty battle cry sounds more like an asthmatic trumpet. And her profile does not quite align with the traditional steed leading the cavalry charge, what with the foot-long ears.
But Missy Mule blazed the trail in a new program battling America’s unwanted horse problem earlier last month when she became the first equine to find a new home as a direct result of A Home For Every Horse on Equine.com.
The program, sponsored by companies including Tractor Supply Company and Purina Mills, is a collaboration between The Equine Network, the nation’s largest publisher of equine-related content, and The American Horse Council’s Unwanted Horse Coalition, which seeks to place, foster and sponsor America’s 170,000 unwanted horses.
Efforts began last month to solicit and post free listings for horses available for placement through nonprofit rescue organizations on Equine.com, the industry’s largest website for buying and selling horses, trailers and farms.
The Equine Network is using its connection with more than 1.5 million horse owners each month to promote the program in its online and print outlets.
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Feb 22, 2012
Do you ever have to ride your horse through traffic?
Traffic School
Ever since the Model T first appeared, horses and traffic have been a risky mix. But trying to avoid well-traveled roads can severely limit your riding opportunities--it's hard to pursue trail riding or conditioning programs without crossing a road sometime. Getting safely to the other side is a matter of good judgment and confident riding skills. In this article, veterinarian and endurance rider Jeannie Waldron demonstrates the basic steps for crossing a road safely, along with solutions to help you negotiate other traffic situations you may encounter.
A well-trained, responsive horse is your biggest asset when it comes to crossing roads, Waldron says. If you find yourself on a green or skittish horse, with no way to avoid a crossing, dismount and continue on foot until you can safely mount again. Work on your horse's traffic skills later on a low-use road, practicing in the company of savvy horses who can set a calm tone for the lesson. Even when your horse is comfortable in traffic, you have to assess each crossing carefully and plan your route wisely. Waldron says there are three key points to keep in mind:
Be as visible as you can to motorists.
Stay on the best footing available. More info...
Feb 21, 2012
Your horse ate WHAT?
USA
Abnormal or unusual eating behavior is not uncommon in horses and may be of concern to a horse owner. Foals frequently nibble at manure, which is one way the microbial population of the gut is established. It does not look attractive, but may be normal investigative behavior. Other unusual eating behavior includes chewing on fences or stall walls, eating bark off trees, chewing on their stable mate’s tails and eating dirt. In some species, the term “pica” is used to indicate consuming unusual food. Except for salt, and perhaps phosphorus, there has been limited information to document that horses have nutritional wisdom for selecting nutrients. They can select and consume plants that taste better than other plants.
If a horse is demonstrating unusual eating behavior, the following check list might be useful in determining what factors may be driving the behavior:
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Feb 21, 2012
What have you and your horse working on lately? Whether its something simple or...
Clinton Anderson
Tip #1: Fix the cause, not the symptoms.
The majority of horse “problems” (such as bucking, rearing, biting, and pawing) aren’t really problems at all; they’re really just symptoms of a cause. Seventy to eighty percent of all the problems you’ll ever have to deal with as a horse owner will fix themselves if you do the ground work and earn your horse’s respect.
Don’t become so focused on your horse’s undesirable behavior that they you can’t see what’s actually causing it. It’s like a weed growing in the ground. You can chop it off with a weed whacker, but two weeks later, it’ll grow right back, because the root system is still intact. To kill the weed, you need to pour weed killer on it to kill the root system. When you kill the roots, the weed will die. More info...
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