After having three guide dogs, the woman in this video decided to have a guide horse. Panda, a beautiful pinto miniature horse is the perfect guide horse. She understands how a blind person needs to be made aware of cracks…
A very special young pony named Bonny was brought to Gillian McCulloch at Tom Ro Haven For Equines and Children. She was a horse nobody wanted and she was going to be put down. Gillian took her immediately. She had been…
The NYPD horses are definitely living the New York city life! They are housed in a 30 Million dollar apartment building called the Mercedes House (next to the dealership). This is one of four NYPD stables in the city. There…
If you’ve owned horses long enough then chances are you’ve had to make an emergency call to your veterinarian at one point or another. Rusty Higgins horse was recently kicked in the face by another horse. He wrote, “This is what…
In Love Valley, there are no cars allowed and there may be even more horses in town than there are people. After watching this video I definitely have to go see it for myself!
Kirsten Gjerde posted the following on Facebook, Dear Vancouver Humane Society and your spokesman Peter Fricker, in response to your request that Chilliwack BCRA rodeo eliminates both the calf roping and steer wrestling at this years event.
An open letter to the Humane Society of Vancouver from a fed up horse person has received a lot of attention online. Kirsten Gjerde posted the following on Facebook, “Dear Vancouver Humane Society and your spokesman Peter Fricker, in response…
Little Madeline had a big surprise at her horse show. When she was receiving her ribbon they asked her to line up facing away from the gate. Little did she know, her father was home and he was there to…
We’ve all fallen off of a horse and one of the amazing things about being a child is that you tend to bounce right back without a care in the world. Still, when a parent is watching it can be…
I’ve been riding horses for over 20 years and I have yet to have a relationship like the one in this video with a horse. I’ve come close, but haven’t gotten quite there yet. Hopefully, I will soon 🙂 This…
Choosing the right bit for your horse can be challenging. I hope this video gives everyone a better understanding of how bits work – and the different action of each bit, to make choosing the right bit easier. Watch the…
Grace was stuck in the window of a horse trailer and it seemed like all hope was lost. Megan Cook wrote, “For everyone thinking we had an open window on the trailer, NO, the divider was up, she jumped…
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Equine Medication Monitoring Program (EMMP) is seeking applications for drug testers. This temporary seasonal position, classified as an Agricultural Technician, involves the collection of urine samples at horse shows for drug analysis, assisting…
It is unusual for me to write two blogs in one day, but I felt compelled to do so because each subject needed to be explored and addressed independent of each other. My last post was pretty much me-centric but…
Young horses are now being developed without jockeys. They’re being trained on an undercover track in Berkshire. A machine is training the young racehorses. It’s not an amusement park ride, although it does look like one. It was designed by…
