A halter is used to lead and tie up an animal. It is used on many different types of livestock. Halters are most closely associated with Equidae such as horses, donkeys, and mules. However, they are also used on farm animals such as cattle and goats and other working animals Read more…
Don’t wait too long to halter train your foal Waiting until he’s several months old—or worse, waiting until he’s a yearling or two-year-old—will turn this normally simple training job into a difficult project, as your foal will weigh a lot more and be much stronger. How do you introduce a Read more…
Problems associated with tongue tie use include horses showing signs of pain, anxiety and distress, difficulty swallowing, cuts and lacerations to the tongue, bruising and swelling. The restriction of blood flow by the tongue tie use can cause the tongue to turn blue and can result in permanent tissue damage. Read more…
A Fly veil for fly protection As the name suggests a fly veil protects the ears of your horse against flies and other insects. As ears are one of the most sensitive parts of a horse, it’s important to protect them. Why would a horse have a hood on? A Read more…
In rural areas, sure! And even cities, milk wagons and some other utilities were still pulled by horses. When did they stop riding horses? 1910Most experts believe the horse and buggy days started to fade out around 1910 when the horse and buggy was replaced by the automobile. Once the Read more…
In the years since The Godfather debuted, putting a horse’s head in someone’s bed has become a widely known meme of sorts—shorthand for making someone an offer they can’t refuse, or forcing them to give you something they don’t want to give you. © 2022 Shmoop University. Who put the Read more…
The truth is, it takes very little for a horse to develop PTSD like behaviors. They simply can’t wrap their minds around our human experiences very easily. The strange thing, is that horses can get PTSD much easier than we can, simply because we have the cognitive skills to manage Read more…
When you cover the horse’s eyes, they’ll only see what’s in front of them and not scan around. This will help the rider as the horse won’t be spooked easily by everything it sees. Binders help them maintain focus since they won’t be distracted by other events around them. Why Read more…
While there is a long history of cavalry use in the U.S. Army, most cavalry units were disbanded after 1939. It was in the 1960s that the modern Army began re-establishing horse detachments, using animals for ceremonial traditions, parades, and training missions. Do the cavalry still ride horses? The 1st Read more…
central Asia. Horseback riding has generally been supposed to have begun in central Asia a mere five centuries or so before the appearance of cavalry in armies of the Middle East around 1000 B.C This view is mistaken. New evidence based on dental wear caused by a bit in a Read more…