Nearly a year and a half ago, the Houston Mounted Patrol gained a very special new member–a flashy paint gelding named Smash. I knew as soon as I heard about Smash that I should feature him as my Naturally Healthy Horse of the Month! What makes Smash so special is not the fact that he’s beautiful (and a former […]
After having performance horses for quite a few years, I thought I’d heard of most of the different forms of equine therapy out there, but this one was new to me! The following is a guest post written by Kat Chrysostom, the owner/designer of BENEFab™, a company which makes ceramic fabric therapy products for humans and […]
The following post is written by equine nutritionist, Dr. Juliet Getty. You can visit her site, Getty Equine Nutrition, to learn more about what she does and to access her other nutrition articles. Fat is Fat, Right? Check Your Omegas! Fat is an excellent source of calories – more than twice the calories offered by carbohydrates […]
The herb, chaste tree berry (vitex agnus-castus), is one that many horse people may have heard about. It’s often fed to horses with Cushing’s or other conditions affecting the pituitary gland. If you read online about chaste tree berry, you will likely encounter stories proclaiming the positive effects of the herb, but you may also […]
Seven years ago, my gelding, Hershey, suddenly came up lame. The lameness was so unusual though that I couldn’t determine the source of it. It didn’t appear to be in any one leg or hoof, but more of a problem in the spine or neck and it was only noticeable when he was under saddle. Like […]
Not too long ago, I wrote a blog post on why I made the switch to bitless with my horses. And honestly, I haven’t looked back—every horse I have can be ridden safely without a bit. I was recently asked to review one of the bitless bridles from Two Horse Tack. This is a small company based in […]
I’d like you to meet Convincing Class, aka Tulsa–the Naturally Healthy Horse of the Month for June. Tulsa is a five-year-old quarter horse mare owned by Summer Gengenbach and she is one awesome barefoot barrel horse! I chose to feature Tulsa because she is a prime of example of what a barefoot horse can achieve […]