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Why We’re Partners: How Horse and Human Brains Work Together

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …Understanding how horses think and how your own brain works is key to developing a strong relationship. If you love horses, ride, work with horses in any way, or simply…

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Equines Other Training & Grooming Travel & Safety

Trailer-Training Your Horse: Fear Free Tips for Success

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes …building the approach, marking reward-worthy behaviors, teaching the horse to ride safely inside, and backing out at the destination. Before you know it, your horse will be trailering like a…

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Equines Other Veterinary Care

Giving Your Horse Oral Medication

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes …the ticket to get your horse to take needed medication. Our handout offers tips on how to prepare medication and get it down your horse in a kind way. DOWNLOAD…

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Equines Fears & Anxieties

How to Recognize Fear, Anxiety, and Stress in Your Horse

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes Do you know how to tell if your horse is fearful, anxious, or stressed? We can help. Using a scale of to 5, our handout…

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Equines Other Training & Grooming Travel & Safety

Keep Your Horse Happy in the Trailer

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes There’s more to trailering horses than just getting them inside it. Safety and comfort are paramount for a successful trip. Our handout shares advice on…

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Equines Other

Breathe Easy: Recognizing and Treating Equine Asthma

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …weight loss can also be experienced by horses severely affected by asthma. Diagnosis In addition to affecting a horse’s performance, asthma can also create considerable stress in a horse. “The…

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Other Travel & Safety

Safety First for Equine Actors

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …used for better lighting. “There’s movement and people yelling. A horse has to be rock solid or I won’t use him. There’s too much at risk to use a horse

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Birds Cats Dogs Equines Life at Home Travel & Safety

Fires, Floods, Hurricanes: Are You Prepared to Protect Your Pet During Natural Disasters?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …family knows where it is and that it is clearly labeled and easy to carry,” she says. Special Needs for Birds, Horses People with birds and horses have special considerations…

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Activities & Enrichment Dogs Fears & Anxieties Life at Home Training & Grooming Travel & Safety

Off-Leash Dog? Head Off Trail Tensions

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …to be the one at fault. Off-leash dogs who bolt toward horses on the trail are dangerous. The horse could react in fear, putting the rider at risk. Horses can…

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Activities & Enrichment Cats Life at Home New Pets

Will Work for Mice

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Reading Time: 5 minutes …10 cats like to show off the work they do. In the mornings they bring us mice, rats, and gophers to the house,” says Jim Horton, 82, still running horses…