The Arabian horse has been called the most beautiful of all and he is unmistakable in character and appearance. It is the purest and oldest of all breeds and this variety has been carefully bred for thousands of years and there is evidence that dates them back over 4,500 years.
Take the time to read a book on the history of the Arabian horse and you will see how it has influenced other horses around the world. They spread their Read the rest of this entry »
Nature itself has always had an impact and influence on breeding over the years. In the wild only the strong survived, horses roamed free and were unprotected by man. The stallion (male leader) fought other stallions to protect and maintain his herd. Any weakness threatened his entire lifestyle.
Today man has a major role in breeding, no longer is the need for strength and survival so important. Rather we are able to do selective Read the rest of this entry »
There are many reasons why horse breeders should invest in quality portable hidden security cameras both inside and outside of their barns. Horses no matter what their breed are incredibly valuable animals. Although there are no legal slaughterhouses open in America for horses, there are still people who buy and sell horse meat. A horse can mean thousands of dollars on the hoof whether dead or alive.
Human Nature
Leadership development is a term that includes many personal self development skills and professional skills that get lumped into the term leadership development. Having been a leader all my life in many different venues I would have said that my leadership skills were good until I began working with my horses on a daily basis. Thus began my journey and my learning that leadership skills go deeper than surface skills and abilities. A little hist Read the rest of this entry »
Aren’t horses awesome animals? It seems they have been with us humans since the beginning of time assisting us with work and chores, we’ve been using them for recreation as well as entertainment purposes and yes, even for food. Before there were cars we used them for transportation purposes, be it on the roads but even on our waterways.
It is no wonder why so many people love horses: smart beings that they are and able to give mankin Read the rest of this entry »
Horse info provides some interesting facts about horses in general. Horses being herd animals are known to follow their herd leader for food and safety. This capability of a horse allows a human rider to act like a herd leader and make the horse learn and follow instructions. It takes a good amount of training with proper positive and negative inducements to make a horse compliant and easy to ride.
Since ancient times horse has always bee Read the rest of this entry »
The American Quarter Horse is the first breed of mare native to the United States. The breed evolved when the bloodlines of cattle brought to the New World were sundry. Foundation American Quartered Horse pigs originated from Arab, Turk and Barb breeds. Selected Stallions and Mares were crossed with cattle brought to Colonial America from England and Ireland in the 1600\’s. This combination resulted in a compact, violently muscled charger that ev Read the rest of this entry »
Laminitis is a common illness of the hoof and is the second most frequent cause of premature death in horses. Although it is very rare for laminitis to kill a horse directly, it often results in euthanasia for humane reasons (the horse is crippled or in permanent pain) or practical reasons (e.g. the horse is unable to continue its normal activities). In addition to the horses which are put down, many others survive but are left permanently disabl Read the rest of this entry »
The Fell Pony gets its name, FELL, from the Norse word meaning “hill.” During the four centuries of Roman occupation on the border between England and Scotland, extra troops — French, Dutch, German, Polish, Spanish and eastern European cavalrymen — were brought in to protect Hadrian’s Wall which separated the countries and to maintain law and order. Since bones of foreign horses have been found in Northern Britain, its thought that the Fell pon Read the rest of this entry »
The horse is a hoofed (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC; by 2000 BC the use of domesticated horses had spread througho Read the rest of this entry »
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