A Holistic Approach: Human Dynamics meets Horse in “The Confident Equestrian e-Workbook”
Written by The Confident Equestrian Coach, Cathy Rivers

Olympia, WA., May 1, 2012 – Nationally known equestrian confidence coach Cathy Rivers, as part of her Big Horse Dreams, The Confident Equestrian Program, has designed a new e-Workbook that provides a proven learning progression for mastering confidence skills in order to improve your training, riding, competing, communication and overall enjoyment of your partnership with your horse.

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On View May 15–June 24, 2012  |  Reception May 19, 6:30–9:00 PM

Image Caption: Dominanceby Jennifer Maharry

Venice, CA — A tribute to some of America’s last wild horses will be the focus of The G2 Gallery’s upcoming exhibit, Nature LA: Jennifer MaHarry, on view Tuesday, May 15, 2012.  Jennifer’s breathtaking photography documents free-roaming wild horses living in the desert and mountain regions of Western Utah.  A reception will be held Saturday, May 19 from 6:30–9:00 PM.

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Introducing 5 innovative technologies for equestrians

As horse professionals, you know that the business of horses can be an incredibly challenging one. Regardless of if you’re a sporting equestrian, an animal care provider, or for the personal satisfaction and love that’s created from bonding with such a majestic animal, there are several smart phone applications—for the iPhone, Android, and even the—that are horse-friendly, fun, educational, and even life-saving!

Here are the best mobile applications for horse lovers:

1. Equine AcuPoints ($14.99 – for iPhone)

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Equine Soundness East

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A successful horse worming program will keep the infection at a constant, low level and reduce the chance of the parasite taking over completely and, ultimately, causing severe damage to your horse. Therefore, choosing the right type of horse wormer is almost as vital as choosing between right type of horse food.

Horse wormers can come in all types of variations; the multi-purpose wormer Equimax, for example, comes in either a syringe to be administered at the back of the horse’s tongue, or in tablet form to be mixed with its feed.

A syringe-based administration allows direct transfer of the wormer into the horse’s digestive system, and can leave you safe in the knowledge that your horse has definitely been given the right dosage and has definitely been wormed. In tablet form, crushing them up and mixing them in with the feed doesn’t necessarily guarantee that the horse will be wormed, unless you give the food to the horse directly. However, this is a much more time efficient method of worming, as you can then get on with whatever jobs you have to carry out whilst the horse eats its feed.

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Greenhorn Horse Facts Horse Directory can help people find your horse business online.

FACT!  Most potential customers are now searching online for relevant horse facts and information.

FACT!  Most directories charge a fortune for a listing and only allow you to enter the most relevant information about your site.

FACT!  Our horse website directory allows you to provide as much information as you like, including graphics. It is interactive with potential customers, features Web 2.0 and integrates with social networks.

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Wood pellets are the most eco-friendly, efficient and comfortable way to keep a horse warm and dry in its stable, as when soaked in water, wood pellets create an absorbent, comfortable and firm bedding area. When choosing bedding for your horse, it is important to take many factors into consideration.

Urine absorption is crucial; one kilogram of wood pellets absorbs up to a massive three kilograms of urine (which is more than the commonly used straw), which means that labour costs and material costs are greatly reduced. This factor goes hand in hand with the controlling of ammonia and odours in the stable. Horse urine has a strong and distinctive smell, and the more effectively the bedding can handle this, the happier both horse and owner will be. Ammonia can be a serious risk to a horse’s health, and the bacteria in the horse urine creates this, however wood pellets absorb such a great amount of waste that the control of ammonia and odour is naturally controlled alongside the absorption.

Wood pellets are the ideal horse bedding (http://www.verdorenewables.co.uk/), not only for the horse but for the owner, as wood pellets are simple to use and last for a long time. Once the bedding has been watered, it should be placed in the stable via wheelbarrow and scattered into the stable until a satisfactory level of bedding has been reached. Cleaning out the stable has been made easier by shovels which are designed to let dry pellets flake away while the soiled ones can be picked up, another labour-reducing benefit of using wood pellets. Once the soiled bedding has been cleared, fresh bedding can be sprayed with water and added to the middle of the stable.

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Tips and Tactics from the Horse Advertising Network for successfully advertising on the Internet.

Advertising on the Internet can easily be a success or a bust. Several factors come into play in building a successful advertising campaign on the Internet. The first and foremost is making sure you reach the right audience for your products or services.

You cannot just place ads in the vast Internet world and expect the orders to start rolling in. You have to have credibility, good ads, good website and reach the right audience, multiple times, to have a successful advertising campaign.

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Released to global acclaim in 2011, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is an epic testimony to the longevity and power of the relationship between mankind and horses. Showing the 65 year old director at his masterful best, the film chronicles the experiences of an English west country farmer, Albert, as he tracks down his Stallion Joey on the battlefields of First World War France, where he has been bought as a ‘War Horse’ after being forcibly purchased by the Army. There, having volunteered to fight in the trenches, Albert must survive the horrors of trench warfare and man’s barbarism and find Joey, in a time and place where horses – much like all life – were treated like disposable tools.

The film has already won many awards, made a vast amount of money and has earned its director further critical acclaim, with a theatre adaptation fast on the way. But this franchise has a real, honest heart. Watching the movie, and knowing Steven Spielberg’s love of filming issues that affect or resonate with him personally you can tell he wanted to shed some light on a slightly less human – but nonetheless, just as poignant – casualty of war and terror; the horse.

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You’re thinking about that perfect holiday abroad. Somewhere with sunshine, beaches, good food and a place to unwind. Or perhaps there’s been an emergency and you suddenly have to go to the hospital or visit someone who’s ill. There’s just one problem of course and that’s the horse. What do you do with your horse when you go on holidays?

Horses are expensive to begin with, but few horse owners factor in the additional costs that they incur when going on holidays. Not only are the usual costs of food and care, but now there’s also the added cost of either getting a horse sitter or sending your horse on holidays to the local stables.

Of course, this problem only really crops up if you are keeping the horse on your own property. Not everyone can do this, and while you may feel unlucky not to be able to do so the rest of the year, when you’re thinking about going on holidays, you actually begin to count yourself lucky.

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