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Out of all the horses I’ve owned, few have been as rewarding as my senior horses. While baby horses in a field can stop traffic and our curly horses draw attention at horse shows, caring for an old horse is uniquely rewarding. In this piece, you’ll learn all about old horses- caring for them, knowing …

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Safe stalls are key to basic horse keeping. Before we can finish chores, tack up, and ride our horse, we’ve got to have a safe, secure place for them to live. The problem? Horse stalls are expensive. Prefab horse stalls cost between $1,000 to $5,000! Even homemade stalls using traditional stall construction plans are expensive. …

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Horse sitting is when someone takes care of horses while their owners are away. Horsesitters feed horses and monitor their well-being. Some horse sitters also groom, exercise, and clean stalls. Typically, horse sitting is a paid job and sometimes includes staying overnight at a horse farm. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into …

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Horseback riding has a language of its own. Two statements that commonly cause confusion for new riders are “tacking up” and “untacking a horse.” These phrases are used by horse owners and riders in the English and Western riding disciplines all the time and are often the first jargon to confuse new riders. In this …

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A smartly trimmed mane can highlight a strong neckline or even help coverup confirmation flaws. While in the past, horse owners were limited to painstakingly pulling individual hairs to tidy up a mane, today, a selection of horse mane grooming tools are available that make it easy and quick to trim a horse mane. In …

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Yes, horses can experience feelings similar to depression, but the good news is that there are steps you can take that will help put the pep back in your horse’s steps. While equine depression is a hotly debated topic, with some people saying that we shouldn’t try to diagnose a horse with ‘human ailments,’ anecdotal …

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