CWE Equine Therapies

29/03/2021

22/12/2020

Very interesting!!

26/11/2020

May your grazing with friends and family be good.
http://aheadwithhorsesla.org/2019/11/happy-thanksgiving-2/

30/10/2020

Does your horse have asthma? Find out how you can help him with management and environmental changes.

29/10/2020

21/10/2020

27/09/2020

Follow these steps to remove the pungent odor if your horse gets skunked.

18/09/2020

No matter how bad your day is...
There is always someone waiting for you at the barn.
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03/09/2020

Discover even more ideas for you

11/08/2020

When you eat out -- because nothing in the house sound good.
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31/07/2020

30/07/2020

Never settle for the hamster :)
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26/07/2020

Lol!!!

A reader writes: “How do you get all your horses ridden every day?”

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Well, the thing is, I don’t.

Many, if not most, horse programs are based on the premise of regular, most-every-day riding, in exchange for monthly payment… along the lines of thirty, sixty or ninety days. Since I am not that disciplined, choosing to ride only my own horses, I’ve bumbled along riding my green horses every other day, at best. The old-timers are only taken out once or twice each week.

Granted, I don’t ride tough horses.

I try and select my projects based on gentle eyes and whether or not they feel like they’ll work for me... and eventually, my clients... without too much white-knuckle stuff. Sometimes I’m oh-so-wrong and have to buckle down a lot harder! Most times, though, I’ve noticed that my horses and ponies have a ‘slow perk’ that actually festers in them on their days off. So often, I’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that something really difficult during the last ride has somehow, magically, been learned during the day off.

This feature only works to my advantage if, on that last ride, the horse or pony was calm, happy and trying its best. If so, it will come back, better than ever. If I’ve misread the signs or if real life gets in the way after a bad ride, however, I will have a darned near insurmountable problem when I go back to it. So, this, too, figures how often my horses will be saddled and worked.

My friends live in a herd, year ‘round, on the pasture. Even the easy keepers have a sparse few acres with hills and browse for them to pick along in turnout, which is hugely preferable to living in a dry-lot pen. This herd life is what keeps them fresh and young-minded.

All come in, each morning, for water and salt. This also means that they are handy to me when I want to ride them. At the end of the day, everyone is again turned out before I come in, kick off my boots and wonder if the fairies have made any supper.

From a ranch horse standpoint, daily riding out works miracles… but this type of riding is not as demoralizing as daily schooling in a pen. When I’m faced with a horse who is being ridden every single day, I’m left wondering, is this horse really broke? Or, is he kept tired? This one question should be asked by more people who are horse shopping. Most ‘going’ horses who are listed for sale will be in a daily program, in order to show their best.

Daily riding is good. I believe that all living beings need the odd day off, however. In my case, my own energy means that my horses are on a strict every-other-day schedule. Half are ridden one day, while the remainder are ridden the next... and so on. This works for me and seemingly, works for them.

As always, our methods are proven—or not—by our horses. They’re the ones practicing what we preach.

03/07/2020

Is it even possible... :O ?
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