How-To

Health and how-to advice every horse owner can use. Here are horsekeeping tips, horse-handling guides, and hauling hints, plus rider-fitness routines and riding-confidence boosters.

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Confidence
Horse Shopping
Problem Solved
Rider Fitness
Stable Management
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Setting Up Your Trail Walkover Poles
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Cow Psychology
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Saddle Pad Placement
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Dallying Safety
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Using the Flag to Work Straight Lines
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Stress and Pain Management
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Having a Horse Go Over a Tarp
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Colt Starting: Getting On
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Introducing a Tarp to a Nervous Horse
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Switching Directions While Circling a Cow
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Stomach Ulcers
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Saddle Pad Selection
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