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Hello, i'm new to this website, but I've googled some questions on it and usually they're answered here so why not give it a shot? I have a 8 year old Quarter horse, who i'm currently training to jump competitively. He was doing good after a couple months of training, he started knocking rails...

Hi all! So I am new here and I am very frustrated. I have a small 3 stall barn with a feed room and hay room behind the barn. We have grass paddocks and a sand arena in the works. we have a room on the side of the house that is air conditioned and locked for tack. We got our first full boarder...

My little sister recently bought a new pony, hes good as gold but if my little sister leaves with him (on the cart, riding or on the leading rain) my mare goes crazy, she starts bucking and trotting around I'm scared she might hurt herself as her area isn't very big (size of a dressage ring) as...

I have this one mare and when she goes into heat she turns into a brat. She'll buck,kick ( not at people but if you walk behind her on a horse she kicks),when I saddle her she lie down with the saddle on. So I stick to ground work and avoid riding her till her attitude is better. Just want to...

I have never had this problem before, generally horses sort of know how to srtide themselves. My new boy is not getting his strides right EVERY TIME! He has a nice jump but is knocking them as he is putting an extra small stride in and making himself jump too deep. This isnt just in doubles it...

PLEASE READ!!!!! HORSE ISSUE!!! Ok so 1.) I want to go bit shopping, but because my horse is a riding school horse I am unable to take the bit with me as people will be using him. Do I measure the bit, if so in inches or centimetres? He finds it uncomfortable on his teeth as it clangs so I...

I did the "sweat test" on my horse last night, and, Lo and behold, there are 2 big dry spots right on the sides of his withers/shoulders. One on each side, about 4 inches in diameter (and they're like perfect ovals...)... he's never really complained about saddle fit or anything, but now I'm...

We are trying to start our 4 yr gelding in the roundpen. He's typically very laid back, typically not at the top of the pecking order, we can saddle him, pony him with other horses. He did "ok" on the lunge line outside of the pen - not great - but we only tried 1ce and decided to start in the...

Ok there are alot of training systems I like. I like Parelli, I like Lyons, I like Anderson, I like GaWaNi Pony Boy, heck there are things I like from Endo Spinks...BUT here is my beef with the do it this way or die fanatics that follow them so closely they would rather get trampled in the dirt...