First off I apologise in advance if there are unclear points/grammatical errors in my post as english is not my first language. So I have been riding in a riding centre for a year now, and the pony that I'm currently riding has been with me for four months (mainly because he is suitable to help...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place and I've had a look around but I can't find the answer to a problem I have so I'm hoping for some advice. I have 2 horses, I originally got a 2 y/o colt, he isn't like most colts and has the behaviour of a massive chilled out old...

Hello all! I am new here and happy to be a part of this. I just bought a hackney pony for my daughter. The ponies name is Royal and she is about 12 hands high. When we got her, she was pretty well behaved and rode well. She is being housed with another horse of ours who is much bigger and older...

I didn't know what to put this under but here I am. I have a rescued 10 year old apply who let's me do about everything with him. But there is one problem. The wash stall is a HUGE threat to him. He almost kills me like every time. Everyone at my barn likes to tack up in the wash stall because...

Hi everybody, I need to find a trainer who specializes in "problem horses". I'm hoping that I can find someone who will come out to my boarding barn in Westerville, Ohio. My problem, so far, is that very few trainers advertise their services. It seems like a lot of things in the horse...

I have had horses 40+ years and never encountered this one. I moved my horses to a farm area last year. My mare has a fixation on pigs and cannot get over them. Her anxiety is extreme. Our pasture is kiddy corner to 5 huge pigs....after 6 month she almost goes near the fence line. The other pigs...

I have a 12 year old gelding (that ive had for almost three years) and a 13 year old gelding (almost a year) who are best buds, never fought, got along with mares, have great ground manners and were always pleasures to have in my pastures. I recently took on a boarder who brought a mother and a...

hey :lol: i had a bad fall a few years ago and still trying to get my confidence back in horse and i could wait when a friend of mine asked me to ride her horse for her she is lovely to bring in and groom she could quite easily stand there all day! when your ridding her she has her days but...

I wrote a book in 2010 called H.E.R.D Human Equine Relationship Development and I would like to offer it to everyone in E-Book format for FREE. I have been around horses for most of my life. I have also worked with a lot of horses, been around a lot of horse people and the one thing that always...