Answers Straight From The Horses Mouth!
I was tending to our horses out on the pasture with my son the other day. We were doing the general jobs, cleaning and brushing and sweeping the stable. One of the less common jobs, though, was changing their horseshoes, which occurred to me needed doing. As I said that we needed to do it, …
I was taking my son out for his first ride the other day. He was having a bit of trouble climbing up, and he was getting a bit nervous. I thought this might happen, so I took the opportunity to use it as a learning experience. I told him to look at how the horse …
I was out grooming our horses with my son the other day, and he asked me if horses had whiskers in the same way dogs and cats do. I said I wasn’t sure, since I knew they have hairs on the ends of their mouths, but what exactly are whiskers anyway? The term is a …
I was out at an event for horse owners recently, and I got chatting to a very seasoned rider from England. Though I’ve been a horse enthusiast all my life and have owned horses for as long as I can remember, one thing I’ve never really gotten to grips with is the jargon. He kept …
Eating horse might be something we don’t think about as much now, but it’s easy to forget that our distant ancestors used to hunt them habitually for food. Today, eating horse is somewhat taboo, for a few reasons. Whether it’s because horses are better used for other things, or simply because it’s considered a cheap …