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My Horse Trailer Setup Travel Safely with Your Horse

August 31, 2020 by John Leave a Comment

My Horse Trailer Setup

Your horse is most vulnerable when he is in your trailer. I wanted to show you my horse trailer setup. Now, I am not an expert, but I have talked to Rebecca Gimenez/Husted of Technical Large Animal Rescue and she gave me some useful tips that can help anyone who trailers a horse.

There are the essentials: a contact sheet with important phone numbers. I include my vet’s name and number, both my wife’s and my number, and a non-horse emergency contact. In this case, my older brother who I can count on to come whenever I need him. Close to this list, I keep a chart showing the normal ranges for a horse’s temp, pulse, and respiration. Sometimes in an emergency we may not think clearly, so this helps.

When I spoke with Rebecca, she pointed out the primary danger of a trailer breakdown or roadside emergency. Often, the driver is in such a hurry to run back and check on their horse; they forget about their personal safety. She recommends a reflective vest and a red roadside marker to set up behind your trailer. Having traffic see you is important so you can focus on your horse.

Our Equipment

We like the Blocker Tie-ring for both inside and outside the trailer. It’s Easy to connect and disconnect the horses from the ring. We also have reflective vests and emergency road markers.

Stock your First Aid Kit with products you think necessary. For us that’s gauze, tape, and Vetwrap. Remember, the products in the kit are designed to get your horse stabilized until you get to professional help.

However, you have your horse trailer setup, you’ll want to be sure to include flashlights, a good spare tire, and a trailer jack.

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Horse Resource – Build Your Horsemanship Library

August 24, 2020 by John Leave a Comment

Build Your Horse Resource

Sometimes horse training can seem like a lonely undertaking. That’s why I think it is important to build a “horse resource”. I can’t run out to a trainer every time a problem pops up with my horse. I wouldn’t want to, anyway. But I need to have some place to get a solution.

It is a library of horse training books, dvds, cds, along with a journal I keep about my horse’s health and training. I collected the foundation of the library as a member of the Downunder Horsemanship No Worries Club. The first month the Club opened, I joined. My membership lasted for 7 or 8 years. Then I added the Clinton Anderson Gaining Respect and Control on the Ground and Riding with Confidence Series. I also picked up DVDs from Julie Goodnight (Balance & Rhythm, Communication & Control), Richard Winters, Jerry Tindell (Groundwork), and Dr. Robert Miller. To round out my collection, I have a few dvds from the Horseman’s Gazette, one called Tapadero about the Californio Vaquero. And, I have some fun ones too, like the Buckaroos of Northern Nevada. You need to have some practical knowledge about equipment. One dvd is all about caring for tack .

Broaden Your Horizons

I didn’t want my horse resource library to be just one trainer or one philosophy. That’s why I went for variety. After studying a variety of trainers, I chose Clinton. I believe it’s important to have one philosophy forming the foundation of your interaction with your horse. While I could have chosen Craig Cameron, Chris Cox, Parelli, or any of the others, I related to Downunder Horsemanship the easiest.

Why have a Library?

With the increasing popularity of YouTube, you might think a library isn’t important. There’s something about having my collection that offers a little security. Maybe it’s the countless hours I’ve spent watching, I don’t know. But. almost every time I watch a video, or read an article again, I pick up something new or see something old in a new light.

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Tiffany McLaury Colt Starter

April 28, 2020 by John Leave a Comment

Tiffany McLaury Colt Starter

Tiffany McLaury’s name might sound familiar. She is the daughter of Buster and Sheryl McLaury. Buster and Sheryl spent many years working on and managing ranches. In 1984, they met Ray and Carolyn Hunt and their view of horsemanship changed. Tiffany grew up learning about training horses and starting colts from not only her parents, but many other well-known trainers.

About a month ago listener Jeana Marie Andreatta wrote m. Jeana is deep into horses. Her business Tumbling J Mohair Tack hand crafts Mohair cinches. Jeana also teaches at Equi911. So when she writes me with a suggestion for a guest, I listen. Jeana is friends with Tiffany McLaury a horse trainer and colt starter in Paducah Texas. Tiffany knows a lot about horsemanship growing up learning from her father and mother, Buster and Cheryl McLaury. She’s real easy to talk to and our conversation wanders all over the place – well all over the place on the topic of horses. We could have gone on another hour, but we know you have chores to do. Here’s my conversation with Tiffany McLaury.

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Barefoot Horse Trimming with Craig Morley

April 14, 2020 by John Leave a Comment

Barefoot Horse Trimming with Craig Morley

I heard some people call barefoot horse trimming natural hoof care. A quick search on Wikipedia says there is early evidence of mule shoes in Rome as far back as 400 BC. Now you would think in 2,000 years of equine husbandry, we would have figured out what is best for the horse’s foot. I’m not sure we have. If you ask two different farriers and a veterinarian the best way to trim a hoof, I would not be surprised if they came up with four different answers. It’s like politics or religion. There are a lot of opinions about barefoot horse trimming out there.

When I ran into a riding friend I had not seen in a while, he told me he had been studying barefoot horse trimming. Perfect, here was someone I could talk to openly and honestly about the subject. We sat down between the row of horse stalls at the stable he boards his horses. We began with his attraction to the business, then discovered the key points of interest to him, and discovered a few tips about barefoot horse trimming along the way.

I learned there are not only a lot of opinions, but there are a lot of different breeds of horses and bone structures out there. Add to that the variety of the way we use our horses and the combinations are endless. There just isn’t one solution that fits all horses.