Horse Illustrated

To learn to be more assertive with my girl. She knows I'm wrapped around her pretty hoofs and she gets away with things. LOL

Ride for the fun of it and not look at it like an obligation.... I love riding but after working all day and looking after a house and barn it can be really hard not to look at it as one more thing you have to do or didn't do today

These are great! I like to hear that some of you got HI, too!

Western trail saddle :) Gavin got a new winter blanket and a likit :)

AT our boarding stables, we put the horses in different paddocks next to each other, so they can get to know each other on the other side of a fence. Do that for a couple day, and then let them go into the same pasture again. It always works at our stables, we have about forty horses in the pasture on average.

That's a great idea, Katrina. If you don't have that option, Taly, you can leave one horse in the pasture and hand walk the other horse along the fence line. You can try introducing them by putting them in neighboring stalls as well (if the stalls have bars that allow them to see each other). Eventually, have a friend hand walk one horse around the stable yard while you hand walk the other alongside (you and your friend separating the horses from each other).

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it!

Thanks so much!! What a nice surprise. It's really Bear who is the winner :)

Congrats Linda! Great Pic!!! :)

did you pick the winner yet?

He is my stud muffin...lol!!

great photo

thanks...it's from last winter! I can't believe he's gonna be 27 next month!

I was hapy to see the diffrent places to go riding around the world . In fact I have already put that place in Irland on my wish list!! Loved the australian horses!! i have always loved australia and BRUMBIES!!! Theres just something about them u know?! I was wondering though have u ever thought about doing an artical on conameras?? I love them but... See More don't see much on them!! And after reading that artical about going to ierland and riding a conemara I was wondeirng if it was a posibility?? I was SOOOO happy for the colic issue I have always been scared of getting a horse and then losing it from colic but i feel better about it now that I know more about it! Like always i love the info the pics and all the articals keep up the goo work HI!!!

Hi Alysia. We actually featured the Connemara in our March 2009 issue along with some other Irish breeds. The Connemara is even featured on the poster. (I pulled it out and put it on the wall in my cubicle!)