Currently using draw reins? Considering using draw reins? Not sure if you should or shouldn’t be using draw reins? I want to know! 
Have you heard of R.O.A.M.? I was just sent the website MadeleinePickens.com from which you can support America’s wild mustangs and burros from capture, captivity and slaughter.
I love it when people find my blog with search terms that I haven’t addressed the issues for yet… gives me an opportunity to address them! This is in line with today’s search terms “of the day”…
This topic not only keeps showing up in front of me, but is something I feel could use the help of all possible until it has been fully recognized and eradicated. Besides, I found that there is a petition to impose a 2-finger noseband looseness rule to the FEI, which would prevent riders from crank-noseband tying their horse’s mouth shut. Perhaps this would inspire rider’s to seek out education and learn how to use their aids? Let’s hope so… 
There are a few key ingredients needed in order to successfully use Rollkur with your horse. None of these are directly related to the horse of course, but are essential to have established before you wander out and work with your horse. Please note, in no particular order… Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks again to everyone who joined us for our second radio broadcast today where I was joined by Cheryl Frei. We discussed the connection of life coaching to horsemanship as well as how ego plays a role in both our personal lives and our interaction with the horse.
We have come down a long road with the horse, particularly in the last decade regarding slaughter and the laws that protect horses from such a fate. As a result, we have also found that banning slaughter is not the only issue to be tackled to keep the horse safe. Even prior to the economic recession we heard untold stories of horses being turned loose because the owners could not care for them, or horses being severely neglected coming on the rise. Now with hay prices high and so many people jobless, horses are getting the short end of the stick again.
What are some other options we can employ to help bring the number of unwanted horses being bred in the US to a more manageable number, as well as how to educate owners to the needs of horses before they run out and buy a horse and then realize just how much money and effort is involved.
From ChicoER.com, this article provides some insight to where people are turning to solve the over-population of horses. Also, the BLM had been proposing euthanasia of wild horses and burros to help solve the problem of over-population and under-adoption rates.
Euthanasia offers horse owners acceptable solution
Posted: 11/19/2008 10:35:05 PM PSTOROVILLE — Economic despair was brought to a new reality Wednesday, when NorCal Equine Rescue sponsored a free euthanasia clinic for horses.
The clinic, held at Look Ahead Veterinary Clinic on Clark Road, provided for 15 horses to be euthanized cost-free.
